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Lignetics

Converts wood waste into residential pellets

Manufacturing Maintenance Planner

Inventory ManagementUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeWhite Pigeon, MI, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Previous use of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), or a related base to plan and schedule work.
  • High standards of housekeeping and organization.
  • A hands-on approach, including willingness to spend time on the floor collecting information and troubleshooting issues.
  • A medium degree of technical and analytical skills and the ability to perform simple math calculations.
  • Ability to immediately understand and react to verbal safety commands, audio alarms, and written hazard alerts in English in a manufacturing setting.
  • Proficiency in English to accurately read, interpret, and execute equipment lockout/tagout protocols and machine operation manuals.
  • Sufficient English verbal skills to clearly and instantly report machine malfunctions, near-misses, or unsafe floor conditions to supervisors and team members.
  • Ability to work in the immediate vicinity of fast-moving, heavy automated equipment, communicate clearly in real time, and adhere strictly to English-language safety signage.
  • Ability to work in a high-temperature, high-humidity area.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and schedule the plant maintenance program.
  • Develop detailed bills of materials for plant equipment and enter them into the computerized maintenance management system.
  • Develop maintenance routines for wear components, one machine at a time, and enter them into the computerized maintenance management system.
  • Determine which spare parts should be stocked and organize the storeroom to house them.
  • Set up automatic reordering in the computerized maintenance management system and order and receive items as needed.
  • Generate work orders and work packages daily and assist the team as needed in executing them.
  • Manage key performance indicators for the maintenance function.
  • Lead planning for major outages.
  • Understand equipment operations to plan improvements.
  • Ensure parts, special tools, and equipment are ready for planned work in collaboration with the Maintenance Manager.
  • Work with the Production Leader to plan and schedule regular overhaul maintenance periods.
  • Work with craft workers to ensure the details in work packages are understood.

About the Company

Lignetics

Converts wood waste into residential pellets

Lignetics converts wood waste into eco-friendly consumer products such as heating pellets, BBQ pellets, animal bedding, and fire logs. Its products are made by compressing wood waste into pellets and logs that people burn for heat, cooking, or other uses, produced at manufacturing plants across the US and Canada. The company differentiates itself by scaling through a strategic roll-up of competitors, becoming the largest residential wood pellet maker in the United States and building a nationwide, multi-plant footprint. Its goal is to grow the business through acquisitions and operational expansion to maintain market leadership in the fragmented wood-pellet industry.

Company size
1-10
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$8M
Headquarters
Louisville, CO
Founded
1983

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