Maintenance Planner

Howmet Aerospace•Laporte, IN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler improves workforce productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordinating labor, parts, materials, and equipment access. The role supports effective maintenance execution to maximize plant reliability, efficiency, and safety. The position plans and schedules preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; manages work orders and maintenance records in a CMMS; coordinates materials and resources; and works with maintenance, operations, engineering, production, procurement, and other stakeholders. It is an on-site role based primarily in an office, with frequent time on the factory floor. Remote work is not offered. The employee must be able to work in hot, cold, and noisy industrial environments. Occasional overtime, weekend, or on-call work may be required, and minimal travel is required.

Requirements

Associate degree or higher in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, or a related technical field.
At least 2 years of maintenance planning or scheduling experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.
Must be able to lawfully obtain access to export-controlled items as a condition of employment.
Strong knowledge of maintenance practices, industrial equipment, and parts management.
Ability to interpret drawings from all engineering disciplines, codes, and similar materials.
Basic knowledge and understanding of industrial mechanical and electrical systems.
Ability to communicate ideas effectively to peers and senior staff.
Proficiency with Office 365.
Ability to work on-site in hot, cold, and noisy industrial environments.

Nice To Haves

Technical certifications or trades training in mechanical, electrical, or instrumentation fields.
5 or more years of maintenance planning or scheduling experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
Proficiency with CMMS systems such as MP2, eMaint, or Infor EAM.
Experience with lean manufacturing, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), or RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) principles.
Proficiency with SharePoint, Power Automate, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 apps.

Responsibilities

Develop detailed job plans for preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
Create and maintain daily, weekly, and long-term maintenance schedules using a CMMS or similar system.
Review incoming work requests and convert them into planned jobs, including task sequences, labor requirements, estimated durations, materials, tools, and safety procedures.
Prioritize work orders in collaboration with maintenance, operations, and engineering teams.
Coordinate with production planners to schedule maintenance during optimal equipment downtime.
Ensure necessary materials, tools, and equipment are procured and staged before job execution.
Maintain accurate CMMS records, including equipment history, job plans, labor records, and materials used.
Monitor the maintenance backlog and ensure work is captured and scheduled.
Analyze maintenance trends and performance data to improve plan effectiveness and equipment reliability.
Create regular reports for KPIs, including schedule compliance, planned versus unplanned work ratio, maintenance backlog, PM completion rate, MTBF, wrench time, and findings from PM inspections.
Work with storeroom and procurement vendors to ensure parts availability and maintain minimum inventory levels.
Maintain, modify, and create standard job plans (model work orders) for recurring maintenance tasks.
Identify, optimize, and manage critical spare parts associated with critical equipment.
Ensure maintenance plans include job safety analyses (JSA) and lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures and comply with plant safety policies.
Participate in daily and weekly maintenance planning meetings with operations and maintenance teams.
Serve as a liaison among maintenance, engineering, production, and other departments to coordinate scheduled activities.
Communicate schedule updates and modifications to relevant stakeholders.