Maintenance Planner

Smurfit Westrock; Alabama; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k with match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Maintenance Planner in Alabama to plan, schedule, coordinate and report on maintenance work for the assigned department. The role focuses on optimizing labor, materials and equipment usage while ensuring safety and efficiency.

You will develop complete work order packages, assess material availability, and prepare scopes of work with accurate cost estimates. Outage planning, contractor coordination, and BOM maintenance are key responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology or equivalent; 5–8 years in heavy industrial maintenance/engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office; familiarity with project management software (MS Project) and JD Edwards.

Responsibilities

• Provide complete work order packages including scope, specs, safety, material requirements, and scheduling details.
• Determine material/resource availability; write purchase requisitions as needed.
• Develop and maintain PM work orders and Bill of Materials (BOMs).
• Lead weekly planning coordination meetings for area of responsibility.
• Assist in backlog review and weekly outage scheduling.
• Coordinate with contractors, ensure clear SOWs, and supervise as needed.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Technology

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

JD Edwards

Job description

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Position

Maintenance Planner

Job Code

MOMNP2 + Anlst, Maintenance

Location

Cottonton, AL

The Opportunity

The Maintenance Planner provides for effective use of labor, materials, and equipment through the planning, scheduling, coordination, and reporting of work for the assigned department.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

• Provides complete work order packages for all planned work to include:
• Scope of work to be performed.
• Pertinent specifications, instructions, and safety information such that competent craftsperson can perform the work without questions.
• Expected material requirements, including kitting and delivery/staging instructions.
• Determines availability of materials and resources as required, writing purchase requisitions within the work order package as needed.
• Tools and equipment required for the job.
• Accurate locations of work and materials.
• Required permits (safety, environmental, work process, etc.).
• Estimates for labor, time, and costs.
• Complete scopes of work for bidding work to contractors for jobs that will be contracted out.
• Follows maintenance workflow processes for converting identified work (work requests) to “ready to schedule status” work orders (all materials, information, tools, equipment, resources, etc. are available).
• Develops proper internal coding for material, parts and supplies and updates/creates/maintains appropriate equipment parts list or equipment Bill of Materials (BOM’s).
• Attends or leads the weekly planning coordination meeting in area of responsibility along with other planners, operations coordinators, and maintenance supervisors to develop the upcoming work schedule and for the area’s next outage or field day based on priority.
• Assists area maintenance supervisor and operations coordinator in reviewing “ready to schedule” backlog for work to populate the weekly work schedule or upcoming outages/field days.
• Develops and maintains detailed preventive (PM) work orders for area of responsibility in cooperation with the appropriate maintenance supervisor.
• Assist operations coordinator in identifying planned or ready to schedule work that can be tasked to shift maintenance when equipment access opportunities arise either through unplanned downtime events or other emergency situations.
• Develops outage and shutdown work lists and manpower requirements in conjunction with appropriate maintenance supervisors and operations coordinators.
• Will, on occasion, be responsible for providing supervisory oversight to contractors performing work, either through routine weekly work or during outage/field day activities.
• Develops and distributes outage work lists 2 weeks prior to start for minor (1 day) field days and 2 months prior for major shutdowns.
• Assists operations and maintenance supervisors in developing the area timelines for outages, identifying critical path work, and incorporating other work within the critical path timeline.
• Assists operations and maintenance supervisors in coordinating and executing work during outages/field days and may include supervisory oversight to internal and external labor resources as needed.
• Work with contractor groups in understanding Scopes of Work (SOW’s) and will, as needed, escort contractor(s) to and around job sites to assure full understanding of the SOW, the work area and other information to assure contractor(s) can submit a complete bid on the job/project.
• Exerts fiscal responsibility by working with Purchasing Department to secure best quality of service at fair market pricing for external resources, working with area shops to return unused parts/materials to Storeroom or vendors, and assures that parts or equipment marked as repairable are properly evaluated as suitable for repair or advise to purchase new.

What You Need To Succeed

• Generally, requires a bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or Technology related field, or equivalent, with 5 - 8 years of related professional experience in a heavy industrial environment working with mechanical maintenance or engineering teams or Completion of Maintenance Planner training .
• This position also requires excellent communication/negotiation skills.
• Computer skills are necessary with proficiency in MS Office line of software.
• Use of project management software, i.e., MS Project 2007 or later, preferred.
• Experience with work management systems such as JD Edwards software programs a plus.

What We Offer

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.