Plant Engineering Maintenance Planner

Advantage Point Group; Cottage Grove (MN); On-site; USD 58,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

HSA

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

PTO and paid holidays

Job summary

Advantage Point Group is seeking a full-time Plant Engineering Maintenance Planner for our Cottage Grove, MN facility. The role focuses on planning daily/hourly work, directing craftspeople, and ensuring reliable production through preventive maintenance and timely repairs.

The ideal candidate has a technical/maintenance background with 4+ years in similar settings, CMMS and SAP experience, and strong communication skills to work across departments. Day shift starts early.

Qualifications

• Technical/maintenance related 2-year associate’s degree preferred but not required.
• 4+ years of maintenance experience in a maintenance department, industrial plant, or campus setting.
• Blueprint reading is required.
• Mechanical, plumbing, pipefitting, HVAC, millwright, maintenance and/or electrical experience preferred.
• CMMS software experience strongly preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook) required.
• Time management and organization skills required.
• Effective communication skills required.
• Ability to interact with all levels in a large corporate environment.
• Confined space training/OSHA 30 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Estimate work time and provide labor/material resources to accomplish tasks.
• Plan and schedule maintenance activities with production, engineering, contractors, and craftspeople.
• Lead meetings and maintain documentation and records.
• Implement preventive and repair maintenance to minimize downtime and costs.
• Coordinate with purchasing and vendors to specify, order, and expedite parts.
• Support safety and quality programs.
• Lead or participate in special projects as assigned.
• Provide work direction to craft personnel as needed.
• No direct reports.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Maintenance experience

Time management

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Communicate with all levels

Confined space training

Strong computer skills

Education

Associate’s degree in technical maintenance

Tools

CMMS

SAP

Microsoft Office

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Advantage Point Group (APG) is currently seeking a full-time Plant Engineering Maintenance Plannerlocated at our Cottage Grove, MN manufacturing facility.

The person hired for the position of Plant Engineering Planner will be planning and scheduling daily/hourly work tasks and providing technical direction to craftspeople for providing maintenance and repair services on manufacturing equipment, systems, and facilities to maximize reliability and runtime of production operations.

Roles and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Estimating work time and providing labor and material resources to accomplish tasks.
• Coordinating, planning, and scheduling of maintenance activities with production, engineering, contractors, and craft people to meet schedules and business priorities.
• Leads meetings and maintains documentation and records.
• Implements and executes preventive and repair maintenance activities to minimize equipment downtime and maintenance costs.
• Works with purchasing, vendors, and engineering to specify, order, and expedite parts and materials.
• Provides support for safety and quality programs.
• Leads or participates in special projects as assigned.
• Provide work direction to craft personnel as needed.
• No direct reports.

Requirements

• Technical/maintenance related 2-year associate’s degree, preferred, not required.
• 4 years or more of maintenance experience in a maintenance department, industrial plant, or campus setting.
• Blueprint reading required.
• Mechanical, plumbing, pipefitting, HVAC, millwright, maintenance and/or electrical experience preferred.
• Computerized Maintenance Management System software (CMMS) strongly preferred.
• SAP experience is preferred.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Outlook), required.
• Time management and good organizational skills required.
• Effective communication skills required.
• Able to deal with political aspects of a large corporate environment and communicate with all levels in the organization, required.
• Training in confined space, OSHA 30 preferred.

This full-time position is scheduled to start in early July and working DAY shift (~6:30 am to 2:30 pm).

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay Rate: $42-50per hour depending on qualifications and previous experience. Some overtime is possible but not expected to be often.
• Benefits: 401(k), 401(k) matching, Health insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Dental insurance, Life insurance, Vision insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO)and paid holidays.

Why APG? We’re growing! Plus, great pay, great benefits, great people, great hours, interesting projects, work/life balance and time and a half after 40 hours.