Maintenance Planner

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders.

Covia is looking for a dynamic Maintenance Planner who will have a positive impact on the Maintenance team at its Fort Smith, AR location. As a Maintenance Planner, you will estimate, plan, and prepare schedules for maintenance and construction projects and provide management with accurate information regarding backlog, equipment availability, and other information necessary for efficient maintenance control.

The successful candidate will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure safe work operations, enforce safety & health rules and environmental compliance.
• Identify, quality and eliminate process problems and waste through the use of the Continuous Improvement Process using Problem Solving techniques.
• Estimate, plan and prepare 3 weeks of maintenance 'work ready to be scheduled' by the Maintenance Supervisor.
• Requisition material and co-ordinate expediting with Office/Warehouse Administrator(s).
• Ensure all 'work ready to be scheduled' has necessary parts and tools ready to complete task. This task is commonly known as kitting.
• Utilize the CMMS (IFS) to ensure equipment history and availability is current and all equipment is maintained and repaired in order to meet production requirements.
• Maintain CMMS (IFS) Work Order system and insure P.M. is scheduled as required.
• Prepare plans for incorporating major overhaul and routine jobs into a "turnaround" schedule for plant equipment.
• Maintain up-to-date shutdown plans for critical equipment.
• Maintain the sites predictive maintenance program.
• Analyze performance of maintenance execution, planning and scheduling.
• Prepare and distribute periodic reports concerning maintenance key performance indicators.
• Prepare job plans for work not requested but known to be required in the future.
• Maintain complete files of job plans for all equipment.
• Maintain weekly schedule depicting work and manpower requirements.
• Revise plant maintenance procedures as required.
• Recommend spare parts and stock levels.
• Maintain contacts with service representatives, suppliers, consultants, contractors.
• Supervise other departments (production, shipping) when holidays or sickness demands.
• Provide input for Capital Budget submission.
• Maintain good labor relationships with hourly and other staff employees.
• Administer all company policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• Engineering or related technical degree with 1 year of experience.
• Non-degreed candidates should have 5 years of experience working in maintenance for mining, manufacturing, or other heavy industry.
• Demonstrated utilization of Microsoft software (Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project)
• Experience utilizing maintenance software given preference

Commitment to Our Culture:

Our core values - Safety, Team, Customers, Growth, and Courage-guide our work every day and will help us achieve our vision: Covia is the leading minerals solutions provider, and through the passion and commitment of our people, we enable customer success-ensuring a sustainable future for our company.

All Covia Team Members are expected to:

• Live the Life-Saving Rules
• Build high-performing work teams
• Focus on customers
• Demonstrate a growth mindset
• Do the right thing, always

At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success. Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality, and respect within the workplace. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or military service or reserve or veteran status.

The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.

Benefits:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits - medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching
• Vacation + Paid Holidays
• Disability, Life / AD&D, and Long-Term Care Insurances
• Employee Assistance Program

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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