Industrial Maintenance Planning Specialist (Manufacturing)

ATS•Bellwood, IL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

About the Role Picture your week beginning with a walk-through of the plant floor. You’ve already reviewed the non-urgent maintenance requests, scoped each job, and visited work sites to confirm access, safety needs, and tools. By mid-morning Monday, you’re finalizing a technician schedule that fully utilizes available labor hours with a mix of priority planned work and preventative maintenance. Your Ready Backlog is healthy—consistently at or above 80%—so crews have clear, executable tasks queued up. What You’ll Do Evaluate non-emergency work requests, define scopes, and inspect job locations to validate requirements and constraints. Estimate labor hours, craft skill mixes, and determine parts, materials, equipment, and any special tools needed to execute work safely and efficiently. Collect and curate technical references—drawings, schematics, specifications, equipment histories, OEM manuals, and content from the Knowledgebase—and confirm parts availability before scheduling. Keep the work order backlog organized and prioritized, sustaining a Ready Backlog at or above 80%. Continuously refine job plans for accuracy and effectiveness using a structured improvement process. Lead weekly planning and scheduling meetings with Production to set priorities, share status, and adjust activities as operating needs change. Build a Weekly Technician Schedule that fully leverages technician hours with a balanced mix of planned jobs and PM tasks (targeting 100% utilization). Use maintenance metrics and post-job reviews to strengthen planning and scheduling performance. Maintain records and files that enable meaningful maintenance analysis and reporting. Train site personnel on the CMMS, ensuring data integrity and consistent, value-adding use.

Requirements

Associate degree in a technical field and 1–3 years of maintenance planning/scheduling; and/or 5–10 years as a machine repair technician, or an equivalent blend of education and experience.
Comfort working in an industrial manufacturing environment with strong electrical and mechanical aptitude.
Fluency with computers, CMMS/maintenance applications, and Microsoft Office.
Clear verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation abilities; relationship builder with a professional, collaborative style.

Nice To Haves

Interest in developing leadership capabilities.
Hands-on experience creating job plans, scheduling work, and supporting execution.
Background in project or capital project management.
CMRP, Green Belt, or STS certifications.

Responsibilities

Evaluate non-emergency work requests, define scopes, and inspect job locations to validate requirements and constraints.
Estimate labor hours, craft skill mixes, and determine parts, materials, equipment, and any special tools needed to execute work safely and efficiently.
Collect and curate technical references—drawings, schematics, specifications, equipment histories, OEM manuals, and content from the Knowledgebase—and confirm parts availability before scheduling.
Keep the work order backlog organized and prioritized, sustaining a Ready Backlog at or above 80%.
Continuously refine job plans for accuracy and effectiveness using a structured improvement process.
Lead weekly planning and scheduling meetings with Production to set priorities, share status, and adjust activities as operating needs change.
Build a Weekly Technician Schedule that fully leverages technician hours with a balanced mix of planned jobs and PM tasks (targeting 100% utilization).
Use maintenance metrics and post-job reviews to strengthen planning and scheduling performance.
Maintain records and files that enable meaningful maintenance analysis and reporting.
Train site personnel on the CMMS, ensuring data integrity and consistent, value-adding use.