Maintenance Planner

Howmet Aerospace • La Porte, IN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler improves workforce productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through the planning and coordination of labor, parts, materials, and equipment access. The role supports effective execution of maintenance activities to maximize plant reliability, efficiency, and safety.

The position develops and maintains preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance plans and schedules; manages CMMS records, work backlogs, and performance reporting; coordinates material and resource availability; ensures plans address safety and compliance requirements; and works with maintenance, operations, engineering, production, and other departments to coordinate scheduled work.

This is an on-site position based primarily in the office, with frequent time on the factory floor. Remote work is not offered. The role may involve hot, cold, and noisy industrial environments, occasional overtime, weekend, or on-call work, and minimal travel.

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.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility will be verified at hire.
• Must be able to lawfully obtain access to export-controlled items; employment offers are conditioned on this ability.

Nice To Haves

• Technical certifications or trades training in mechanical, electrical, or instrumentation fields.
• Five 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 applications.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance practices, industrial equipment, and parts management.
• Ability to interpret drawings from all engineering disciplines, codes, and similar materials.
• Basic understanding of industrial mechanical and electrical systems.
• Ability to communicate ideas effectively to peers and senior staff.
• Proficiency with Office 365.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed job plans for preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Create and maintain daily, weekly, and long-term maintenance schedules using a computerized maintenance management system or similar system.
• Review work requests and convert them into planned jobs with 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 materials, tools, and equipment are procured and staged before job execution.
• Maintain accurate and current CMMS records, including equipment history, job plans, labor records, and materials used.
• Monitor maintenance work backlogs and ensure work is captured and scheduled.
• Analyze maintenance trends and performance data to improve planning effectiveness and equipment reliability.
• Generate regular KPI reports, including schedule compliance, planned versus unplanned work ratio, maintenance backlog, PM completion rate, MTBF, wrench time, and work found through 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 for critical equipment.
• Ensure maintenance plans include job safety analysis and lockout/tagout procedures and comply with plant safety policies.
• Participate in daily and weekly maintenance planning meetings with operations and maintenance teams.
• Act as a liaison among maintenance, engineering, production, and other departments to coordinate scheduled activities.
• Communicate schedule updates and modifications to relevant stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree