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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, including PM optimization, job planning, and work-order management.
• Ability to read and interpret 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, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, schedules, and deadlines in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to coordinate with maintenance, operations, engineering, purchasing, and safety teams.
• Commitment to workplace safety and regulatory compliance, including knowledge of LOTO, confined space, hot work permits, and other industrial safety practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel for tracking KPIs such as PM compliance, schedule compliance, backlog management, and maintenance reporting.
• 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.
• Manual dexterity for frequent computer, keyboard, mouse, telephone, and office-equipment use and occasional handling of tools, parts, precision measuring devices, or equipment.
• Ability to visually review computer 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 normal manufacturing-facility conditions, including noise and temperature variations.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, reliability, or supervision.

Responsibilities

• Update preventive maintenance (PM) plans in coordination with Maintenance Technicians to improve accuracy and help identify issues and prevent unplanned downtime.
• Identify work orders requiring formal planning, determine whether field checks are needed, and perform field checks when necessary.
• Retrieve existing job plans or develop job steps and sequences for new work.
• Review work orders for special service and material requirements, identify permit requirements, and submit materials requests in coordination with Purchasing.
• Identify repeating tasks, consolidate them, and enter them into Parts+.
• Review work orders and assign them to the schedule or planned backlog; review job plans for accuracy and make adjustments 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 PMs and corrective work orders.
• Ensure scheduled work orders and OEM PMs are properly kitted.
• Update asset information in Parts+ as needed and track and report PM compliance and weekly schedule compliance.
• Support root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement in 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 according to company purchasing policies.
• Track MRO spending and align it 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 within Parts+.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Job promotional opportunities