Corporate Maintenance Planner

Making a difference in the world by reducing carbon emissions and improving access to clean energy with every module we make.

Our purpose is to make a difference in the world by reducing carbon emissions and improving access to clean energy with every module we make.

At Silfab Solar, the energy of our people is the power behind our success. Our employees actively shape the solar innovations of tomorrow, while adhering to the highest ethical operating standards and promoting a respectful and safe workplace for our diverse workforce.

Our state-of-the art facilities in the US and Canada engineer and design the latest generation of solar products and utilize advanced manufacturing technology to produce high-efficiency PV cells and modules intended to outperform the market. As a profitable and rapidly expanding company in one of the fastest-growing sectors in the renewable energy industry, Silfab provides you with an incredible opportunity to build your career and contribute to a sustainable future. We are committed to investing in our employees, providing a dynamic and supportive environment for learning and professional growth. We offer competitive pay, generous benefits, and opportunities for advancement, but more importantly, we offer you the ability to make a real difference in the world.

Together we can create a brighter, cleaner future for generations to come.

Job Description

The Corporate Maintenance Planner is responsible for coordinating and optimizing maintenance activities across multiple sites within the organization. The Corporate Maintenance Planner is also responsible for implementing preventative maintenance plans, ensuring efficient communication between maintenance and operations, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability and minimize downtime.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support New Projects by implementing new equipment PMs and introduce into CMMS.
• Understand the job well enough to describe what needs to be accomplished, estimate labor hours, tools, and resources needed to complete different work orders.
• Standardized and prepare preventative maintenance plans and schedules that are in sync with the organization’s maintenance goals across all sites.
• Act as the primary liaison person between maintenance and operations.
• Lead communication between maintenance and other internal beneficiaries of maintenance work to ensure that everyone receives timely, efficient, and quality service.
• Coordinate planned downtimes to reduce meantime between failures and minimize interference with production schedule.
• Minimize the number of interruptions once work begins.
• Support the sites in establishing Maintenance Workforce Job Goals and objectives.
• Support Sites with consolidating spare parts to minimize inventory.
• Leading global updates to CMMS.
• Provide Constant training to all sites on CMMS.
• Administrator for all Changes that take place across sites in CMMS.
• Lead continuous improvement ideas on Preventative Maintenance Tasks.
• Ensure Compliance with Controlled document process.
• Keeper of all Maintenance Records across all sites.
• Utilizing CMMS data, generate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for each site on Maintenance KPIs.
• Generate Dashboards highlighting equipment Maintenance status (i.e. MTBF, MTTR, Availability, PM Completion, etc.).
• Silfab Total Preventative Maintenance Champion.

Additional Requirements

• Able to travel throughout Canada and USA 20% of the time.

Qualifications

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in a self-directed manner and provide direction to others.
• Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvements and assist with implementing them.
• Computer skills in MS Office Platform (i.e. Excel, Power Point, etc.) and knowledge of various CMMS software.
• Extensive Working Knowledge of CMMS systems.

Traits

• Ability to work cross-functionally.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under time constraints.
• Strong attention to detail, precise, problem solving and time management skills.
• Development and performance.
• Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of practical related planning experience within a high-volume fast pace manufacturing environment.

Compensation and Benefits

• $78,000 - $82,000/year DOE
• Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, and holiday)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
• Health Savings Account option
• Supplemental/Voluntary Insurance Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Employee PV Panel Purchase Program