Maintenance Planner

Key Responsibilities

• Work Order Planning
• Review incoming maintenance work requests and define job scope.
• Develop detailed job plans, including labor requirements, tools, materials, permits, and safety precautions.
• Cook up coordination with maintenance supervisors and operations personnel to ensure work is properly planned prior to execution.
• Maintenance Scheduling
• Develop and maintain weekly maintenance schedules in coordination with Operations and Maintenance leadership.
• Prioritize work activities based on safety, reliability, production requirements, and resource availability.
• Cook up planned maintenance outages and shutdown activities.
• Materials & Procurement
• Identify required spare parts and materials needed for maintenance activities.
• Create material requisitions and coordinate with Procurement to ensure parts availability.
• Maintain inventory awareness and support critical spare parts management.
• Safety & Regulatory Compliance
• Ensure all planned work complies with OSHA, Process Safety Management (PSM), environmental regulations, and company safety standards.
• Verify appropriate permits, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) requirements, confined space procedures, and other safety controls are incorporated into job plans.
• Shutdown & Turnaround Planning
• Develop detailed maintenance outage and turnaround plans, including scope, manpower, timelines, contractor coordination, and resource requirements.
• Support execution and post-outage reviews to improve future performance.
• CMMS Administration & Documentation
• Maintain accurate equipment records, preventive maintenance plans, Bills of Material (BOMs), and maintenance histories within SAP or other CMMS platforms.
• Track and report maintenance performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Continuous Improvement
• Analyze maintenance and reliability data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support reliability initiatives, root cause investigations, and optimization of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Maintenance Department and perform other duties as assigned by management.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Technical Knowledge
• Strong understanding of industrial maintenance practices and equipment, including pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, reactors, instrumentation, and rotating equipment.
• Experience utilizing SAP PM or similar Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Familiarity with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and reliability engineering principles.
• Safety Knowledge
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations, Process Safety Management (PSM), Management of Change (MOC), Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, and chemical manufacturing safety practices.
• Planning & Organization
• Demonstrated ability to develop detailed maintenance plans, estimate labor requirements, coordinate multiple priorities, and manage resources effectively.
• Communication & Collaboration
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement, contractors, and vendors.

Education & Experience

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education, technical training, and relevant experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of maintenance, reliability, operations, or maintenance planning experience in a chemical, petrochemical, refining, or industrial manufacturing environment.