Maintenance Planner

Ball • Fort Worth, TX

9d • 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 the CMMS and ERP platform, including JDE, SAP, or equivalent systems. It coordinates daily maintenance and planned outage or shutdown activities, ensures parts and materials readiness, tracks maintenance KPIs, and identifies opportunities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and control costs.

The position requires regular in-person, on-site work in a manufacturing environment. Travel and local commuting between Ball and other locations may be required. The environment includes occupational hazards such as high noise levels, physical obstacles, and chemical exposure. The role also requires legal authorization to work in the U.S.; Ball will not sponsor an employment visa for this opening.

Requirements

• 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 operating principles and nomenclature for 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, including the 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 by management.
• Ability to handle sensitive, business-related, and proprietary information confidentially.
• Must follow company policies, procedures, practices, and standards of conduct.
• Must maintain awareness of and comply with hazardous waste and other environmental management requirements, including attending required training.
• Must be able to stand, walk, climb stairs and ladders, and safely navigate obstacles in a manufacturing facility.
• Must be able to operate a forklift.
• Must be able to lift or carry up to 50 lb.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; employment visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice To Haves

• Maintenance planning and scheduling experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize the equipment maintenance system, CMMS, and ERP data used to set up, plan, schedule, manage, and report maintenance activities, asset history, and work orders.
• Review maintenance work orders daily, identify missed or incomplete work, communicate deficiencies, and calculate assigned 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 naming, validate job scope, and improve CMMS searchability and work order history.
• Meet weekly with management, Operations, and Maintenance to prioritize 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, with input from Maintenance and Production.
• 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 coordination, contractor support, safety requirements, and parts, tools, and materials readiness.
• Coordinate with the storeroom, MRO, Procurement, vendors, and contractors to ensure critical parts and services are available at least two weeks before scheduled maintenance when practical.
• Lead maintenance-day and outage coordination through a structured planning and scheduling process, adjusting plans as plant priorities and operating conditions change.
• Assist in developing maintenance SOPs, standard job plans, and work instructions to improve reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and support safe, repeatable work.
• Train team members on JDE equipment maintenance and CMMS functionality; 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 as applicable.
• May assist with establishing, reviewing, and monitoring M&R budgets, purchase requirements, and maintenance cost controls 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 by attending required training.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
• Comprehensive benefits structure; details are available on Ball’s Total Rewards page.

What This Job Offers

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