Maintenance Planner (Utility)

Qcells Georgia, Inc.; Cartersville (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Qcells Georgia, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Planner to support safe, reliable operation of utility equipment. You will coordinate maintenance planning, scheduling, and vendor-managed inventory to minimize downtime and costs.

Responsibilities include developing job plans, managing spare parts, and liaising with Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, and suppliers to ensure timely availability of materials and equipment. Strong CMMS and Excel skills are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum five years in industrial maintenance, utilities operations and maintenance, maintenance planning, or maintenance materials coordination.
• At least one year coordinating maintenance work orders, preventive maintenance, schedules, or material requirements.
• Experience procuring industrial spare parts and coordinating with vendors or suppliers.
• Proficiency with CMMS and ability to interpret manuals, drawings, and parts lists.
• Experience managing vendor-maintained inventory, consignments, and cycle counts.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate maintenance of utility systems and supporting equipment.
• Review work requests, perform field assessments, clarify scope and priorities with Operations and Maintenance.
• Develop job plans with steps, labor estimates, parts, tools, drawings, and permits.
• Develop weekly schedules and coordinate preventive, corrective, inspection, and shutdown work.
• Maintain work order quality and improve maintenance readiness.
• Maintain CMMS backlog, track planning constraints, and reserve or stage materials.
• Review completed work orders and update plans, equipment records, and parts lists.
• Monitor schedule compliance, readiness, and delays due to material shortages.

Skills

Industrial maintenance planning

Work order management

Scheduling

Backlog prioritization

Pumps and piping

CMMS usage

Inventory reconciliation

Vendor coordination

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Position Purpose

To support safe, reliable operation of utility equipment through effective maintenance planning, scheduling, spare parts management, and oversight of vendor-managed inventory and consignment stock. Ensure labor, materials, tools, and vendor services are coordinated to reduce downtime and complete maintenance at the lowest reasonable cost.

Description

Maintenance Planner, Utilities

Position Expectations

Execution of assigned tasks and duties with focus on:

• Safe work practices and identification of safety requirements during planning.
• Accurate, complete job plans and dependable material availability for scheduled work.
• Adherence to maintenance standards, purchasing procedures, and inventory controls.
• Effective collaboration with Utilities Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Purchasing, Planning & Controls and vendors.
• Timely communication of schedule constraints, shortages, and improvement opportunities.

Position Duties & Tasks

• Plan and coordinate maintenance of utility systems and supporting equipment.
• Review work requests, perform field assessments, and clarify scope and priorities with Operations and Maintenance.
• Develop job plans with work steps, labor estimates, parts, tools, drawings, contractor support, and applicable isolation and permit requirements.
• Develop weekly schedules and coordinate preventive, corrective, inspection, and shutdown work with equipment availability.
• Maintain work order quality and improve maintenance readiness.
• Maintain the CMMS backlog, track planning constraints, and reserve or stage materials before scheduled work.
• Review completed work orders and technician feedback; update job plans, equipment records, parts lists, and follow-up work.
• Monitor schedule compliance, planned-work readiness, and delays associated with missing materials or incomplete planning.
• Manage spare parts and maintenance material inventory.
• Maintain accurate part numbers, descriptions, equipment associations, storage locations, supplier information, and inventory transactions.
• Identify critical spares with Maintenance and Engineering; establish and review minimum and maximum levels and reorder points based on lead time, usage, and equipment criticality.
• Coordinate purchase requisitions, receiving, storage, issuing, returns, cycle counts, and discrepancy resolution.
• Identify obsolete, duplicate, and excess stock; coordinate repairable spares and warranty returns, and obtain technical approval for substitutions.
• Oversee vendor-maintained inventory and consignment programs.
• Serve as the Utilities contact for vendor-managed stock; coordinate approved item lists, stocking locations, replenishment levels and service expectations with Purchasing and suppliers.
• Track initial stocking commitments, routine replenishment, and stockouts; resolve shortages and coordinate urgent material needs.
• Review usage trends and adjust stocking recommendations as equipment and maintenance requirements change.
• Reconcile withdrawals, vendor stock records, and invoices against internal records and agreed terms; distinguish company-owned and consignment inventory.
• Review vendor performance for material availability, inventory accuracy, replenishment response, and service quality.
• Coordinate vendor services and support continuous improvement.
• Work with Engineering, Operations and Planning & Control teams to manage service scopes and coordinate contractor schedules, site access, and required service documentation.
• Support maintenance cost estimates and budget planning; identify recurring equipment, supply, or process issues and recommend improvements.

Critical Knowledge & Skills

• Industrial maintenance planning, work order management, scheduling, and backlog prioritization.
• Working knowledge of pumps, piping, HVAC, compressed air, water and wastewater systems, and supporting electrical equipment.
• Ability to interpret drawings, equipment manuals, specifications, and parts lists.
• CMMS and inventory system use; Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Spare parts identification, criticality assessment, stocking parameters, cycle counts, and inventory reconciliation.
• Vendor-managed inventory, consignment controls, purchasing coordination, and supplier performance monitoring.
• Safety planning awareness, including LOTO, confined space, PPE, hot work, fall protection, and hoisting and rigging requirements.
• Clear communication, cost awareness, attention to detail, and coordination of competing priorities.

Minimum Education & Experience

• High school diploma or GED required
• Minimum of five years of experience in industrial maintenance, utilities operations and maintenance, maintenance planning, or maintenance materials coordination.
• At least one year of experience coordinating maintenance work orders, preventive maintenance activities, schedules, or material requirements. This experience may be included within the three-year requirement.
• Experience identifying and procuring industrial spare parts, maintaining inventory records, and coordinating with vendors or suppliers.
• Working experience with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the ability to interpret equipment manuals, technical drawings, and parts lists.
• Experience managing vendor-maintained inventory, consignment stock, critical spare parts, replenishment levels, and cycle counts.
• Experience managing and coordinating vendor-maintained inventory, consignment stock, cycle counts and replenish levels.

Hanwha Q CELLS provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.