Maintenance Planner

Ball • Everman, TX

6d • $59,100 - $82,530 • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner leads maintenance planning and scheduling, work order management, and coordinated execution of standardized maintenance activities in a manufacturing environment. The role administers preventive maintenance data and asset records through CMMS and ERP platforms, coordinates routine maintenance and planned outages, ensures parts and materials readiness, tracks maintenance KPIs, and identifies opportunities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and control costs.

The position develops and maintains preventive maintenance work orders, schedules, job plans, task instructions, and controlled maintenance documentation. It reviews work requests and equipment history, prioritizes work with plant stakeholders, analyzes maintenance performance and costs, and coordinates labor, contractors, tools, parts, and services for maintenance days and shutdowns. The Maintenance Planner also supports training, maintenance procedures, reliability activities, and cost controls.

This is an onsite position in a manufacturing environment. Regular in-person engagement is required, and travel or local commuting between Ball and other locations may be needed. The environment includes occupational hazards such as high noise levels, physical obstacles, and chemical exposure. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

• Broad training and practical experience in an industrial or manufacturing maintenance environment that directly impacts machine repair, maintenance planning, contractor management, or production support.
• Three or more years of manufacturing or industrial maintenance experience.
• High School Diploma or equivalent education.
• Experience with a CMMS and ERP software such as JDE, SAP PM, Maximo, or an equivalent maintenance management platform.
• Working knowledge of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; work order management; MRO materials; job planning; maintenance scheduling; and equipment reliability practices.
• Ability to learn the operating principles and nomenclature of assigned equipment, products, processes, and quality standards.
• Ability to analyze maintenance data, perform basic mathematical calculations, and use Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, for reporting and KPI tracking.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional communication skills and ability to coordinate with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, EHS, storeroom personnel, Procurement, contractors, and vendors.
• Ability to organize, plan, prioritize, manage multiple deadlines, pay close attention to detail, and complete other duties or assignments as directed.
• Ability to handle sensitive, business-related, and proprietary information confidentially.
• Ability to stand, walk, climb stairs and ladders, and safely navigate obstacles in a manufacturing facility.
• Ability to operate a forklift.
• Ability to lift or carry up to 50 lb.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States; the employer will not sponsor employment visas for this opening.

Nice To Haves

• Maintenance planning and scheduling experience.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize equipment maintenance systems, CMMS, and ERP data used to plan, schedule, manage, and report maintenance activities, asset history, and work orders.
• Review work orders daily, identify missed or incomplete work, communicate deficiencies, and calculate maintenance KPIs and compliance metrics.
• Run preventive maintenance compliance reports, follow up on noncompliant work orders, and support accurate PM completion and maintenance data quality.
• Review P1 notifications and work requests, standardize descriptions and equipment names, validate job scope, and improve CMMS searchability and work order history.
• Meet weekly with management, Operations, and Maintenance to prioritize work requests based on severity, risk, production needs, labor availability, and equipment reliability.
• Create and maintain preventive maintenance work orders in JDE, including service types, task instructions, model work orders, job plans, PM schedules, labor needs, and required parts.
• Maintain the JDE master tracker and controlled documentation for preventive maintenance work orders, job plans, and task instructions.
• Analyze M&R reports, equipment cost history, backlog, downtime, and other maintenance data to identify high-cost assets, recurring failures, and cost-saving or reliability improvement opportunities.
• Develop detailed maintenance-day and shutdown/outage plans, including schedules, labor, contractor support, safety requirements, parts, tools, and materials readiness.
• Coordinate with the storeroom, MRO, Procurement, vendors, and contractors to ensure critical parts and services are available ahead of scheduled maintenance when practical.
• Lead maintenance-day and outage coordination through a structured planning and scheduling process, adjusting plans as priorities and operating conditions change.
• Assist in developing maintenance SOPs, standard job plans, and work instructions to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and support safe, repeatable work.
• Train team members on JDE equipment maintenance and CMMS functionality and develop training documentation, data standards, and work management practices.
• Support preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance planning and contribute to reliability-centered maintenance, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.
• May assist with developing, reviewing, and monitoring M&R budgets, purchase requirements, and maintenance cost controls in coordination with the maintenance storeroom attendant and plant leadership.
• Follow company policies, procedures, practices, and standards of conduct.
• Maintain awareness of and comply with hazardous waste and other environmental management requirements, including attending required training.

Benefits

• Eligibility to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Comprehensive benefits structure; details are available on the company's Total Rewards page.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED