Maintenance Planning Intern - Summer 2027 (CMMS)

Flint Hills Resources; Carleton (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Glass (a Koch Company) is seeking a Maintenance Planning Intern to join our Carleton, Michigan team for Summer 2027. This role will support the maintenance department by developing clear, accurate job plans and helping implement them in our CMMS.

As an intern, you will work with maintenance technicians, planners, and operators to capture equipment knowledge and convert it into practical, repeatable job plans.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a degree or technical program related to engineering, engineering technology, industrial maintenance, manufacturing, reliability, information systems, or similar field.
• Experience communicating technical information clearly in written and verbal formats.
• Experience organizing and documenting technical information, procedures, or work activities.
• Experience collaborating with others in hands-on environments.
• Experience using standard computer applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Gather information from technicians, equipment manuals, drawings, and field observations to develop detailed maintenance job plans.
• Write clear job steps that include safety requirements, tools, parts, labor skills, estimated hours, and equipment conditions.
• Enter and maintain job plans, task lists, preventive maintenance procedures, and related equipment information in the CMMS.
• Review existing work orders and job plans for accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
• Help standardize job-plan formats, naming conventions, and documentation practices across the maintenance department.
• Validate job plans in the field with maintenance personnel and revise them based on feedback and actual work performed.
• Support CMMS data cleanup, including asset records, bills of materials, spare-parts information, and preventive maintenance frequencies.
• Assist with measuring job-plan effectiveness through schedule compliance, work-order feedback, estimated-versus-actual hours, and repeat maintenance issues.
• Participate in continuous-improvement projects that improve maintenance efficiency, equipment reliability, and safe work execution.

Skills

Communication skills

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering/technical program enrollment

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Word

MS Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Guardian Glass (a Koch Company) is seeking a Maintenance Planning Intern to join our Carleton, Michigan team for Summer 2027. This role will support the maintenance department by developing clear, accurate job plans and helping implement them in our CMMS.

As an intern, you will work with maintenance technicians, planners, and operators to capture equipment knowledge and convert it into practical, repeatable job plans.