Maintenance Planner

Aquent; Casa Grande (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a Maintenance Planner for our high-volume manufacturing client in the United States. You will play a pivotal role in planning, scheduling, and coordinating resources to maximize uptime and efficiency.

The position emphasizes proactive problem-solving and accurate documentation to keep critical infrastructure operating smoothly. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of planning experience, strong communication, and proficiency in MS Office.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Maintenance Planner in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite and data records.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Review work orders for completeness, legibility, and job content; take corrective action.
• Determine job scope and priority through field checks with supervision.
• Prepare and maintain weekly schedules and backlogs for maintenance work orders.
• Close jobs after completion following formal procedures and report on scheduling performance.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Oral and written communication

Detail-oriented

Time management

Education

Technical school training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Aquent, a trusted partner to a leading global manufacturer, is seeking exceptional talent to join a team known for innovative products and a steadfast commitment to quality. This organization prides itself on fostering an environment where dedication and expertise drive operational excellence and continuous improvement. By joining this team, you will be part of a dynamic workplace that values precision, efficiency, and a proactive approach to maintaining world-class facilities, directly contributing to the seamless operation of critical infrastructure and the continuous flow of high-volume manufacturing.

Are you a highly organized and detail-oriented professional ready to make a significant impact on operational efficiency? We are seeking a dedicated individual to step into a crucial role where you will directly contribute to maximizing team effectiveness and ensuring the smooth functioning of vital operations. This position offers the opportunity to be at the heart of maintaining critical infrastructure, ensuring that teams have the resources and plans they need to succeed, and playing a key role in minimizing downtime and optimizing resource allocation. Your expertise will be instrumental in keeping production running seamlessly and supporting a high-volume manufacturing environment, directly influencing productivity and operational success.

What You’ll Do:

Planning Function

• Review work orders for completeness, legibility, and job content, taking appropriate corrective action.
• Determine job scope and limit conditions through field checks and consultation with both Production and Maintenance supervision.
• Review initial job priority and relative status to other work orders before entering them into the backlog file according to formal procedures.
• Analyze work for methods and craft requirements, issuing sub-orders and maintaining total job coordination responsibility.
• Determine required materials, supplies, equipment, tools, drawings, and engineered information.
• Initiate procurement using bills of materials and verify their availability before scheduling jobs.
• Prepare detailed estimates using simplified maintenance standards, historical data, and experience-based approximations.
• Identify and secure all necessary technical information, simple non-engineered sketches, safety measures, utility requirements, and production clearances.
• Complete planning packages for work orders and review them with Maintenance supervision.

Scheduling Function

• Determine approximate work order commencement dates from priority sequence and through consultation with both Production and Maintenance supervision.
• Establish the sequence and duration of all craft skills, including sub-order requirements, and prepare a tentative timetable that coordinates an entire work order.
• Prepare a detailed schedule that identifies daily activities, including allowances for emergency work, for all the next week’s work orders.
• Submit schedules to Maintenance supervision and review in detail.
• Review major changes in scope after starting a work order that will require planning changes beyond daily activity and revise the weekly schedule accordingly.
• Comply with formal procedures to close jobs after completion.
• Prepare and submit weekly performance reports as a measure of scheduling efficiency.

General Functions

• Make independent decisions that minimize downtime and reduce maintenance spend through scheduling of personnel, material, and contractor selection.
• Maintain necessary records and files that facilitate planning and scheduling and are consistent with basic functions.
• Monitor all documentation and formal reports to ensure their accuracy, timeliness, and utility, taking prescribed corrective action.
• Provide requested information or submit special exception reports as required by Maintenance supervision.
• Complete any other assignments consistent with the basic function or requested by the Maintenance Foreman.
• Review completed jobs on an exception basis, requesting a detailed audit when warranted.
• Participate in cost reduction programs by analyzing Maintenance methods and alternative materials.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as a Maintenance Planner, preferably in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong computer skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organization skills, coupled with the ability to communicate effectively and be self-directed.
• A strong work ethic that includes the ability to work 8–10-hour shifts while sitting, standing, bending, twisting, and lifting.
• A positive, adaptable, hard-working, and patient mindset.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• 2+ years technical school or equivalent practical training in a primary technical field relating to the area being served (e.g., mechanical, electrical, machining).

About Skill:

Skill connects the best professional, IT, engineering, financial and administrative talent with the world’s biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to benefits such as health benefit contributions, retirement plans with match and flexible spending accounts.

Skill is an equal-opportunity employer.

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.