Electrical Planner

WorkNovaX; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WorkNovaX in Tucson, AZ is seeking an Electrical Planner to develop and coordinate electrical maintenance plans for mining and processing operations. You will work with maintenance, operations, and supply chain to scope, schedule, and resource electrical work while minimizing downtime.

Responsibilities include creating weekly and monthly schedules for preventive, corrective, and planned maintenance; estimating labor and materials; coordinating outages; and ensuring parts availability and safety

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus recognized electrical apprenticeship or equivalent industrial electrical experience.
• Minimum 5 years electrical maintenance experience in mining, mineral processing, or a comparably industrial setting.
• At least 2 years of maintenance planning/scheduling experience.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and work with CMMS systems and Excel.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop job plans and weekly/monthly schedules for preventive, corrective, and planned electrical maintenance.
• Estimate labor, materials, and contractor needs; maintain prioritized backlog.
• Coordinate outages, shutdowns, and work packages.
• Support reliability of motors, MCCs, VFDs, distribution systems, pumps, conveyors, SX/EW equipment, instrumentation, and PLC/SCADA systems.
• Ensure parts availability and coordinate with contractors.
• Maintain CMMS records, work orders, and PM schedules.
• Incorporate MSHA and electrical safety requirements (LOTO, arc-flash, permits) into plans.

Skills

Electrical schematics

Scheduling

Coordination

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

High school diploma/GED + apprenticeship

Tools

CMMS (Pronto / SAP / Maximo)

Job description

Tucson, United States | Posted on 10/15/2026

Southeastern Arizona (site-based, full-time)

Electrical Planner responsible for developing and coordinating electrical maintenance plans and schedules for mining and processing operations. Works with maintenance, operations, and supply chain to scope, schedule, and resource electrical work while minimizing downtime.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop job plans and weekly/monthly schedules for preventive, corrective, and planned electrical maintenance.
• Estimate labor, materials, and contractor needs; maintain prioritized backlog.
• Coordinate outages, shutdowns, and work packages.
• Support reliability of motors, MCCs, VFDs, distribution systems, pumps, conveyors, SX/EW equipment, instrumentation, and PLC/SCADA systems.
• Ensure parts availability and coordinate with contractors.
• Maintain CMMS records, work orders, and PM schedules.
• Incorporate MSHA and electrical safety requirements (LOTO, arc-flash, permits) into plans.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED + recognized electrical apprenticeship or equivalent industrial electrical experience.
• Minimum 5 years electrical maintenance experience in mining, mineral processing, or comparable industrial setting.
• At least 2 years maintenance planning/scheduling experience.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and use a CMMS + Excel.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Preferred

• Open-pit or copper mining experience (heap leach/SX/EW).
• Prior industrial electrician or electrical lead experience.
• Familiarity with VFDs, PLCs, NFPA 70E, and CMMS systems (Pronto, SAP, Maximo, etc.).