Press Maintenance Planner/Scheduler

Challenge Manufacturing•Holland, MI

74d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler develops, coordinates, and continuously improves maintenance work planning and scheduling systems to support safe operations, regulatory compliance, equipment reliability, and plant performance. The position serves as a subject matter expert in the CMMS/ERP maintenance system, with Plex preferred, and drives disciplined work execution through planning, weekly scheduling, backlog management, job package development, and process improvement. The role works across Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Production, Contractors, and Stores/MRO to plan work efficiently and support high schedule compliance with minimal disruption to operations. It supports improvements in work order quality, communication, wrench time, backlog control, failure elimination, and asset performance. The position is based at the Plant 4 Office in Holland, Michigan, and is scheduled for first shift, 6:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Additional hours, off-shift support, weekend planning support, and outage or shutdown coordination may be required based on business needs.

Requirements

Associate degree plus three years of Journeyman experience, or equivalent higher-level education in mechanical/electrical engineering and/or industrial mechanical, electrical, PLC, controls, or maintenance planning; alternatively, a bachelor's degree in a related engineering field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Equivalent education and experience may include 10+ years of combined professional experience in industrial mechanical/electrical/PLC/controls maintenance planning.
Strong technical knowledge of industrial maintenance systems, equipment, processes, regulations, standards, and codes.
Ability to read and understand complex diagrams, drawings, layouts, schematics, and equipment documentation.
Strong working knowledge of CMMS/ERP systems.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and with project/scheduling tools.
Strong estimating, prioritization, and organizational skills, including the ability to manage competing demands in a schedule- and cost-driven environment.
Good multi-craft maintenance background and ability to develop practical, executable job plans.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Team-oriented interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
Self-motivated, reliable, thorough, accurate, and accountable for results.
Ability to manage changing priorities and requirements professionally and objectively.
Commitment to continuous improvement, learning, and developing better methods and systems.
Integrity, urgency, constructive conflict resolution, and a collaborative approach to supporting plant performance.
Ability to work in an industrial manufacturing environment, interact regularly with plant functions, use computer systems and technical records frequently, and be present on the plant floor to validate scope, improve job plans, confirm readiness, and support continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Plex CMMS/ERP experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with emphasis in logistics, planning, maintenance systems, or reliability.
Previous automotive manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

Plan and schedule preventive, predictive, corrective, routine, shutdown, outage, and improvement work for production equipment, utility systems, and facility infrastructure.
Verify job scope, labor and craft requirements, permits, lockout considerations, parts, tooling, access, drawings, procedures, and estimated labor hours before scheduling work.
Develop complete job packages covering work scope and sequence, safety requirements, permits, drawings or manuals, parts lists, special tools, contractors, labor estimates, downtime, and closeout expectations.
Develop and maintain a weekly maintenance schedule that accounts for labor loading, skill alignment, equipment availability, and work priorities.
Schedule work to approximately 100% of available labor hours while preserving flexibility for urgent or reactive work.
Coordinate planning and scheduling for internal crafts, contractors, and third-party maintenance providers.
Use and maintain CMMS/ERP data for maintenance planning, scheduling, tracking, reporting, and work history documentation.
Review and prioritize work requests and convert them into effective, schedule-ready work orders with clear scope, labor estimates, and required parts.
Maintain equipment and maintenance master data, including asset records, PM task lists, standard job plans, bills of material, labor estimates, and work order feedback.
Compile and distribute reports on planning, scheduling, backlog health, schedule compliance, completion rates, and maintenance effectiveness.
Support data quality and process discipline for work order coding, closure comments, failure reporting, and maintenance history.
Coordinate maintenance work with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Production, Contractors, and support functions, communicating downtime windows, equipment readiness, job status, materials, and execution progress.
Coordinate with Stores/MRO to identify, stage, reserve, and make parts available before scheduled work.
Support project, shutdown, and outage planning, and share standardized planning methods across production areas and, where applicable, other facilities or business units.
Assess and improve work order planning and scheduling effectiveness, including backlog quality, schedule compliance, job readiness, wrench time, and completion rates.
Improve maintenance systems, methods, and processes to support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and reliability performance.
Follow up on completed work orders to collect technician feedback, improve job plans, verify internal customer satisfaction, and support failure analysis and problem elimination.
Support PM/PdM optimization, standard job plan development, recurring maintenance improvement, and repeatable planning standards.
Identify process gaps and develop formal improvement actions to strengthen planning accuracy, execution discipline, and maintenance performance.
Work with Maintenance Supervision on weekly planning and scheduling; daily crew direction, same-day rescheduling, and immediate emergency response remain with supervision.
Support clear distinction between planning, scheduling, execution, and supervision, and support the assigned plant and, when required, planning practices across additional facilities or business units.