Maintenance Planner

Rhi Magnesita • New Salem Bro, PA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for developing, coordinating, and optimizing maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability, minimizing downtime, and supporting safe, efficient plant operations. This role bridges the gap between maintenance execution and production needs by creating detailed work plans, scheduling resources, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Requirements

• Proficient with a PC and Microsoft suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, etc.)
• Ability to efficiently navigate the CMMS (SAP) and continue to assist with deploying full utilization of the system.
• Knowledge of maintenance activities and tasks in order to affectively and efficiently compose detailed job plans.
• Ability to think creatively and problem solve to ensure optimal equipment production and reduce downtime.
• Clear and concise written & verbal communication skills, ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to make critical decisions in a fast paced, production-oriented work environment. Ability to work well under pressure is vital to the success of this role.
• Ability to keep a cool head and rationalize situations to ensure good conflict resolution.
• Capable of completing work in a timely manner.
• Promotes positive team environment.

Nice To Haves

• 3-5 years in maintenance planning, reliability engineering, or industrial maintenance.
• Proficiency with SAP PM
• Strong knowledge of plant equipment and process. Rotary kilns, Conveyors, Screens, mixers, presses, etc.
• Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt

Responsibilities

• Ensure Safe Practices are used by Maintenance employees and promote a safe work environment.
• Review notifications daily, assigning planner responsible. Forward non-planned jobs to Maintenance Scheduler for scheduling.
• Manage and update all jobs from your Worklist.
• Plan maintenance work for upcoming outages.
• Order parts/material when needed. Adding to BOM's daily.
• Organize maintenance planning meetings with production departments.
• Coordinate repair prioritization with operations, engineering, and maintenance teams.
• Secure contractors to complete onsite work when needed. Obtaining quotes, issuing reqs., and completing Goods Receipts.
• Contractor check-ins when planned jobs are being executed by contractors.
• Create Standard Job Plans to refer back to quickly.
• Willing to work OT, weekends and off shift schedule as needed to support the operations.
• Properly plan Maintenance jobs by providing job plan requirements below:
• Purpose/Scope of the work order.
• Job step sequence (operations).
• Physical verification of parts/material on hand, signed out and kitted/palletized.
• Safety related issues. (LOTO, special PPE requirements, special hazards, required permits, etc.)
• Manpower needed. Total job duration.
• Procedures needed.
• Equipment drawings.
• Specifications and tolerances (Torque requirements, wear limits)
• Special tools and Equipment (Cranes, Lifts, Special hand tools)
• Testing requirements.

Benefits

• $1.50 Shift Premium & $1.60 Weekend Premium
• $200 voucher for required steel toe boots with met guard (& prescription safety glasses if requested)
• Company-issued uniforms are provided and professionally laundered at no cost to employees.
• Amazing benefits that start within 30 days of hire.
• Up to 6% company match on 401k
• 3 weeks PTO (increases to 4 weeks on 4th anniversary)
• Competitively priced benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees