Maintenance Planner/Analyst

About the role

The Maintenance Planner / Analyst reports to the Equipment Manager and provides enterprise-level ownership of maintenance planning standards, reliability analysis, parts strategy, and maintenance system governance.

Responsibilities

• Own, develop, and maintain Company-wide maintenance planning standards, work-order readiness requirements, planning workflows, priority definitions, required data elements, and closure expectations.
• Develop and maintain standardized maintenance job plans, work packages, parts lists, planning templates, and supporting documentation for recurring and complex maintenance activities.
• Audit adherence to maintenance planning and data standards, determine corrective follow-up for recurring deficiencies, and implement routine workflow and planning-process improvements within established Company parameters.
• Analyze repeat failures, downtime, maintenance history, backlog condition, and other reliability trends to identify significant risks and determine which issues warrant formal root-cause review.
• Cookordination root-cause analysis with Service Superintendents, mechanics, ESG, Operations, vendors, and other technical resources; evaluate alternatives, recommend corrective actions, and track implementation and results.
• Analyze parts consumption, demand patterns, lead times, stockouts, equipment criticality, and maintenance requirements to recommend reorder points, minimum/maximum levels, and critical spares quantities.
• Identify excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory; evaluate parts commonality and standardization opportunities across equipment classes and locations and recommend appropriate action.
• Align parts planning with preventive maintenance schedules, standardized job plans, and anticipated maintenance demand to improve parts availability and work readiness across the organization.
• Serve as functional owner and primary business administrator of the Company maintenance and work-order system, including data standards, work-order structures, failure and priority codes, required fields, and workflow design.
• Implement routine system, data, configuration, and workflow changes within established Company parameters; evaluate system enhancements and recommend broader improvements for management approval.
• Develop system guidance and training materials; train mechanics, superintendents, and other users and audit compliance with established maintenance-system and data standards.
• Establish, maintain, and evaluate maintenance planning and reliability measures, including planned versus reactive work, PM compliance, backlog readiness and aging, repeat failures, corrective-action closure, system data integrity, parts availability, and inventory exposure.
• Evaluate performance across shops, divisions, equipment classes, and maintenance processes; identify gaps and recommend standardized improvements that support reliability, workflow stability, and maintenance predictability.
• Cookordinate across Equipment Services, Service Superintendents, ESG, Operations, Purchasing, and other stakeholders to implement approved improvements and communicate identified risks, recommendations, and implementation status.
• Perform other related duties as assigned in support of safe, reliable, efficient, and well-controlled maintenance operations.

Requirements

• Advanced knowledge of maintenance planning, preventive maintenance processes, work-order readiness, and reliability-improvement practices in a heavy-equipment or industrial environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to select appropriate methods, interpret complex maintenance and inventory data, identify material risks, and formulate well supported recommendations.
• Working knowledge of root-cause analysis methods and the ability to coordinate cross-functional investigations and evaluate corrective-action alternatives.
• Strong knowledge of parts-demand planning, critical-spares analysis, inventory controls, stocking level analysis, and parts standardization concepts.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and related data-analysis and reporting tools; ability to develop clear, reliable analyses, trends, and performance measures.
• Ability to develop standards, workflows, job plans, training materials, and process documentation and to influence employees and leaders across multiple locations without direct authority.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently, exercise sound judgment within assigned areas, recognize matters requiring escalation, and maintain accurate, complete, and reliable information.
• Experience analyzing maintenance, reliability, parts, or inventory data and developing recommendations based on identified trends required.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel or comparable data-analysis tools required; experience with root-cause analysis, standardized job planning, parts-demand planning, or inventory optimization preferred.

Qualifications

• Prolonged periods of sitting and computer work, with regular standing and walking in maintenance shops, parts-storage areas, yards, and around heavy equipment.
• Periodic lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling of parts, supplies, or materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to bend, stoop, reach, climb onto or around equipment when necessary, and safely navigate uneven surfaces.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment when entering maintenance, warehouse, yard, or field environments.
• Frequent coordination is required with the Equipment Manager, Service Superintendents, mechanics, ESG, Operations, Purchasing, parts personnel, and other stakeholders across multiple operating locations.
• The position requires independent analytical work, cross-functional influence, professional discretion, and consistent adherence to established safety requirements when working in or around active maintenance and equipment areas.
• Approximately 25% travel is expected among Company shops, divisions, and other operating locations.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required based on business, system, reliability, and maintenance planning needs.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of maintenance planning, preventive maintenance processes, work-order readiness, and reliability-improvement practices in a heavy-equipment or industrial environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to select appropriate methods, interpret complex maintenance and inventory data, identify material risks, and formulate well supported recommendations.
• Working knowledge of root-cause analysis methods and the ability to coordinate cross-functional investigations and evaluate corrective-action alternatives.
• Strong knowledge of parts-demand planning, critical-spares analysis, inventory controls, stocking level analysis, and parts standardization concepts.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and related data-analysis and reporting tools; ability to develop clear, reliable analyses, trends, and performance measures.
• Ability to develop standards, workflows, job plans, training materials, and process documentation and to influence employees and leaders across multiple locations without direct authority.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently, exercise sound judgment within assigned areas, recognize matters requiring escalation, and maintain accurate, complete, and reliable information.
• Experience analyzing maintenance, reliability, parts, or inventory data and developing recommendations based on identified trends required.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel or comparable data-analysis tools required; experience with root-cause analysis, standardized job planning, parts-demand planning, or inventory optimization preferred.

Benefits

• Commensurate with experience.
• Not specified.
• N/A.
• Varies.
• TBD.

Pay

• Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

• Commensurate with experience.