Senior Planner

TalentAmp is looking for Senior Planner – Reliability Maintenance for one of our clients in Safford, AZ . This is for a direct full-time, onsite opportunity.

Oversees the division planning function, this includes direct supervision of the planning staff and maintaining a strong working relationship with front line Supervisors, relative to planning responsibilities. Responsibilities include ensuring effective job planning, scheduling, communication, preparations, staging, budget/forecasting, runtime forecasting, warehouse storage levels, and reporting.

Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED and eight (8) years of progressive maintenance experience in mining/mfg or industrial operations, including five (5) years in a leadership or supervisory role OR
• Associates in a technical field and six (6) years related experience in field maintenance in mining/mfg or industrial operations, including three (3) years in a leadership or supervisory role OR
• Bachelor's degree in applicable field and four (4) years of progressive maintenance experience in mining/mfg or industrial operations including supervisory or lead experience
• Requires strong mentoring capabilities in the areas of: leadership, professionalism, organization/technical skills, etc.
• Knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques

Responsibilities:

• Directly supervise the division Planners and other planning department staff
• Responsible for setting meaningful objectives for the division Planners, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with front line supervisors, monitoring and quality control of planning processes through data measurement, ensuring adherence to all safety policies and procedure, etc.
• Instrumental in ensuring that operational excellence is achieved in all maintenance activities
• Support the Superintendent's success in ultimate safe job outcome and overall departmental effectiveness
• Apply personal expertise and knowledge while managing planning/scheduling processes to ensure appropriate daily, short term, and long range planning and scheduling techniques are followed and executed properly
• Ensure quality control in the application of planning processes and procedures