Maintenance Planner

UFP Industries, Inc; Clarksville (TX); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UFP Industries, Inc. in Clarksville, TX is seeking a Maintenance Tech/Planner to organize and prepare maintenance work, ensuring safety and minimal production impact.

You will develop detailed work orders, estimate labor and materials, maintain preventive maintenance programs, and manage the maintenance backlog across maintenance, operations and purchasing teams.

Qualifikationen

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Strong organizational and communication abilities.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, or industrial maintenance concepts.
• Ability to read manuals, diagrams, and schematics.
• Proficient with CMMS and maintaining documentation.
• Experience with maintenance planning preferred.

Aufgaben

• Plan and prepare maintenance work to minimize production impact.
• Develop detailed work orders with required labor and parts.
• Maintain preventive maintenance programs and safety compliance.
• Manage maintenance backlog and provide scheduling support.
• Coordinate with purchasing, storeroom, and technicians.
• Ensure accurate CMMS documentation and recordkeeping.

Kenntnisse

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Maintenance knowledge

Reading schematics

Computer literacy

Multitasking

Ausbildung

High school diploma

Equivalent experience

Tools

MaintainX

CMMS

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Teams

Jobbeschreibung

Maintenance Tech/ Planner

Department: Maintenance / Operations

Reports To: Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Supervisor or Plant Manager

Location: Clarksville, TX

Position Summary

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and preparing maintenance work to ensure maintenance activities can be completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact to production.

The position serves as the link between maintenance, operations, purchasing, and other supporting departments by developing clearly defined work orders, identifying required labor and resources, coordinating parts and materials, maintaining preventive maintenance programs, and managing the maintenance work backlog.

The Maintenance Planner focuses on both future planned work and day-to-day emergency response, allowing maintenance technicians and supervisors to execute work with the necessary parts, tools, information, and job scope available before work begins. This division between planning future work and handling current emergencies is also consistent with internal maintenance-planning material.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Maintenance Planning

• Organize/catalog all parts inventory
• Review incoming maintenance requests and determine the scope of work required.
• Develop detailed work orders with clear job descriptions and expected work steps.
• Identify required labor, skills, tools, equipment, parts, materials, permits, and supporting documentation.
• Estimate labor hours required to complete planned maintenance activities.
• Conduct field inspections and equipment walkdowns when necessary to properly scope work as well as confirming work performed meets operator / plant floor satisfaction.

• Identify equipment manuals, drawings, procedures, safety information, and other documentation required by technicians.
• Prepare work so technicians can begin the job with minimal delays caused by missing information, materials, or resources.

Preventive Maintenance

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve preventive maintenance (PM) procedures.
• Review manufacturer recommendations and equipment history when developing PM tasks.
• Ensure PM instructions clearly identify inspection points, lubrication requirements, adjustments, measurements, replacement criteria, and other required activities.
• Review completed PM work for opportunities to improve task instructions and effectiveness.
• Assist with establishing appropriate PM frequencies for plant equipment.

CMMS / MaintainX Administration

• Create and maintain equipment records and maintenance work orders within the facility's CMMS.
• Maintain accurate equipment hierarchy, asset information, procedures, checklists, and supporting documentation.
• Attach manuals, photos, drawings, procedures, and other relevant information to work orders when appropriate.
• Maintain the planned-work backlog and identify work that is ready to be scheduled.
• Review completed work orders for documentation quality and completeness.

Parts and Materials

• Determine parts and materials required for planned maintenance work.
• Verify availability before work is released for scheduling when practical.
• Coordinate with purchasing, storeroom personnel, vendors, and maintenance personnel regarding required materials.
• Identify critical spare-part requirements based on equipment needs and maintenance history.
• Document correct part numbers and equipment associations within the CMMS.

Scheduling Support

• Maintain a backlog of properly planned work that is ready for scheduling.
• Provide the Maintenance Supervisor or Scheduler with accurate estimates of labor, duration, resources, parts, and equipment requirements.
• Coordinate with production and operations to identify equipment availability and potential maintenance windows.
• Help identify work appropriate for planned shutdowns, weekends, or other scheduled downtime.

Reliability and Continuous Improvement

• Review recurring equipment failures and maintenance history.
• Identify opportunities to improve PM procedures and planned-maintenance activities.
• Work with maintenance technicians to capture equipment knowledge and incorporate lessons learned into future work plans.
• Improve job plans based on technician feedback and actual work performed.
• Support efforts to increase planned versus reactive maintenance.
• Assist with equipment standardization and maintenance documentation initiatives.

Coordination and Communication

• Communicate regularly with Maintenance, Production, Operations, Purchasing, and other departments.

• Participate in maintenance planning and scheduling meetings.
• Communicate constraints such as unavailable parts, production requirements, special tools, contractor requirements, or equipment downtime.
• Work with technicians to ensure job plans accurately reflect field conditions.

Qualifications

Required

• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Strong mechanical, electrical, industrial maintenance, or manufacturing equipment knowledge.
• Ability to understand maintenance terminology, equipment components, and repair processes.
• Ability to read equipment manuals, parts diagrams, schematics, and technical documentation.
• Strong computer and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple maintenance priorities and work requests.

Preferred

• Previous industrial maintenance technician, maintenance planner, maintenance supervisor, or similar manufacturing experience.
• Experience using MaintainX or another CMMS.
• Experience developing preventive maintenance procedures and job plans.
• Experience with maintenance parts and inventory management.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 applications.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Work-order planning
• Organization and attention to detail
• Communication across maintenance and production
• Planning and prioritization
• Ability to work independently
• Continuous-improvement mindset
• Mechanical and technical aptitude
• Maintenance troubleshooting knowledge
• Preventive maintenance development
• Parts identification
• Technical documentation
• CMMS proficiency

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.