Data-Driven Maintenance Planner & Reliability Lead

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy USA Inc. in South Boston, VA is seeking a Maintenance Planning Lead to drive reliability, performance, and efficiency in our transformer manufacturing operations.

You will own planning, scheduling, CMMS governance, and analytics to optimize asset performance. Collaborating with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and Supply Chain teams, you will develop preventive maintenance programs, manage work orders, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to boost

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, Industrial Technology, Business Analytics, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in maintenance planning, industrial maintenance, reliability, manufacturing operations, or related technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance plans, PM libraries, asset records, and equipment hierarchies within the CMMS.
• Create and manage weekly, monthly, shutdown, outage, and long-range maintenance schedules.
• Analyze maintenance and asset performance data and develop KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools to support data-driven decisions.
• Lead maintenance planning processes, including work prioritization, backlog management, scheduling, and workflow compliance.
• Coordinate major maintenance shutdowns and collaborate with internal teams, contractors, and service providers. Implement TPM, RCA, and reliability programs.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Maintenance scheduling

Asset reliability

Preventive maintenance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, Industrial Technology, Business Analytics, or related field

High school diploma or GED

Tools

SAP PM

eMaint

Infor

Job description

Hitachi Energy USA Inc. in South Boston, VA is seeking a Maintenance Planning Lead to drive reliability, performance, and efficiency in our transformer manufacturing operations.

You will own planning, scheduling, CMMS governance, and analytics to optimize asset performance. Collaborating with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and Supply Chain teams, you will develop preventive maintenance programs, manage work orders, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to boost