Maintenance Planner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ohio.

📋 Description

• Evaluate approved work requests and transform them into comprehensive work orders.

• Specify job scope, work procedures, technical directives, required crafts, labor hours, and skill levels.

• Assess the needs for materials, parts, tools, equipment, and contractor assistance.

• Formulate actionable job plans and finalize work packages for three designated manufacturing locations.

• Generate material reservations and purchase requisitions.

• Collaborate with Procurement and Stores to guarantee material readiness and proper staging.

• Recognize necessary permits, safety measures, hazards, and risk management strategies.

• Ensure adherence to regulatory, environmental, quality, and corporate safety standards.

• Maintain planned backlogs and verify that work orders satisfy Ready-to-Schedule criteria.

• Prioritize planning efforts based on risk factors, production impacts, safety considerations, regulatory obligations, PM due dates, and site priorities.

• Review and rectify aging, incomplete, duplicate, or inaccurately scoped work orders.

• Collaborate with Gatekeepers, Local Work Owners, Schedulers, Supervisors, Operations, Engineering, EHS, Procurement, Stores, and contractors.

• Engage in planning, backlog, readiness, and scheduling meetings.

• Update and standardize job plans, templates, work packages, equipment records, bills of material, and parts references.

• Contribute to reliability and maintenance enhancement initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Background in maintenance, operations, technical trades, maintenance planning, or maintenance supervision in an industrial or manufacturing context.

• Robust technical expertise in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, or industrial maintenance systems.

• Capability to read and interpret drawings, manuals, equipment documentation, procedures, and technical specifications.

• Proficiency with CMMS/EAM systems such as SAP PM, Maximo, Infor, or equivalent platforms.

• Strong organizational and planning abilities to handle multiple priorities across assigned locations.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for effective teamwork with site personnel and cross-functional support teams.

• Familiarity with maintenance work management processes: work identification, planning, scheduling, execution, and closeout.

• Ability to assist multiple facilities within a centralized planning framework.

• Willingness to travel periodically to assigned locations.

• Technical certification, skilled trade qualification, associate degree, or bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field is preferred.

• Experience in maintenance planning processes and managing planned backlogs is preferred.

• Background in supporting multiple locations or a centralized maintenance organization is preferred.

• Experience in creating standard job plans and reusable maintenance work packages is preferred.

• Knowledge of safety procedures, work permits, lockout/tagout, and regulatory standards is preferred.

• Experience in coordinating materials, procurement, stores, contractor support, or rental equipment is preferred.

• Understanding of preventive, predictive, condition-based, and reliability-centered maintenance is preferred.

• Familiarity with planning and scheduling performance metrics is preferred.

• Familiarity with process safety management and mechanical integrity requirements in chemical or process manufacturing is preferred.

• Must be at least 18 years old.

• Must be willing to undergo a drug test and background investigation.

• May be subject to periodic background checks under CFATS or other regulatory requirements.

• Required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to tools, training, and opportunities for advancement.

• An inclusive culture that promotes growth, collaboration, and accountability.

• Opportunities for innovation, sustainability, and continuous development.

• A strong commitment to safety, partnership, belonging, and making an impact.

• An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.