Focus on Reliability

1. To provide the right information for the technician to more easily to perform the job
2. Have identified the right parts and materials, having them staged and kitted
3. Interface with the Operations partner to ensure the equipment is available for Maintenance at the specified time.
4. To ensure the right priority Maintenance work is accomplished based on business needs

1. Avoids getting involved with this week’s emergency work as planning must be focused on the future
2. Reviews work orders requiring planning to understand the requested work
3. Evaluates and understands planned work priorities
4. Job scoping/ research – spends 1/3 of the day in the field
5. Prepares job plans based on level of detail required
6. Maintains a job plan library for reuse
7. Identifies and requisitions/ reserves parts and materials
8. Prepares the job package
9. Interfaces with the Operations group to validate work priority and equipment availability
10. Collaborates with Maintenance Supervisors on next week’s available labor hours to build the weekly schedule from.
11. Develops the next week’s maintenance schedule based on priority
12. Provides a level of coordination in the planning and scheduling phases, not during the execution of the work which the responsibility of maintenance supervision
13. Leads the weekly maintenance scheduling meeting
14. Ensures the preventive maintenance program is scheduled and work-leveled
15. Maintains the asset hierarchy if so required
16. Develops and improving the asset bill of materials
17. Reports on the Key performance indicators (KPI) if required
18. Performs other administration tasks of the CMMS/ EAM if required
19. Reviews completed job feedback to improve job plan content and estimates
20.  Integrates key words on work order closure to assist the data mining for reliability engineering purposes

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