Maintenance Planner

Panasonic Corporation of North America; De Soto (KS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Panasonic Energy is expanding its De Soto, Kansas facility and seeks a Maintenance Planner to coordinate maintenance activities, optimize schedules, and support reliability improvements. The role bridges Production, Engineering, and Operations to ensure planned work aligns with asset management best practices and safety standards.

You will work with internal teams to schedule preventative and reactive maintenance, manage resources, and drive continuous improvement across the site’s maintenance

Qualifications

• Coordinate and prepare maintenance resources across daily to annual schedules.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Operations to plan maintenance in the CMMS.
• Ensure availability of personnel, materials, and approvals for maintenance work.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and prepare all maintenance resources and activities according to employee skillsets while maintaining comprehensive schedules for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual maintenance activities
• Collaborate with internal teams to coordinate, plan, and schedule all maintenance activities within the maintenance management system, including preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, repairs, calibrations, equipment updates, projects, and other maintenance activities
• Ensure resource availability when planning maintenance schedules and performance expectations, including maintenance and operations personnel, materials, documentation, work orders, change orders, parts availability, and required approvals
• Organize and coordinate unscheduled and emergency equipment repairs while partnering with production and operations teams to minimize downtime
• Conduct initial screening of incoming repair requests and maintenance work orders and coordinate with inventory, parts, and maintenance teams to establish appropriate planning levels
• Participate with maintenance and production teams to maximize equipment availability, reliability, and operational performance
• Adhere to industry best practices for asset management planning and scheduling
• Continuously improve, develop, implement, and maintain compliance with the PanaCIM system and associated maintenance processes
• Support initiatives that improve equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and overall operational effectiveness
• Audit work order assignments to ensure proper prioritization, completion, and resource allocation
• Provide support to maintenance personnel regarding planning processes, maintenance scheduling, and system utilization
• Integrate new equipment and maintenance strategies into PanaCIM while validating asset information with Production and Engineering teams
• Collaborate with production, engineering, operations, inventory, and maintenance teams to ensure maintenance activities are properly planned, communicated, and executed
• Effectively communicate Maintenance Department initiatives, strategies, goals, concerns, and observations to stakeholders and leadership
• Prepare reports and performance metrics utilizing tracking tools and KPIs within PanaCIM to ensure maintenance objectives and performance goals are achieved
• Support proper implementation of maintenance processes and procedures to ensure compliance with company standards and operational requirements
• Uphold 6S initiatives and ensure area cleanliness is maintained to safety and operational standards
• Ability to work all scheduled shift hours
• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator

Job description

Overview

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Maintenance Planner? Then we're looking for you! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision.

Responsibilities

Maintenance Planner

Summary:

Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

Job Summary

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for coordinating and optimizing maintenance activities to maximize equipment reliability, availability, and operational performance. This role serves as a key link between Production, Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance teams, ensuring maintenance work is effectively planned, scheduled, and executed. The Maintenance Planner utilizes maintenance management systems, production schedules, and asset management best practices to prioritize work, allocate resources, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the facility.

Essential Duties

Functional Operations

• Coordinate and prepare all maintenance resources and activities according to employee skillsets while maintaining comprehensive schedules for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual maintenance activities
• Collaborate with internal teams to coordinate, plan, and schedule all maintenance activities within the maintenance management system, including preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, repairs, calibrations, equipment updates, projects, and other maintenance activities
• Ensure resource availability when planning maintenance schedules and performance expectations, including maintenance and operations personnel, materials, documentation, work orders, change orders, parts availability, and required approvals
• Organize and coordinate unscheduled and emergency equipment repairs while partnering with production and operations teams to minimize downtime
• Conduct initial screening of incoming repair requests and maintenance work orders and coordinate with inventory, parts, and maintenance teams to establish appropriate planning levels
• Participate with maintenance and production teams to maximize equipment availability, reliability, and operational performance

Performance Optimization & Continuous Improvement

• Adhere to industry best practices for asset management planning and scheduling
• Continuously improve, develop, implement, and maintain compliance with the PanaCIM system and associated maintenance processes
• Support initiatives that improve equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and overall operational effectiveness

Training & Team Support

• Audit work order assignments to ensure proper prioritization, completion, and resource allocation
• Provide support to maintenance personnel regarding planning processes, maintenance scheduling, and system utilization

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication

• Integrate new equipment and maintenance strategies into PanaCIM while validating asset information with Production and Engineering teams
• Collaborate with production, engineering, operations, inventory, and maintenance teams to ensure maintenance activities are properly planned, communicated, and executed
• Effectively communicate Maintenance Department initiatives, strategies, goals, concerns, and observations to stakeholders and leadership

Quality, Safety, & Compliance

• Prepare reports and performance metrics utilizing tracking tools and KPIs within PanaCIM to ensure maintenance objectives and performance goals are achieved
• Support proper implementation of maintenance processes and procedures to ensure compliance with company standards and operational requirements
• Uphold 6S initiatives and ensure area cleanliness is maintained to safety and operational standards
• Ability to work all scheduled shift hours

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

Physical Demands

Physical Activities: Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to:

• Sit: 10%
• Walk: 45%
• Stand: 45%

Required Lifting and Carrying: Rare (<1%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%), Continuous (67-100%)

For this position, the required frequency is:

• Up to 10 lbs.: Occasional
• Up to 20 lbs.: Occasional
• Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional
• Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Rare

Benefits & Perks - What's In It For You

• Health Benefits– Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary Benefits– Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
• Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP)– 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Paid Time-Off Benefits– Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
• Educational Assistance– Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Health Management and Wellbeing Programs–Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
• Employee Recognition Program- High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition
• Annual Bonus Program- Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.
• On-site Food Options: Several on-site cafes, plentiful snack and beverage kitchens, revolving on-site vendor visits and employee events.

Where You'll Be

For our onsite roles, Panasonic Energy is committed to fostering an ideal working environment that goes beyond the conventional. We understand the significance of moments that matter in your onsite experience, and we prioritize creating a workspace that not only promotes productivity but also ensures a fulfilling and positive work atmosphere. Join us at Panasonic Energy, where your onsite presence is valued, and we strive to make each moment count in your professional journey.

Who We Are

Meet Panasonic Energy! At Panasonic Energy, you'll do work that matters as we are dedicated to transforming the world through the acceleration of sustainable energy. By producing safe, high-quality lithium-ion batteries, you become part of a team that plays a crucial role in creating technologies that move us.

Our journey began in 2017, and now, as the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory, we are expanding operations to De Soto, Kansas, providing you with the opportunity to experience career growth in more ways than one.

As an innovative thinker, you'll thrive here, as we continually push the boundaries of lithium-ion battery technology and production capabilities to