Maintenance Planner

NWH; Byron Township (MI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwest Hardwoods Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Planner to support site leadership in Byron Center, MI. The role involves generating weekly maintenance schedules, taking notes during meetings, and ensuring open work orders are processed and reviewed.

The candidate should be familiar with CMMS, PM creation, and basic Microsoft Office tools. This on-site position requires adaptability, safety awareness, and teamwork to keep downtime low and equipment supported.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Knowledge and experience in the field of maintenance is a plus.
• Experience with maintenance management software is a plus.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist site leadership and maintenance lead in generating weekly maintenance schedule.
• Plan for and take notes during weekly maintenance meetings.
• Print or email all open work orders for sites.
• Check for any reactive work orders and address them.
• Close all completed work orders and review technician notes.
• Keep maintenance/site managers up to date on past due work orders.
• Create job tasks in CMMS and PMs.
• Review downtime data with site leadership.
• Keep spare parts inventory up to date in CMMS.
• Assist in training maintenance on use of CMMS System.
• Build out and keep up to date work centers in CMMS.

Job description

Description

Maintenance Planner

Northwest Hardwoods Inc.

Location: Byron Center, MI

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Assist site leadership and maintenance lead in generating weekly maintenance schedule
• Plan for and take notes during weekly maintenance meetings
• Print or email all open work orders for sites
• Check for any reactive work orders
• Close all completed work orders and review technician notes.
• Keep maintenance/site managers up to date on past due work orders
• Create job tasks in CMMS
• Create PM’s
• Review downtime data with site leadership
• Keep spare parts inventory up to date in CMMS
• Assist in training maintenance on use of CMMS System
• Build out and keep up to date work centers in CMMS
• Have a high level understanding of mechanical equipment
• Assist in tracking of site maintenance and safety metrics
• Assist with other tasks as needed

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge, and experience in the field of maintenance is a plus
• Experience with maintenance management software is a plus
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Excel

Competencies:

• Must follow all established safety policies. Must have good safety record and a positive, can do attitude.
• Be adaptable, work where needed as required
• Must be able to work overtime as required and in all conditions.
• Capable of completing required documentation
• Able to work as a team, get along with team members; give and take advice and criticism from other team members
• Strong computer and communication skills

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member will frequently be required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear.
• The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the team member is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• This job may require the following equipment when in the field eye protection, hearing protection, leather/rubber gloves, safety shoes, sleeve protection, safety vest, and a hard hat.