Maintenance Planner, LFP Cell Manufacturing

About the role

The Maintenance Planner plays a critical role in ensuring equipment reliability and uptime by planning, coordinating, and scheduling preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities. This role serves as a central point of contact between production, maintenance teams, and support functions to ensure all planned downtime activities are executed safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact to operations.

Responsibilities

• Create and audit PMs and PdMs to maximize equipment reliability and reduce waste
• Participate in bi-weekly planning meetings to align upcoming work and resolve conflicts
• Ensure all job plans and activities include required safety protocols (LOTO, PPE, Arc Flash, etc.)
• Collaborate with technicians and supervisors to maintain work plan visibility and status updates
• Break down work orders into executable tasks, including estimated labor hours, tools, safety requirements, materials, and sequence of operations
• Partner with reliability engineers and supervisors to analyze downtime and identify failure patterns

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in maintenance planning or high-volume manufacturing environments
• Technical familiarity with equipment such as precision motion systems, pneumatic systems, vision systems, servo motors, and PLC-based automation (Allen Bradley preferred)
• Working knowledge of safety practices and standards (LOTO, NFPA70E, 5S, etc.)
• Strong understanding of maintenance best practices: PMs, PdMs, TPM, backlog management, and reliability-centered maintenance
• Proficient with CMMS software, MES, inventory systems, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)
• Must have command of the English language, both written and verbal

Benefits

• Medical plans with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both with options for $0 paycheck contribution
• Company-paid Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90-day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and vacation time (flex time for salaried positions, accrued hours for hourly positions), and paid holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight loss and tobacco cessation programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program