Manufacturing Maintenance Planner

Step into a pivotal role where your strategic foresight and organizational expertise will directly keep a world-class manufacturing operation running at peak performance. By orchestrating seamless maintenance workflows, you will minimize downtime, optimize critical resources, and drive the operational success of a globally recognized industry leader.

About Our Partner

Aquent is partnering with a globally recognized manufacturing leader celebrated for its innovative products, dedication to quality, and commitment to operational excellence. This dynamic organization thrives on precision and continuous improvement, offering a collaborative workplace where expertise is valued and every team member contributes directly to maintaining world-class facilities and sustaining high-volume production flow.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented professional to serve as the mastermind behind our maintenance planning and scheduling operations. In this vital position, you will collaborate closely with both production and maintenance teams to coordinate schedules, secure essential materials, and streamline workflows. Your strategic decisions will directly maximize team efficiency and ensure that critical manufacturing infrastructure operates flawlessly, making you an indispensable asset to a high-performing team.

What You'll Do

• Review work orders for completeness, legibility, and job content, taking corrective action to ensure accuracy.
• Determine job scope and limit conditions through field checks and consultation with production and maintenance supervision.
• Analyze work to identify optimal methods and craft requirements, issuing sub-orders and maintaining total job coordination.
• Identify and secure all required materials, supplies, equipment, tools, drawings, and safety information necessary for successful job completion.
• Initiate procurement using bills of materials and verify availability before scheduling jobs to prevent delays.
• Prepare detailed estimates using maintenance standards, historical data, and experience-based approximations.
• Establish the sequence, duration, and tentative timetables for all craft skills to coordinate entire work orders.
• Prepare detailed weekly schedules identifying daily activities, including allowances for emergency work, and review them with maintenance supervision.
• Review major changes in job scope after initiation and adjust weekly schedules accordingly.
• Comply with formal procedures to close jobs after completion, ensuring proper documentation and preparing weekly performance reports.
• Make independent decisions to minimize downtime and reduce maintenance spend through strategic scheduling of personnel, materials, and contractors.
• Participate actively in cost reduction programs by analyzing maintenance methods and exploring alternative materials.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in maintenance planning, preferably within a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong computer skills, including working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, enabling clear and effective collaboration across teams.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and self-directed work skills.
• Ability to work 8-10-hour shifts involving sitting, standing, bending, twisting, and lifting.
• A positive, adaptable, and patient mindset with a strong work ethic.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• 2+ years of technical school or equivalent practical training in a primary technical field (e.g., mechanical, electrical, machining).