Maintenance Planner: Downtime Reduction & Scheduling

Packaging Corporation of America; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401k with employer match

Life, AD&D and disability coverage

Job summary

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is seeking a Maintenance Planner to manage planning and scheduling for plant maintenance, improving uptime and reducing downtime across departments. You will identify safety needs, staffing, materials and equipment to execute maintenance work and analyze data to drive improvements.

Responsibilities include coordinating with multiple teams, preparing maintenance schedules, and leading continuous improvement in a high-output corrugated environment.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or certification in production maintenance; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Three years of experience in equipment and electrical maintenance in corrugated manufacturing.
• Experience with maintenance of corrugated and packaging equipment; electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• Experience with manufacturing safety practices and environmental issues preferred.
• Strong analytical, mechanical, mathematical, safety and environmental skills.
• Experience with computer systems including Microsoft Office and maintenance scheduling software.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate department activity with Customer Service, Scheduling and Production teams to develop optimum maintenance schedule.
• Plan and schedule time, parts, and personnel to meet maintenance and production requirements with minimal downtime and cost.
• Estimate, plan, coordinate, and schedule maintenance work including weekly schedules and routine outages.
• Inspect jobs in progress and adjust plans as needed.
• Prepare reports on workloads, performance, backlog, delays, work orders and equipment history.

Skills

Analytical skills

Mechanical skills

Mathematical skills

Safety awareness

Education

Associate's degree or production maintenance cert

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Maintenance scheduling software

Job description

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is seeking a Maintenance Planner to manage planning and scheduling for plant maintenance, improving uptime and reducing downtime across departments. You will identify safety needs, staffing, materials and equipment to execute maintenance work and analyze data to drive improvements.

Responsibilities include coordinating with multiple teams, preparing maintenance schedules, and leading continuous improvement in a high-output corrugated environment.