About LSB Industries, Inc.

We are a leading North American producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals. Our vision is to be a best-in-class, diversified chemical and clean energy producer that safely and efficiently operates our facilities, creates partnerships that deliver value to our customers, suppliers, and logistics providers, and attracts, retains, and enhances the lives of talented team members. We are well positioned to play a critical role in the reduction of global carbon emissions through our potential to produce low carbon or no carbon ammonia. We expect our success in achieving these goals to lead to superior financial performance and greater value for our public shareholders. For more information, view our website at www.lsbindustries.com.

The company is seeking your help in making this vision a reality!

El Dorado is located amidst the scenic timberland's region of south Arkansas. There are many small towns located near there, but it is also close to Little Rock, AR, Shreveport, LA, and less than a day's drive from New Orleans.

Basic Function:

The basic function of this role is to develop planned job packages for Maintenance repair work and improvement projects based on priorities established by Operations. The job plans must fully satisfy the notification scope and include all material, services, resources and appropriate scheduling logic between individual operations or tasks. This position must ensure that enough work is planned to satisfy production needs as well as the available man-hour capacity.

Responsibilities:

This function/role/position is responsible for the following:

• Providing necessary planning information that insures safe and efficient execution of critical priority 1 and 2 jobs.
  • The planner works in the future, emergency work and break in is managed by the Maintenance Supervisor.
• Participating in the management of notification and work order backlog by:
  • Reviewing backlog and planning list for duplicates
  • Grouping notifications together that can be planned and worked as a single order that optimizes utilization of resources
  • Ensuring plans are in place that meet the timing requirements of the process units
  • Checking for understanding of scope through notification text and field walk through
• Changing notification(s) to orders which includes
  • Ensuring that order type and maintenance activity types are accurately assigned on the order
  • Using or creating task lists for repetitive jobs
  • Using or creating BOMs where appropriate
  • Building or copying the job plan that clearly shows:
    • The special instructions and required documentation such as, QA/QC needs, wiring schematics, etc.
    • Required skill crafts and duration
    • Specialty tools and equipment
    • Optimal scheduling logic between operations
    • Reservation or purchase order for necessary components
• Participating in bidding process and requisitioning for third party services
• Routing high-cost orders through the operations manager for verification that work order provides appropriate return on investment relative to the current business environment
• Forwarding job packages to the Maintenance Supervisor
• Soliciting feedback on executed job plans and making any necessary changes to ensure planning and work efficiencies continue to improve
• Writing necessary change orders for third party services upon job completion
• Filling in for Supervisor roles and responsibilities as needed
• Working unit outages, turnarounds, special projects, sometimes at nights and on weekends as needed.

Accountabilities:

• Planned vs Actual costs
• Total Number and Value of Returned Parts
• Developing and maintaining library of planned work
• 2 Weeks of planned backlog
• WO Quality per the ACE Standard
• Planning Safety into each work order

Required Knowledge, Abilities & Skills

• 5 years of/in a maintenance related role.
• High School diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Organization, Planning, supervision, and motivation skills are required, as well as mechanical aptitude and experience with a CMMS system and Microsoft office.
• Experience with a CMMS system along with Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Good oral and written communication skills are required in this position along with the ability to organize and plan work for the maintenance department.
• Preferred candidates will have strong mechanical aptitude and technical maintenance experience with the ability to understand blueprints and technical manuals.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Willingness to work around dust, chemicals, high pressure, high temperature, loud noises, and running equipment.
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in designated areas (hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, steel toed boots and hearing protection).
• Must be able to lift as much as 50 lbs.

Special Attention:

This position is safety and security sensitive in nature. This position deals with hazardous materials and/or industrial processes that can pose a risk to employees and the general public. This facility complies with security standards under Department of Homeland Security (DHS) CFATS regulation 6 CFR Part 27.