Maintenance Planner

Materion•Elmore, OH

17d

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner of Primary Operations owns and streamlines maintenance planning activities within their manufacturing area. The role organizes preventive, predictive, corrective, and project maintenance work orders in coordination with Maintenance, Engineering, Operations, Stores, and Procurement. The Planner defines and maintains work procedures and documentation for administrative and quality purposes, with an emphasis on keeping preventive and predictive maintenance on schedule. This work supports reliable asset operation, reduces unplanned equipment downtime, and lowers total cost of ownership. The Planner is accountable for accurate equipment data related to preventive and predictive maintenance, standard work, bills of materials, drawings, manuals, and tooling requirements. The role also monitors maintenance metrics, leads planning prioritization and the annual PM quality review, provides hands-on CMMS training, and collaborates with other departments and the Reliability Engineer. The Planner may serve as backup Scheduler or Supervisor as area needs require.

Requirements

High school diploma.
At least 5 years as an A-rate mechanical or electrical technician, or 2 years as a maintenance supervisor.
Experience in an industrial manufacturing or military environment.
At least 5 years of work experience.
Technical equipment maintenance and problem-solving skills.
Attention to detail, job visualization, a proactive mindset, and sequential thinking.
Organization, verbal and written communication, and computer literacy skills, including MS Office and CMMS software.
Must meet the stated export-compliance eligibility requirements for access to U.S. controlled technology under ITAR and EAR.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in a technical or manufacturing-oriented field.
Undergraduate degree in an engineering or technical field.
At least 5 years of technician experience or 3 years of supervisor experience.

Responsibilities

Create detailed work plans for repetitive preventive and predictive maintenance, including instructions, safety precautions, PPE, parts, tools, craft resources, work duration and sequence, equipment energy state, drawings, and manuals.
Develop and maintain preventive, predictive, overhaul, and replacement strategies for each asset in alignment with the operations schedule.
Convert corrective maintenance notifications and preventive-maintenance follow-up work into planned work orders, standardizing tasks where possible; target a turnaround of 3–5 business days.
Stage parts and tools for specific jobs and return unused items to their proper storage locations.
Lead maintenance and operations planning-prioritization meetings, including regular area meetings and pre-outage meetings.
Lead the annual preventive-maintenance quality review with support from the maintenance team.
Lead hands-on CMMS training, elevate safety issues, and engage in team problem-solving to resolve them.
Coordinate with Engineering, Storeroom, Procurement, IT, and external suppliers as needed to support work planning, part and tool availability, and accurate CMMS data.
Analyze and monitor area planning metrics, including PM and PdM effectiveness, PM completion, and MTBF; identify potential failures, training needs, or maintenance-plan updates, elevate issues to management, and execute follow-up or corrective actions.
Maintain accurate equipment data for the responsible area, including PM/PdM plans, standard work, bills of materials, drawings, manuals, and tooling requirements.
Serve as backup Scheduler or Supervisor as required by area needs.
Participate in pre-outage scheduling meetings to identify critical-path jobs and required work sequencing.
Assist the Reliability Engineer with data collection and brainstorming for Failure Root Cause Analysis.