Maintenance Planner/Analyst

Maine Drilling & Blasting•Auburn, NH

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner / Analyst reports to the Equipment Manager and provides enterprise-level ownership of maintenance planning standards, reliability analysis, parts strategy, and maintenance system governance. This role independently develops planning processes and analytical approaches, identifies reliability and inventory risks, and formulates recommendations that improve preventive maintenance compliance, reduce repeat failures and reactive work, strengthen parts readiness, and improve maintenance workflow predictability across the organization. The Analyst may implement routine system, data, workflow, and planning-process changes within established Company parameters; material maintenance-strategy, budget, purchasing, staffing, and operational-priority decisions remain subject to management approval.

Requirements

Advanced knowledge of maintenance planning, preventive maintenance processes, work-order readiness, and reliability-improvement practices in a heavy-equipment or industrial environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to select appropriate methods, interpret complex maintenance and inventory data, identify material risks, and formulate well supported recommendations.
Working knowledge of root-cause analysis methods and the ability to coordinate cross-functional investigations and evaluate corrective-action alternatives.
Strong knowledge of parts-demand planning, critical-spares analysis, inventory controls, stocking level analysis, and parts standardization concepts.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and related data-analysis and reporting tools; ability to develop clear, reliable analyses, trends, and performance measures.
Ability to develop standards, workflows, job plans, training materials, and process documentation and to influence employees and leaders across multiple locations without direct authority.
Ability to manage multiple priorities independently, exercise sound judgment within assigned areas, recognize matters requiring escalation, and maintain accurate, complete, and reliable information.
Experience analyzing maintenance, reliability, parts, or inventory data and developing recommendations based on identified trends required.
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel or comparable data-analysis tools required.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment when entering maintenance, warehouse, yard, or field environments.
The position requires independent analytical work, cross-functional influence, professional discretion, and consistent adherence to established safety requirements when working in or around active maintenance and equipment areas.

Nice To Haves

experience with root-cause analysis, standardized job planning, parts-demand planning, or inventory optimization preferred.
a technical degree in maintenance, equipment technology, industrial technology, reliability, supply chain, data analysis, or a related field is highly preferred; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
recently separated from Military service and looking for an opportunity that will value your self-discipline and standards for safety and excellence.
Dedication, enthusiasm, hard work, integrity, honesty, and responsibility are key indicators for us in any candidate interested in joining our world class team.
Our team members are good communicators, highly competitive (we want to win!), and work together effectively to get the job done!

Responsibilities

Own, develop, and maintain Company-wide maintenance planning standards, work-order readiness requirements, planning workflows, priority definitions, required data elements, and closure expectations.
Develop and maintain standardized maintenance job plans, work packages, parts lists, planning templates, and supporting documentation for recurring and complex maintenance activities.
Audit adherence to maintenance planning and data standards, determine corrective follow-up for recurring deficiencies, and implement routine workflow and planning-process improvements within established Company parameters.
Analyze repeat failures, downtime, maintenance history, backlog condition, and other reliability trends to identify significant risks and determine which issues warrant formal root-cause review.
Coordinate root-cause analysis with Service Superintendents, mechanics, ESG, Operations, vendors, and other technical resources; evaluate alternatives, recommend corrective actions, and track implementation and results.
Analyze parts consumption, demand patterns, lead times, stockouts, equipment criticality, and maintenance requirements to recommend reorder points, minimum/maximum levels, and critical spares quantities.
Identify excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory; evaluate parts commonality and standardization opportunities across equipment classes and locations and recommend appropriate action.
Align parts planning with preventive maintenance schedules, standardized job plans, and anticipated maintenance demand to improve parts availability and work readiness across the organization.
Serve as functional owner and primary business administrator of the Company maintenance and work-order system, including data standards, work-order structures, failure and priority codes, required fields, and workflow design.
Implement routine system, data, configuration, and workflow changes within established Company parameters; evaluate system enhancements and recommend broader improvements for management approval.
Develop system guidance and training materials; train mechanics, superintendents, and other users and audit compliance with established maintenance-system and data standards.
Establish, maintain, and evaluate maintenance planning and reliability measures, including planned versus reactive work, PM compliance, backlog readiness and aging, repeat failures, corrective-action closure, system data integrity, parts availability, and inventory exposure.
Evaluate performance across shops, divisions, equipment classes, and maintenance processes; identify gaps and recommend standardized improvements that support reliability, workflow stability, and maintenance predictability.
Coordinate across Equipment Services, Service Superintendents, ESG, Operations, Purchasing, and other stakeholders to implement approved improvements and communicate identified risks, recommendations, and implementation status.
Perform other related duties as assigned in support of safe, reliable, efficient, and well-controlled maintenance operations.
This position provides functional leadership, standards, training, analysis, and process guidance across the maintenance organization but does not have direct supervisory responsibility.