Maintenance Planner & Scheduler: CMMS/ERP Expert

Challenge Mfg. Holdings, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

ESOP shares

401(k) match

Job summary

Challenge Manufacturing seeks a Maintenance Planner / Scheduler to develop and optimize maintenance plans across production equipment and facilities. The role partners with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and Contractors to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable plant execution.

The ideal candidate brings strong technical knowledge, multi-craft maintenance experience, and proven planning discipline, with exposure to CMMS/ERP systems (Plex preferred).

Qualifications

• Associate degree with three years of Journeyman experience or equivalent higher-level education in mechanical / electrical engineering and/or industrial maintenance planning.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule preventive, predictive, corrective, routine, shutdown, outage, and identified improvement work for production equipment, utility systems, and facility infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain a weekly maintenance schedule with appropriate labor loading, skill alignment, equipment availability, and work-priority considerations.
• Utilize and maintain CMMS / ERP system data to support high-quality maintenance planning, scheduling, tracking, reporting, and work history documentation.
• Coordinate planning and scheduling activities for internal crafts, contractors, and third-party maintenance service providers.
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance systems, methods, and processes to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and reliability performance.
• Work closely with Maintenance Supervision to support weekly planning and scheduling; differentiate planning, scheduling, execution, and supervision.

Skills

Strong technical knowledge

Multi-craft maintenance background

Strong communication skills

Education

Associate degree / Journeyman 3 years

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical engineering

10+ years industrial maintenance planning experience

Tools

Plex

Job description

Challenge Manufacturing seeks a Maintenance Planner / Scheduler to develop and optimize maintenance plans across production equipment and facilities. The role partners with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and Contractors to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable plant execution.

The ideal candidate brings strong technical knowledge, multi-craft maintenance experience, and proven planning discipline, with exposure to CMMS/ERP systems (Plex preferred).