Maintenance Planner

Vicinity Energy is North America's largest provider of district energy solutions, offering low carbon energy to most of the iconic buildings you see in the skylines of Boston, Cambridge, Philadelphia, Baltimore and many other cities in the US. As a member of the communities we serve, all of us at Vicinity understand the critical role we play in reducing the impacts of climate change and being a leader in decarbonization. We are committed to net zero and eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels, but we need the best and the brightest minds on our team to help us reach our goal, not only for us as a company, but for our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Summary

The Maintenance Planner will develop plans and schedules and track work progress on all capital and major maintenance projects. This person will also employ reliability centered maintenance concepts to a preventive maintenance program. This is a full-time, non-exempt, union position. The position reports to the Maintenance Manager and is located in Baltimore, MD. The compensation for this position is $32.60 per hour plus a 10% bonus target.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate regular planning meetings to establish work priorities, sequence of short and long term work activities, and collaborate with others to determine deadlines.
• Visit customer sites to monitor progress of maintenance projects.
• Issues reports and conducts management presentations on work order aging, work plans, schedules, and progress updates.
• Facilitate meetings that will review all planned work and determine what work should be scheduled.
• Identify critical path obstacles in the process and work through them.
• Work with supervisors to review work orders to prioritize them in regard to criticality and necessity.
• Work with the Maintenance Manager in the development of outage scopes based on existing work orders, a knowledge of concerns, and expected PM work.
• Use the tools in CMMS to update schedules and work order statuses.
• Creation, modification, and deletion of equipment identifications.
• Run and distribute reports including backlog reports, key performance indicators (KPI) reports, track statistically KPI, analyze and report findings to management team on a scheduled basis.
• Assist in the develop and update long term milestones and project schedules.
• Follow purchasing and procurement policies when scheduling vendors or purchasing supplies.

Basic Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience planning, scheduling, coordination in an industrial or power plant setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of mechanical and piping systems with a high level of expertise using Maximo, the company's computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Maximo implementation experience, CAD 2000, SQL, and Oracle data base knowledge in an industrial application.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Other Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, ability to learn quickly and work under pressure with superior interpersonal skills.
• Uses discretion concerning confidential and sensitive company information.
• Ability to work with all levels of the organization.

Physical Requirements

• Must submit to company provided pre-employment physical exam and drug screening.
• Must possess a valid driver license in good standing in order to operate a company vehicle. Must have and maintain a driving record meeting the standards of the company.
• Standing, sitting, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, walking on uneven surfaces, and grating, working from elevated platforms, scaffolding or ladders, required to lift up to and including 50 pounds and maneuver up to and including 100 pounds.
• Inspect a job site.
• Ability to tolerate confined spaces, including manholes and varying temperatures and weather conditions.
• Exposed to temperature extremes, high noise level areas, high pressure steam lines, rotating equipment, and dusty/dirty environment.
• Required to wear PPE such as hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and hearing protection.

Benefits

• Personal Leave
  • FMLA up to 12 weeks based on approval
  • Nonpaid benefit
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 120 hours accrued annually which equals 4.62 hours per pay period
• Sick Leave
  • 40 hours per calendar year prorated based on month of hire
• Paid Parental Leave
  • 100% pay up to 160 hours upon birth or adoption of a child; must be used in weekly increments
• 7 paid holidays annually
• Floating holidays
  • 40 hours per calendar year prorated based on month of hire
• 401K plan
  • Including Roth option.