Maintenance Planner — Reliability & Plant Availability

MateCareer; Kingston (ID); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

MateCareer seeks a Maintenance Planner to join the Engineering Stores team. You will plan, prepare, and schedule maintenance to maximize plant availability and minimize downtime, coordinating with Maintenance, Production, Procurement, and Spare Parts teams.

Responsibilities include creating work orders, prioritizing requests by risk and reliability, and ensuring materials are available while maintaining CMMS records.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in maintenance planning, operations, supply chain, or a reliability-focused role.
• Experience in maintenance planning, preparation, and scheduling.
• Good understanding of supply and inventory management processes.
• Experience working with a CMMS and/or maintenance planning and scheduling software.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to plan ahead and manage multiple priorities.
• Good reporting, data handling, and basic computer skills.
• Understanding of workflow management and maintenance work prioritization.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Maintenance, Production, Procurement, and Supply Chain.
• Experience with TPM, reliability, or continuous improvement practices is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Plans, prepares, and schedules maintenance work orders to ensure they are completed safely, on time, and in full (OTIF).
• Reviews and prioritizes maintenance work requests based on risk, equipment criticality, and reliability.
• Prepares work orders by defining the required scope, tasks, resources, materials, and tools.
• Schedules maintenance activities considering equipment criticality, planned downtime windows, and availability of parts and services.
• Coordinates with the Spare Parts Coordinator, Storekeeper, Procurement, and Maintenance Execution teams to ensure required materials and tools are available.
• Manages maintenance task lists and ensures required materials are requested in line with inventory and supply processes.
• Ensures accurate and timely registration and management of maintenance information within the CMMS.
• Supports preventive maintenance planning and contributes to the preparation of maintenance budgets.
• Supports TPM and continuous improvement activities to improve maintenance effectiveness, reliability, and plant availability.
• Works closely with maintenance stakeholders to improve planning efficiency, reduce downtime, and support reliable execution of maintenance activities.

Skills

CMMS experience

Planning & scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Data handling

Workflow management

Inventory understanding

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

MateCareer seeks a Maintenance Planner to join the Engineering Stores team. You will plan, prepare, and schedule maintenance to maximize plant availability and minimize downtime, coordinating with Maintenance, Production, Procurement, and Spare Parts teams.

Responsibilities include creating work orders, prioritizing requests by risk and reliability, and ensuring materials are available while maintaining CMMS records.