Maintenance Planner Major Outage HROC

51905 HROC LLC; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 107,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan

401(k) with company matching

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

HSA/HRA/FSA benefits

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Heidelberg Materials North America is seeking an experienced outage planning professional to coordinate maintenance projects across cement plants and regional teams. You will build schedules, define scopes, and align with procurement and vendors to minimize downtime.

This role requires 4+ years in heavy manufacturing maintenance planning, CMMS/SAP knowledge, and willingness to travel to plant sites during outages. Competitive compensation includes incentive plan and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in maintenance and project planning in heavy manufacturing; cement plant experience preferred.
• Strong outage planning and project management capabilities in industrial environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build detailed outage schedules (MS Project), define task sequencing, and identify the critical path to minimize downtime.
• Identify and finalize maintenance activities plan for kiln, mills, crushers, and preheaters with task-level detail.
• Determine manpower, contractor requirements, tools, and materials; coordinate with plant teams, procurement and vendors.
• Develop outage cost estimates, track expenditure, and identify optimization opportunities using data and plant collaboration.
• Analyze risks and prepare contingency plans to avoid downtime overruns.
• Pre-qualify vendors and ensure contracts readiness before outage start.
• Act as central coordination point between plant operations, maintenance, regional teams, and contractors.
• Use outage data and KPIs to improve planning accuracy and reduce future outage durations.
• Drive continuous improvement through post-outage analysis and reporting.

Skills

Outage planning

Project management

Maintenance coordination

Stakeholder collaboration

Travel readiness

Tools

CMMS/SAP

Job description

Line of Business: Service & Support

Pay Range: $107,480.00 – $143,306.66

About Us

Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build detailed outage schedules (MS Project), define task sequencing, and identify the critical path to minimize downtime.
• Identify and finalize all maintenance activities plan (kiln, mills, crushers, preheaters, etc.), ensuring a clear, detailed outage scope with task-level breakdown.
• Determine manpower, contractor requirements, tools, and materials; coordinate with plant teams, procurement, and vendors to ensure availability.
• Develop outage cost estimates, track planned vs. expected expenditure and identify cost optimization opportunities before execution by leveraging data and plant collaboration.
• Analyze potential risks (equipment delays, resource conflicts, safety concerns) and prepare contingency plans to avoid downtime overruns.
• Pre-qualify vendors, align on scope, timelines, safety requirements, and ensure contracts are ready prior to outage start.
• Act as the central coordination point between plant operations, maintenance, regional teams, and contractors—ensuring alignment before mobilization.
• Use past outage data and KPIs (duration, cost, productivity) to improve planning accuracy and reduce future outage durations.
• Drive continuous improvement through post-outage analysis, reporting, and best practices implementation.

What Are We Looking For

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in maintenance and project planning within a heavy manufacturing environment; cement plant experience preferred.
• Strong capability in outage planning, project management, and maintenance coordination in industrial environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and stakeholders effectively.
• Knowledge of cement manufacturing processes, equipment, and maintenance systems (e.g., CMMS/SAP).
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work across diverse teams and locations.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel to plant sites for planning and execution activities.

Work Environment

This role operates in both office and plant environments, supporting multiple sites within a designated region. Travel is required during outage preparation and execution phases. The position involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, including operations, maintenance, contractors, and regional leadership.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary and participation in our annual incentive plan, 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions.
• Highly competitive benefits programs, including: Medical, Dental, and Vision along with Prescription Drug Benefits, Health Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• AD&D, Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage as well as Basic Life Insurance.
• Paid Bonding Leave, 15 days of Paid Vacation, 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave and 10 Paid Holidays.
• Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled.

Heidelberg Materials – your springboard into the future of the construction materials industry. As a globally leading company in the construction sector, we manufacture one of the most widely used products, paving the way not only toward more sustainable production but also toward your personal success story. Our bold and innovative approach focuses on massive CO₂ reduction, efficient recycling technologies, and digital solutions – setting new standards for the industry.

In our globally connected and locally rooted community, your ideas have the power to shape a better tomorrow for people. With us, you’re not just shaping the industry’s future; you’re shaping your own. Let’s get to work! Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions with leading market positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete. We are represented in more than 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at almost 3,000 locations. At the centre of our actions lies the responsibility for the environment. As the front runner on the path to carbon neutrality and circular economy in the building materials industry, we are working on sustainable building materials and solutions for the future. We enable new opportunities for our customers through digitalisation.