Maintenance Planner Job

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The estimated base salary range for this role is $70,000 to $85,000 per year.

Individual pay is based upon location, skills and expertise, experience and other relevant factors

What does it mean to work at Armstrong?

It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.

By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to make the most of your potential. Alongside a competitive remuneration package, you will receive :

A benefits package including : medical, dental, prescription drug, life insurance, 401k match, long-term disability coverage, vacation and sick time, and many more.

Personal development to grow your career with us based on your strengths and interests.

A working culture that balances individual achievement with teamwork and collaboration. We draw on each other's strengths and allow for different work styles to build engagement and satisfaction to deliver results.

Under the direction of the Maintenance Supervisor, this position is accountable for effectively planning and scheduling maintenance work to maintain assets at full functionality.

This includes the basic fundamentals of maintenance planning and scheduling as outlined below in Essential Duties and Responsibilities .

This is to be done while meeting commitments for operating results and budgets.

The planner has additional accountability to develop more detailed and complex PMs and job plans that require advanced technical understanding and fundamental process knowledge.

These are tasks typically coordinated by engineering or other technical resources.

The focus is to use the functionality of SAP PM and the Maintenance Business Processes to drive prevention and full functionality.

Full functionality relates to maintaining the assets to standards required to ensure high reliability as measured by process capability measures.

This requires high discipline in the business processes, a detailed understanding of the manufacturing process, the application of fundamental craft skills, and an understanding of basic engineering fundamentals.

This work must be highly aligned with the production organization’s objectives for process capability, scrap, throughput, and costs.

Additional responsibilities include coordinating the activities of outside contractors and directly managing multiple contractors on scheduled shutdowns.

What’s in it for You!

• Ability to network across the company and learn from different departments.
• Dedicated training and development to help you grow in your role.
• Collaboration and an open friendly team environment.

What you will do

Basic Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

• Move notifications to fully planned work orders
• Identify special equipment requirements and safety precautions
• Order and kit materials
• Coordinate weekly and down day plans and schedules
• Document bill of materials
• Update PM content and frequencies
• Auditing work to ensure it is completed to standards defined in the job plan
• Maintain accurate work order backlog

Advanced Maintenance Planning

• Improve PM Master Job Plan quality in terms of content and measurable standards that ensure reliability and process capability.
• Develop detailed Master Job Plans for critical repairs creates a library of critical job plans to ensure the effective execution of tasks and improve planning efficiency.
• Handle complex work requests that require the application of basic engineering fundamentals
• Analyze equipment history and cost information to drive improvements to operating results at lower maintenance costs.

Operating Discipline and Process Improvement

• Follow the defined maintenance business processes and the SAP PM system structure
• Keep records and SAP data accurate and orderly for high-quality histories and usefulness in data analysis
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase maintenance effectiveness and efficiency
• Participate in and facilitate process improvement initiatives that support operating results and cost improvement.
• Meet commitments for operating results and budgets. This includes maintenance costs, services outside firms, and rental and store working capital.

This also includes direct and period costs related to labor, materials, and energy driven by process reliability and capability.

• Required to coordinate activities
• of contractors and craftsmen on down days and major outages
• Backup to Maintenance Supervisor in his / her absence.

What will make you successful

• High school diploma or GED
• A minimum of 5 years of manufacturing maintenance experience and 3 years of maintenance planning required
• Computer proficiency in SAP PM, Excel, and Word
• Demonstration of a technical application of advanced craft skills and basic engineering fundamentals.
• Basic understanding of predictive maintenance technologies including; vibrations analysis, acoustics, infrared, and motor circuit analysis is required.
• Effective writing and data organization skills.
• Facilitation and meeting management skills
• Green Belt certification is desired and a long-term expectation

What will make you stand out

Fiori experience

Why should you join Armstrong World Industries?

Armstrong World Industries (AWI) is a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative commercial and residential ceiling, wall and suspension system solutions in the Americas.

With approximately $1B in revenue, AWI has about 2,800 employees and a manufacturing network of fifteen facilities in North America.

At home, at work, in healthcare facilities, classrooms, stores, or restaurants, we offer interior solutions that help to enhance comfort, save time, improve building efficiency and overall performance, and create beautiful spaces.

For more than 150 years, we have built our business on trust and integrity. It set us apart then, and it sets us apart now, along with our ability to collaborate with and innovate for the people we're here to serve - our customers, our shareholders, our communities and our employees.

We are committed to developing new and sustainable ceiling solutions, with design and performance possibilities that make a positive difference in spaces where we live, work, learn, heal and play.

It's an exciting, rewarding business to be in, and we're committed to continue to grow and prosper for the benefit of all of our stakeholders. We hope you join us.

Our Sustainability Ambition

Bringing our Purpose to Life" - lead a transformation in the design and building of spaces fit for today and tomorrow.

We are committed to :

• Engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce ;
• Transforming buildings from structures that shelter into structures that serve and preserve the health and well-being of people and planet ;
• Pursuing sustainable, innovative solutions for spaces where we live, work, learn heal and play;
• Being a catalyst for change with all of our stakeholders; and
• Making a positive difference in the environments and communities we impact .

About the location (Pensacola FL)

Our Pensacola Plant, one of twelve Armstrong plants in North America, employs 200+ people working on rotating shifts, 24 / 7, in the manufacture and shipment of acoustical ceiling tile to Armstrong's customers worldwide.

The Pensacola Plant was originally built in 1929 to produce insulating building material.

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle. Pensacola is a seaport on Pensacola Bay, which is protected by 52 miles of sugar white barrier islands on the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

A large United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States, is located southwest of the city and is the home of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Naval Aviation Museum.

Pensacola is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags", due to the five governments that have ruled it during its history. Other nicknames include "World's Whitest Beaches" (due to the white sand of Florida panhandle beaches), "Cradle of Naval Aviation", "Western Gate to the Sunshine State", "America's First Settlement", "Emerald Coast" and "Red Snapper Capital of the World".

Armstrong World Industries was named #5 in the 2019 top 20 Most Generous Workplaces by the United Way of West Florida.

Armstrong is committed to engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce. As part of our dedication to diversity, AWI is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard for race, sex, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at by email at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Requests for accommodation will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

Come and build your future with us and apply today!