Maintenance Planner

Frey Consulting Group; Exeter Township (Berks County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Frey Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to support maintenance operations at its Exeter, Pennsylvania facility. The role focuses on planning, preparing, and scheduling maintenance work to keep production running safely and efficiently.

You will work with maintenance technicians, supervisors, production, procurement, and contractors to ensure work orders are properly scoped, resourced, and ready for execution. Strong SAP PM/EAM and CMMS experience is essential.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of maintenance planning in an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP PM / CMMS / EAM systems.
• Ability to estimate labor, materials, and durations for maintenance work.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience with preventive, predictive, and reliability-based maintenance practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare preventive, predictive, corrective, and planned maintenance activities.
• Develop detailed maintenance work orders in SAP PM or CMMS.
• Define task sequences, estimated labor hours, required skills, materials, tools, safety requirements.
• Maintain and improve standardized job plans for recurring maintenance activities.
• Coordinate internal maintenance staff and external contractor resources.
• Create daily, weekly, and mid-term maintenance schedules.
• Track schedule compliance and maintenance backlog.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Maintenance scheduling

SAP PM

CMMS/EAM

Industrial maintenance

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP PM

SAP Plant Maintenance

EAM

CMMS

Job description

Salary: Approximately $80,000–$85,000, depending on experience

A well-established global manufacturing organization is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner to support maintenance operations at its Exeter, Pennsylvania facility.

This position is responsible for planning, preparing, and scheduling maintenance work to ensure maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact on production. The Maintenance Planner will work closely with maintenance technicians, supervisors, production, procurement, and outside contractors to ensure work orders are properly scoped, resourced, and ready for execution.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong industrial maintenance planning, scheduling, SAP PM/EAM, and CMMS experience who enjoys bringing structure and organization to a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and prepare preventive, predictive, corrective, and planned maintenance activities
• Develop detailed maintenance work orders within SAP PM or a comparable CMMS/EAM system
• Define task sequences, estimated labor hours, required skills, materials, spare parts, tools, permits, and safety requirements
• Maintain and continuously improve standardized job plans for recurring and critical maintenance activities
• Ensure parts and materials are identified, ordered, and staged before scheduled maintenance begins
• Create purchase orders for materials, services, and outside contractors as needed
• Maintain a pipeline of fully prepared “Ready to Schedule” work orders
• Develop daily, weekly, and mid-term maintenance schedules
• Coordinate internal maintenance employees and external contractor resources
• Align maintenance schedules with production requirements and equipment availability
• Group similar work orders to improve technician productivity and reduce equipment downtime
• Facilitate weekly scheduling meetings with maintenance and production leadership
• Coordinate critical and emergency maintenance activities when necessary
• Manage and prioritize the maintenance backlog
• Track schedule compliance, planned vs. unplanned work, labor utilization, emergency work, and planning accuracy
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve maintenance planning and scheduling processes

What We’re Looking For

• 3–5+ years of maintenance planning and/or scheduling experience within an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of industrial maintenance processes and equipment
• Hands-on experience using SAP PM, SAP Plant Maintenance, EAM, CMMS, or similar maintenance-management software
• Experience developing work orders, job plans, preventive maintenance activities, and maintenance schedules
• Knowledge of preventive, predictive, and reliability-based maintenance practices
• Ability to estimate maintenance labor, resources, materials, and job duration
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to manage multiple work orders and changing production priorities simultaneously
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate across maintenance, production, procurement, and contractor teams
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and continuous-improvement mindset

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field preferred
• Equivalent technical education combined with significant industrial maintenance experience will also be considered

Ideal Background

• Candidates coming from environments such as steel, metals, wire, automotive, heavy manufacturing, industrial equipment, chemical, paper, building materials, or other continuous-process manufacturing operations are encouraged to apply.
• Experience as a Maintenance Planner, Maintenance Scheduler, CMMS Planner, Reliability Planner, Maintenance Coordinator, Maintenance Supervisor, or experienced industrial maintenance professional with significant planning responsibilities may translate well into this opportunity.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This role provides the opportunity to directly influence equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and plant performance within an established industrial manufacturing operation. You will have significant ownership of the maintenance planning and scheduling process and work closely with both production and maintenance leadership. Candidates who enjoy taking maintenance work from initial request → properly planned work order → scheduled execution → performance review and continuous improvement should find this position particularly rewarding.

Company Benefits

The company offers a competitive benefits package designed to support employees and their families, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Company-paid and supplemental life insurance options
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Parental leave benefits
• Tuition assistance and professional development opportunities
• Additional employee wellness and support programs