Crane Maintenance Planning Lead

Georgia Ports Authority; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Ports Authority seeks a Maintenance Planning Foreman to develop, schedule, and optimize preventive, predictive, and corrective work for ship-to-shore cranes and related equipment at Ocean Terminal.

Lead safety initiatives, maintain CMMS data, and coordinate with operations. Requires extensive experience in port equipment maintenance and CMMS usage; strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Five years of maintenance planning, reliability, or maintenance coordination experience in port, industrial, or heavy equipment industries.
• Ten years experience in port equipment or industrial maintenance.
• Experience on GPA container cranes preferred.
• Experience using CMMS (SAP or Maximo preferred).

Responsibilities

• Plans and schedules electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and engine maintenance for cranes and related equipment.
• Develops and maintains detailed job plans with labor, materials, tools, permits, and equipment.
• Reviews and prioritizes incoming work requests with technicians and engineers.
• Maintains CMMS for work orders, spare parts, BOM, and equipment hierarchies.
• Audits PM programs and ensures documentation, quality, and lessons learned.
• Coordinates procurement and storeroom for parts and vendor services.
• Tracks maintenance backlog and job completion status.
• Supports CMMS migration and reliability improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

CMMS usage

Work orders

Mechanical systems

Electrical systems

Hydraulic systems

Diagrams interpretation

Procurement

Vendor coordination

Analytical

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Vocational electronics training (preferred)

Electrical/electronic tech associate or engineering degree (preferred)

Tools

CMMS SAP

CMMS Maximo

Job description

Georgia Ports Authority seeks a Maintenance Planning Foreman to develop, schedule, and optimize preventive, predictive, and corrective work for ship-to-shore cranes and related equipment at Ocean Terminal.

Lead safety initiatives, maintain CMMS data, and coordinate with operations. Requires extensive experience in port equipment maintenance and CMMS usage; strong leadership and communication are essential.