Maintenance Planner

Foundation Wellness; Wadsworth (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day workweek

Health insurance day 1

Dental and vision

Vacation & holidays

401(k) match

Job summary

Foundation Wellness in Wadsworth, Ohio, is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to lead the development and execution of a structured maintenance program. This on-site role focuses on planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities, and managing the storeroom and spare parts inventory to boost equipment reliability and uptime.

You will partner with maintenance, operations and engineering to transform a reactive maintenance model into a proactive, reliability-driven function,

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in maintenance planning, scheduling, or supervision.
• Experience with CMMS/ERP systems.
• Strong knowledge of preventative maintenance and reliability.
• Experience managing spare parts inventory.
• Proven ability to drive reactive to proactive transformation.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and manage a weekly maintenance planning and scheduling process.
• Build and maintain a prioritized backlog of maintenance work orders.
• Plan labor, materials, and tools required for all maintenance activities.
• Create and publish weekly schedules aligned with production priorities.
• Monitor and drive schedule adherence and execution discipline.
• Balance reactive, preventative, and planned work.
• Establish and enforce work order management processes within CMMS/ERP.
• Ensure all maintenance work is documented and executed through the system.
• Develop standard job plans and work classifications.
• Drive system adoption and data accuracy.
• Support transition to paperless work order environment.
• Develop and maintain PM programs for critical assets.
• Ensure PM work is planned and executed.
• Support root cause analysis through data accuracy.
• Establish an organized, 5S-aligned maintenance storeroom.
• Manage inventory accuracy, levels, and part standardization.
• Track inventory value and manage cost controls.
• Eliminate inefficiencies related to parts availability.
• Support Lean maintenance practices and daily management systems.
• Drive visibility through KPIs and visual management.
• Improve planned vs reactive work balance.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

CMMS/ERP

Inventory management

Cross-functional coordination

Reliability improvement

Communication skills

Tools

CMMS/ERP systems

Job description

Located in Wadsworth, Ohio, Foundation Wellness is a leading manufacturer of health, wellness, and safety products. Manufacturing our own portfolio of brands, as well as Custom Engineered solutions for other businesses including retail and military. Trusted for over 90 years, we are Private Equity backed and rapidly growing.

Why Join Us?

• Exceptional work-life balance, operations runs 4-day workweek
• Medical, dental, vision offered day 1
• Vacation and paid holidays
• Company matched 401(k)
• High growth company and US manufacturing

Role Overview

This role is full time on site in Wadsworth, Ohio approximately 4 days a week.

Foundation Wellness is seeking a Maintenance Planner / Scheduler to lead the development and execution of a structured maintenance management system at our Wadsworth, OH facility. This role is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating all maintenance activities, while also owning the organization and management of the maintenance storeroom and spare parts inventory. The Planner/Scheduler will play a critical role in transforming the maintenance function from a reactive model to a proactive, planned, and reliability-driven operation.

This position is highly cross-functional and requires strong coordination with maintenance, operations, and engineering teams to ensure maximum equipment reliability, uptime, and cost control.

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

• Develop, implement, and manage a weekly maintenance planning and scheduling process
• Build and maintain a prioritized backlog of maintenance work orders
• Plan labor, materials, and tools required for all maintenance activities
• Create and publish weekly schedules aligned with production priorities
• Monitor and drive schedule adherence and execution discipline
• Balance reactive, preventative, and planned work

CMMS / Management System

• Establish and enforce work order management processes within CMMS/ERP
• Ensure all maintenance work is documented and executed through the system
• Develop standard job plans and work classifications
• Drive system adoption and data accuracy
• Support transition to paperless work order environment

Preventative Maintenance

• Develop and maintain PM programs for critical assets
• Ensure PM work is planned and executed
• Support root cause analysis through data accuracy
• Establish an organized, 5S-aligned maintenance storeroom
• Manage inventory accuracy, levels, and part standardization
• Track inventory value and manage cost controls
• Eliminate inefficiencies related to parts availability
• Support Lean maintenance practices and daily management systems
• Drive visibility through KPIs and visual management
• Improve planned vs reactive work balance

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in maintenance planning, scheduling, or supervision
• Experience with CMMS/ERP systems
• Strong knowledge of preventative maintenance and reliability
• Experience managing spare parts inventory
• Proven ability to drive reactive to proactive transformation
• Strong organizational and communication skills

Key Success Indicators

• Structured weekly maintenance planning and scheduling process in place
• Improved schedule adherence and reduced reactive work
• Fully utilized CMMS system
• Organized and controlled storeroom with accurate inventory