Maintenance Planner

POSITION SUMMARY

The Maintenance Planner plays a key role in ensuring equipment reliability and production continuity by coordinating, scheduling, and supporting preventive and routine maintenance activities and small projects. This position blends technical know-how with coordination skills, acting as a liaison between maintenance technicians, production personnel, and the production scheduler.

The Maintenance Planner will ensure maintenance tasks are prioritized, properly scheduled, and completed efficiently while supporting hands-on tasks as needed. This role requires strong maintenance background, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively across departments in a fast-paced, regulated manufacturing environment.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain the preventive maintenance calendar and ensure all PM tasks are scheduled in alignment with production schedules and equipment availability.
• Coordinate with production leaders and the production scheduler to identify ideal maintenance windows and minimize operational disruptions.
• Generate, assign, and track work orders in the CMMS (e.g. Limble), ensuring accurate documentation and timely closure.
• Communicate daily maintenance priorities and job scopes to the maintenance team.
• Assist with hands-on preventive maintenance work including inspections, lubrication, adjustments, and minor repairs.
• Support emergency maintenance coordination by communicating equipment status and assisting in mobilizing appropriate personnel.
• Monitor and help manage the maintenance backlog, highlighting overdue PMs or repetitive breakdowns for further review.
• Ensure PM checklists, procedures, and documentation are kept current and reflect actual work practices.
• Participate in daily / weekly maintenance planning meetings and contribute to downtime analysis or root cause reviews.
• Help ensure that safety procedures (e.g., LOTO, confined space) are followed during maintenance work.
• Recommend improvements to scheduling practices, task efficiency, or equipment uptime.
• Performs other duties assigned by manager.

WORK EXPERIENCE

QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work required by the position. They are not to be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. All employees holding this position may be required to perform responsibilities outside of those listed from time-to-time based on business circumstances.

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