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Maintenance Planners are the unsung heroes of any organization. Without them, equipment reliability and maintainability would be out of control. If you're a Maintenance Planner, you'll want to read this article to see how your day compares. For a copy of the article, email [email protected]. #maintenanceplanner #planningandscheduling #wrenchtime

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀? John Crager's new article is your blueprint for becoming a top-tier Planner or Scheduler in industrial maintenance and operations. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: • Master critical path methodology • Build a powerful professional network • Ace technical interviews with confidence Plus, learn which certifications can set you apart in this competitive field! Don't leave your career success to chance. Plan it with precision. Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/3ZcjLK2 #𝗶𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗰𝗰 #𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 #𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 #𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 #𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴

Are you looking to improve your fixed plant operational maintenance? Prioritizing maintenance tasks is key to supporting reliability. Non-critical equipment or unlikely failures shouldn't be as high priority as those involving critical assets. Focus preventive maintenance efforts towards reducing failures that represent significant risks to your operations. When it comes to maintenance planning, keep in mind that it's not just about setting a schedule. A maintenance planner should be out on-site, fully aware of potential issues that could complicate the job. Access or safety problems could arise, so having someone who understands planning principles and has ordered thinking and communication skills is crucial. If you're ready to hire a planner or evaluate your current planning position, consider these critical characteristics: experience, understanding of planning principles, being a people person, and having ordered thinking and communication skills. Don't underestimate the importance of having the right person in this role.

Days ago I´ve shared with you the 6 maintenance planning principles for Success in planning & scheduling. Now let's discover how it's supposed to be for the 1º principle. 1. A Separate Department for Planners Protecting the planner Planners need to be removed from the maintenance crews and put into separate groups to facilitate specialized planning techniques and focus on future work. By removing planners from the maintenance crew for which they plan and having them report to a different supervisor, the planning function is protected. As difficult as it may be at times, planners should never be used as field technicians to help complete work, so they can focus solely on planning for future work.

We’re hiring! 📣 Calling for schedulers in the New York Metropolitan area with MILCON experience 📣 After running my business for 6 years, I’ve learned that I can’t fulfil the mission alone. That’s why I’m looking to add a Senior Scheduling Consultant to CPM Schedule Solutions LLC to better serve our nation's military and federal construction programs. The top 3 qualities we value the most are: 1) You’re proactive and get the job done. If you see an issue, you address it, not just sit back and wait for things to come to you. 2) You’re objective in your judgment. You assume by default that everyone's doing their best with what they have. 3) You’re humble. You’re always open to new ideas and feedback. You also: — Are proficient with P6 — Have 5 years of experience in military/federal construction — Have a Planning & Schedule Professional (PSP) certification, or a Project Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification, or plan to obtain one. More details are in the job description. Know someone who’d be good for the role? Tag them in the comments 👇

🚀 Maintenance Planners and Planning ! 🚀 Ever wondered who ensures that your equipment runs smoothly and downtime is minimized? Meet the maintenance planners – the backbone of efficient operations! 🔧 What They Do: - Plan Maintenance Activities: Crafting detailed schedules and ensuring all resources are in place. - Coordinate Teams: Bridging the gap between technicians, supervisors, and other departments for seamless execution. - Manage Work Orders: Prioritizing and tracking work orders to keep everything on track. - Track & Report: Monitoring progress and generating insightful reports. - Optimize Processes: Continuously improving and implementing best practices. 📈 Impact on KPIs: - Schedule Completion: Realistic schedules mean higher on-time completion rates. - Maintenance Plan Attainment: Comprehensive planning leads to hitting maintenance targets. - Backlog Management: Effective scheduling keeps the backlog in check and ensures timely maintenance. Maintenance planners are crucial in keeping operations running smoothly and efficiently. Their work directly translates into improved performance metrics and reduced downtime. Next time you see seamless operations, remember the maintenance planners making it happen behind the scenes! 🌟 #Maintenance #Planning #Operations #Efficiency #MaintenancePlanner #KPIs #OperationalExcellence

Inefficiencies in resource planning are a silent profit killer in field service operations. 😱 Missed schedules, underutilized technicians, and equipment dispatch delays all lead to dissatisfied customers and mounting operational costs. Are your technicians constantly overbooked or sitting idle? Is your team wasting time and resources on unnecessary trips due to poor scheduling or lack of tools at the job site? These issues don't just cost time—they damage your reputation and hurt your bottom line. With advanced resource planning tools like FieldEquip, you can optimize technician scheduling, ensure equipment readiness, and respond to dynamic job demands with minimal effort. 🔗 https://buff.ly/3BmLgGR #FieldService #ResourcePlanning #TechnicianScheduling #PlantManagement #FieldEquip

Emergency or Breakdown Maintenance is expensive. And that’s because… →it doesn't get planned properly. →it doesn't get scheduled properly. →you spend more time running around chasing parts. It should be avoided at all costs! But many plants around the world have 30-40% emergency maintenance! Whereas well-run plants only have <10% emergency maintenance. There are 3 main reasons for this: 1️⃣ Leaders allow this to happen. By agreeing to all this break-in work, they in effect, agree to working in chaos, and paying 3-5 times more than they should. 2️⃣Nobody truly owns the schedule. Nobody says “NO” to the many schedule breakers. All it needs is for someone with a bit of clout to ask “WHY?”. WHY is this job so urgent that it can’t wait till next week, so our planner can organise all the parts and the scheduler can fit it in with the other work? Truth is, it rarely is that urgent. 3️⃣It is an issue of prioritisation. You need an objective approach like the RIME or RAM to prioritise which tasks get done first. You don’t do the job just because someone shouts the loudest, or someone insists this job is a high-priority emergency. To break that cycle of reactive, emergency maintenance you need to ask WHY, say NO, and use a more objective prioritisation tool so the discussions around WHY are risk-based, fact-driven, and you get rid of the emotional priorities that plague so many operations and maintenance teams around the world. #MaintenanceEngineering #processsafety #assetintegrity #assetmanagement #safety #maintenance #maintenancemanagement #maintenanceengineering #maintenancemanager #reliability #reliabilityengineering #reliabilitycenteredmaintenance #engineering #engineeringexcellence #process #operation #operationalexcellence #operationsmanager #operationandmaintenance