Maintenance Planner

New-Indy Containerboard LLC; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

New-Indy Containerboard LLC in Oxnard, CA seeks a Maintenance Planner to safely and efficiently plan maintenance work. You will embed safety into every plan, define scope with field walk-downs, and develop detailed job packages to reach Ready-to-Work status.

Strong communication and analytical skills are essential to coordinate materials, labor, and tools while maintaining CMMS data quality. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field and 4+ years in heavy industrial

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent maintenance planning experience.
• 4+ years in heavy industrial maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Embed safety into job plans, identify permits, and document requirements.
• Review work orders for completeness and maintain a prioritized backlog.
• Conduct field walk-downs to define scope, labor, materials, tools, and constraints.
• Develop detailed job plans including scope, steps, labor, parts, tools, and drawings.
• Prepare complete job packages and ensure Ready-to-Work status before scheduling.
• Provide labor estimates and craft requirements for scheduling.
• Identify stock and non-stock material needs and improve BOMs.
• Maintain 2–3 week planning horizon and lead planning meetings.
• Collect feedback and continuously improve plans, PMs, estimates, and BOMs.
• Support reliability initiatives and shutdown planning, and update CMMS data.

Skills

Safety planning

Written & verbal communication

Analytical problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Independence

Project management aptitude

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering / industrial technology or related field

Tools

Maximo CMMS

Microsoft Office / Projects

Job description

Summary: The Maintenance Planner at New-Indy, Oxnard is responsible for the safe and efficient planning of all maintenance work activities in their areas.

Essential Functions Of The Job

• Embed safety into every job plan, identifying hazards and required permits (LOTO, confined space, hot work) and documenting safety requirements.
• Review approved work orders for completeness, return incomplete requests, and maintain a clean prioritized planning backlog.
• Perform field walk-downs to define scope, labor, materials, tools, access requirements, and operational constraints.
• Develop detailed job plans including scope, job steps, labor estimates, crafts, parts, tools, support equipment, drawings, manuals, and photos.
• Prepare complete job packages and ensure all work reaches Ready-to-Work status before scheduling.
• Provide labor estimates and craft requirements to support realistic scheduling.
• Identify stock and non-stock material requirements, create purchase requisitions, improve Bills of Material (BOMs), and partner with the storeroom to improve inventory accuracy.
• Maintain a 2–3 week planning horizon, lead weekly planning meetings, and participate in scheduling meetings.
• Collect execution feedback and continuously improve job plans, PMs, estimates, and BOMs to reduce rework and increase wrench time.
• Support reliability initiatives, RCAs, engineering documentation, vendors/OEMs, shutdown planning, and critical maintenance events.
• Maintain high-quality CMMS (Maximo) data and ensure work orders are properly updated and closed.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job is not a supervisory position.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial technology or related field, or equivalent maintenance planning experience.
• Minimum 4 years in heavy industrial maintenance.

Other Skills

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite with strong aptitude for Projects
• Strong understanding of computerized maintenance management systems such as Maximo.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Basic mechanical knowledge and aptitude
• Must be able to work independently
• Well-developed people practice, including strong interpersonal skills, the ability to build lasting relationships, provide recognition and demonstrate integrity and high personal standards.
• Competencies: Detail Orientated, Command Skills, Mechanical or Electrical Aptitude, Managerial Courage, Problem Solving, Organizational Skill

Physical Demands

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to:
• Sit at a desk for long periods of time, or sit while driving a car
• Frequently use hands to type on a computer keyboard, answer the telephone and file documents
• Frequently walk within the office and occasionally the distance of a large manufacturing facility
• Occasionally reach with hands and arms above the shoulders
• Vision abilities required are close vision and depth perception

Work Environment

• The noise level within the office is usually quiet and the temperature is regulated to be comfortable.
• Occasionally the employee is exposed to the Mill work environment which can be hot, and the noise level is loud.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud (80+dB).
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• Occasionally exposed to loud, moving equipment

[Employees are required to wear Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] such as: hard hat, steel toed boots, gloves, safety glasses and hearing protection]