Maintenance Planner

US Farathane•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

US Farathane is seeking a Maintenance Planner for its Austin, Texas facility. The role develops short- and long-term maintenance schedules and leads safety and environmental compliance for hourly maintenance staff. The Planner coordinates preventive maintenance, work-order planning, scheduling, purchasing, inventory, vendor relations, reporting, and maintenance reliability activities in a manufacturing environment. The position works with maintenance, operations, facilities, purchasing, and safety teams and supports compliance with IATF 16949, OSHA, and company safety requirements. The role requires regular computer-based planning and documentation as well as movement throughout the manufacturing facility to inspect equipment, work orders, parts, and maintenance needs. The environment includes exposure to noise, heat, and moving equipment. Work may involve off-shifts, weekends, and responding to emergency maintenance needs.

Requirements

Minimum 3–5 years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment; maintenance planning, scheduling, reliability, or supervision experience is preferred.
Experience with CMMS/EAM systems such as Parts+, SAP, Maximo, Fiix, MP2, or similar software.
Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance practices, including PM optimization, job planning, and work-order management.
Ability to read and interpret technical documentation, including equipment manuals, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, P&IDs, and OEM specifications.
Experience planning industrial equipment maintenance work, including identifying labor, materials, tools, permits, contractors, and safety requirements.
Working knowledge of maintenance storeroom and spare-parts management, including material requisitioning, kitting, and coordination with Purchasing.
Strong organizational and time-management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities, schedules, and deadlines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to coordinate across maintenance, operations, engineering, purchasing, and safety teams.
Commitment to workplace safety and regulatory compliance, including knowledge of LOTO, confined-space requirements, hot-work permits, and other industrial safety practices.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel for tracking KPIs such as PM compliance, schedule compliance, backlog management, and maintenance reporting.
Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods; stand and walk through the facility; occasionally bend, stoop, crouch, kneel, climb, reach, and handle materials.
Ability to lift, push, or pull up to 40 pounds.
Sufficient manual dexterity for frequent computer, keyboard, mouse, telephone, and office-equipment use, as well as occasional handling of tools, parts, precision measuring devices, or equipment.
Ability to visually review screens, work orders, equipment information, labels, inventory, drawings, and other maintenance documentation.
Ability to communicate effectively in office and manufacturing environments and wear required PPE on the plant floor.
Ability to work around manufacturing-facility conditions, including noise and temperature variations, and to work off-shifts, weekends, and respond to emergency maintenance needs.

Responsibilities

Update preventive maintenance tasks in coordination with Maintenance Technicians to improve accuracy and prevent unplanned downtime.
Identify work orders requiring formal planning; determine whether field checks are needed and perform them when necessary.
Retrieve existing job plans or develop job steps and sequences for new work.
Review work orders for special service and material requirements, coordinate with Purchasing, and enter material requests.
Identify work orders requiring permits.
Identify repeating task opportunities, consolidate them, and enter them into Parts+ as tasks.
Review work orders and assign them to the schedule or planned backlog.
Review job plans for accuracy and adjust them as needed.
Assist the Facilities Manager and Maintenance Supervisor in prioritizing maintenance work.
Create a weekly maintenance work schedule and align weekly priorities with the Operations Manager, Facilities Manager, and Maintenance Supervisor.
Conduct after-maintenance feedback on findings from preventive maintenance and corrective work orders generated.
Ensure scheduled work orders and OEM preventive maintenance work are properly kitted.
Update asset information in Parts+ as needed.
Track and report preventive maintenance compliance and weekly schedule compliance.
Support root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Support continuous improvement relating to inventory optimization, procurement, efficiency, and maintenance reliability.
Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, OSHA, and company safety requirements.
Manage relationships with MRO vendors and service providers.
Process parts and material requisitions from Maintenance Technicians accurately and promptly.
Source, quote, and purchase maintenance parts, supplies, and services in accordance with company purchasing policies.
Track MRO spending and ensure alignment with the monthly maintenance budget.
Identify cost-saving opportunities through vendor consolidation, alternative sourcing, and negotiated pricing.
Manage spare parts inventory to minimize equipment downtime.
Maintain accurate purchasing, inventory, and vendor records in Parts+.
Perform other duties as assigned.