Maintenance Planner

Mentor Technical Group; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Mentor Technical Group in Boston seeks a qualified planner to coordinate calibration, preventive and corrective maintenance activities. You will plan resources, manage work orders in CMMS, and align with manufacturing operations to ensure timely completion.

The role requires a degree in science or engineering and extensive experience in maintenance environments with regulatory exposure (FDA/OSHA). You will forecast material needs and prepare backlog reports to keep schedules on track.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical).
• In lieu of degree, 2-year college technical school with 10+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule resources and materials for calibrations, preventive and corrective maintenance to maximize efficiency.
• Review and approve incoming work requests.
• Develop and report work backlog and forecast resource needs.
• Coordinate with manufacturing operations to ensure on-time completion of maintenance activities.
• Oversee regulatory compliance for work orders per FDA, DEA, OSHA requirements.
• Manage work through the CMMS system and maintain accurate records.
• Identify follow-up work from Field Service reports and incorporate into maintenance work orders.
• Plan, optimize and forecast calibration and preventive maintenance plans.

Skills

Resource planning

Regulatory compliance

CMMS

Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical)

2-year college technical school with 10+ years experience or equivalent

Tools

CMMS

Job description

• Will plan and schedule available resources and materials for activities associated with calibrations, preventive, and corrective maintenance in the most effective and efficient way.
• Review and approve/disapprove incoming work requests.
• Develop and report work backlog reports.
• Develop the detail work scope and set up forecasts for resource allocation to ensure calibration, preventive, and corrective work activities are completed in conjunction with manufacturing operations activities.
• Is responsible for overseeing work order activity compliance with respective regulatory requirements (i.e. FDA, DEA, OSHA).
• Manage Work through the Computerized Maintenance Management System.
• Review of Field Service reports to identify follow up work requirements and include in respective calibration, preventive, or corrective maintenance work order.
• Optimization of Calibration/Preventive Maintenance Plans.
• Improve productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination of labor, parts and material, tools, and equipment, required permits, specialized documentation and equipment access.
• Compiles and maintains the Master Schedule to establish a sequence and lead time of each operation to meet scheduling dates according to production forecast or machine specific needs
• Accurate coordination among laboratory/manufacturing operations, field service engineers, service providers/subcontractors, and or suppliers.
• Plan, execute, and provides purchase requisitions and purchase orders to suppliers for materials, parts, supplies and equipment in a timely and cost-effective manner, while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications met.
• Initiate Incident Notifications as per client procedures for Out of Tolerance calibrations.
• Create Equipment Records in the CMMS for new equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical
• In lieu of degree, 2-year college technical school 10+ years of experience required or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Experience in laboratory/manufacturing maintenance environment, is highly preferred