Mechanical Maintenance Planner: Plan, Lead & Optimize

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Brewton (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Planner to join our Brewton, AL containerboard mill. This role supports site maintenance activities across event phases with technical leadership to ensure safety, alignment, and resource integration.

You will drive efficient, cost-effective maintenance and production services while helping transform our planning processes. The position emphasizes planning, scheduling, and field execution coordination, with a focus on safety, reliability, and

Qualifications

• Experience in a Mechanical planning role OR five or more years working in a mechanical manufacturing setting.
• Experience reading P&IDs, loop sheets & equipment drawings, and understanding of pipe codes.
• Experience generating bill of materials (BOM) and obtaining quotes.
• Experience in maintenance/turnaround planning, scheduling, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Plan work and develop job scopes in assigned areas using field walk-downs, detailed step-outs, BOMs, flange tracking, estimating, pictures, sketches, drawings, long text descriptions, templates to enable safe and efficient execution.
• Support events during all phases including Pre, Execution, and Post; transition to Field Execution Coordinator as needed.
• Ensure vendors understand project timelines and expectations.
• Manage unplanned workorder backlog by reviewing backlog and planning list.
• Create job packets including plans and technical documentation (photos, drawings, specs).
• Communicate early and often on issues, opportunities and solutions.
• Participate in and support logistic plan development for each event.
• Develop and communicate ideas to improve safety, reliability, yield and cost.
• Promote PBM™ concepts and company values in daily operations.

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Planner to join our Brewton, AL containerboard mill. This role supports site maintenance activities across event phases with technical leadership to ensure safety, alignment, and resource integration.

You will drive efficient, cost-effective maintenance and production services while helping transform our planning processes. The position emphasizes planning, scheduling, and field execution coordination, with a focus on safety, reliability, and