Maintenance Planner

51 Elementis Specialties USA•Newberry Springs, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability, minimize downtime, and support safe and efficient operations. This role focuses on organizing preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work by developing detailed job plans, securing materials and resources, and aligning schedules with production needs. The Maintenance Planner serves as a key link between maintenance, operations, and materials management, ensuring work is properly scoped, prioritized, and ready for execution. Success in this role is measured by improved asset reliability, schedule compliance, reduced emergency repairs, and optimized maintenance costs.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Technical background in maintenance, reliability, or engineering (mechanical, electrical, or industrial preferred)
Experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or facilities maintenance environment
Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance practices
Proficiency with CMMS systems and maintenance planning tools
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Ability to analyze data, prioritize work, and manage multiple schedules
Strong focus on safety, quality, and reliability
Must show great leadership skills.
Great organizational skills.
Be available to work overtime, weekends, off shifts and call outs when necessary.
Valid driver’s license
Must be able to stand, sit, walk, reach, stoop, squat, climb ladders, ramps & stairs, push and pull, reach at or below waist level and occasionally overhead, drive (forklift), hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds (machinery alarms).
Must be able to wear respirator and any other necessary personal protective equipment.
This position requires a fit for duty physical.
Intermediate computer skills to include Microsoft Suite, Word, Excel, and Data Processing
Ability to speak, read and write.
Ability to lead, active listening, able to understand and empathize with others, teamwork, motivating others, organizational abilities, excellent communication skills.
Critical thinking, prioritization, flexibility, troubleshooting.
Reliability, Accountability, Respect for Diversity, Represent Elementis Core Values.
Nonverbal, written, and oral skills are required.

Responsibilities

Develop detailed maintenance job plans, including labor estimates, task sequences, tools, permits, and safety requirements
Plan and schedule preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work to maximize equipment availability
Coordinate maintenance schedules with operations to minimize production impact
Ensure required parts, materials, and services are identified and available prior to job execution
Maintain and continuously improve preventive maintenance strategies and asset histories
Use the CMMS to manage work orders, schedules, and maintenance data
Prioritize maintenance work based on asset criticality, risk, and operational impact
Track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as schedule compliance, backlog, and equipment downtime
Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, safety, and cost control
Collaborate with supervisors, technicians, engineers, and vendors to ensure effective execution of maintenance work
All other duties assigned by Supervisor or Manager.