Maintenance Planner Scheduler - Ethanol Plant Working under the direction of the Maintenance Manager, this position will coordinate all maintenance activities and help develop job and safety plans to improve workforce productivity. The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler will be the liaison between maintenance, engineering, and operations to ensure all work activities are planned, estimated, and scheduled. This position will also provide leadership and guidance on effective operation of the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS, using the SAP system). * Analyzes and investigates all work requests. * Develops all work order based job plans. * Plans all maintenance work, estimates time and resources, and schedules all planned jobs. * Manages maintenance scheduling process including weekly management meetings and maintenance team meetings. * Ensures parts, materials, and tools are appropriately requisitioned to complete planned jobs. * Works with Maintenance Manager, Maintenance and Engineering Manager to support plant reliability and mechanical integrity programs. * Oversees plant preventative maintenance (PM) and predictive maintenance (PdM) programs. * Tracks and reports on appropriate metrics to monitor and improve maintenance performance and plant reliability. * Assists with planning/scheduling effort for major plant turn-around and equipment overhauls. * Works additional hours to support annual turn-around. This position is hourly nonexempt status, which means you are eligible for overtime pay. * High school diploma or GED required. * Three years experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, and estimating required. * Bachelors degree or technical degree preferred. * Experience interpreting engineering drawings, equipment drawings, and piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs) preferred. * Experience with computerized maintenance management systems (i.e. SAP) preferred. **** **About Valero ** Valero Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels and other petrochemical products. Valero, a Fortune 50 company based in San Antonio, Texas, with approximately 10,000 employees, is an independent petroleum refiner and ethanol producer, and its assets include 15 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day and 14 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of approximately 1.7 billion gallons per year. **About Valero Renewables Lakota ** Valero Renewables-Lakota is located about 30 miles southeast of Fairmont, MN. The bio-refinery sits on 78 acres and started ethanol production in November 2002. The facility uses a dry-grind production method and state-of-the-art technology to maintain industry-leading standards in production, safety, product quality and environmental stewardship. The Lakota plant annually processes nearly 39 million bushels of corn into 110 million gallons of denatured ethanol and 400,000 tons of distillers grains co-products. The bio- refinery has a nameplate capacity of 85 million gallons of ethanol per year and employs approximately 60 full-time personnel. Valero's employees are the heart of its success, and there is a reason why the company is an employer of choice in the fuels manufacturing and marketing industry. Its not just the excellent benefits package, or the opportunities for personal growth, its also the caring and committed culture of the organization that makes everyone feel like theyre truly part of a team. Valero is an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status including sexual orientation, gender identity, Women, Minorities, Individuals with Disabilities and protected Veterans. *LI-LP1 **Primary Location: **US-IA-Lakota **Work Locations: ** **Job: **Operations/Skilled Crafts %26 Trades/Maintenance **Organization: **Valero Marketing and Supply Company **Job Posting: **Nov 30, 2018, 9:08:01 AM