Reliability-Driven Maintenance Planner (SAP/CMMS)

Synthomer plc; Kentucky; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or car allowance

Healthcare coverage

Learning & development opportunities

Wellbeing resources

Retirement / pension contributions

Job summary

Synthomer plc is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler based in Mogadore to drive long‑term asset performance through data‑driven analysis and preventive/predictive strategies. You will lead planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance work, while maintaining SAP data integrity and delivering CMMS training.

You will participate in RCA, FMEA, and Bad Actor analyses to prevent recurrence, and develop CAPEX proposals for end‑of‑life assets, ensuring KPI targets such as MTBF/MTTR are met.

Qualifications

• Associate in Applied Science degree or a Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 5-7 years of plant maintenance experience with exposure to reliability practices.
• 2-3 years as a maintenance planner using CMMS (SAP preferred).
• 2-3 years of supervisory experience in a maintenance environment.

Responsibilities

• Create integrated maintenance work plans and schedules for supervisors and the maintenance team, covering PM activities, project work, and non‑emergency repairs.
• Ensure all work orders and maintenance log items are reviewed, entered, and closed in SAP, with complete and accurate supporting documentation.
• Deliver SAP maintenance training for maintenance and operations personnel.
• Conduct field Walk-throughs to identify and document job requirements, scope, and procedures.
• Collaborate with the maintenance manager and supervisor to schedule manpower, resources, and job priorities.
• Support PSM activities related to job planning and scheduling, ensuring timely completion of action items and proper documentation in SAP/CMMS.
• Assist the condition monitoring program for the site, ensuring accurate data collection for vibration, oil analysis, thermography, and other predictive technologies.
• Analyze reliability and failure data to improve equipment performance and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and methodologies such as FMEA and Bad Actor Management to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure up‑to‑date equipment criticality assessment, review it regularly, and ensure changes are accurately reflected in the site CMMS.
• Develop and review maintenance and inspection strategies, Equipment Based Practices (EBPs), and relevant standards based on equipment criticality and risk.
• Drive the outputs of RCA, FMEA, Bad Actor analysis, and Criticality study findings into actionable maintenance strategies, including eliminating bad actors, improving spare parts strategy, enhancing CMMS data, and developing CAPEX proposals for end‑of‑life or non‑serviceable assets.
• Monitor and improve asset performance using KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, and failure frequency, identifying trends and improvement opportunities.
• Manage and optimise asset information in the CMMS, ensuring data integrity, updated reliability strategies, and complete asset history.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to resolve chronic issues and implement long‑term reliability improvements across Operations, Maintenance, Stores, and Engineering.
• Support internal and external reliability audits and assessments to ensure compliance, continuous improvement, and alignment with site standards.
• Contribute to training and knowledge sharing on reliability concepts, tools, condition monitoring technologies, and analysis techniques.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Coaching

Data analysis

Education

Associates degree or Bachelors preferred

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

Synthomer plc is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler based in Mogadore to drive long‑term asset performance through data‑driven analysis and preventive/predictive strategies. You will lead planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance work, while maintaining SAP data integrity and delivering CMMS training.

You will participate in RCA, FMEA, and Bad Actor analyses to prevent recurrence, and develop CAPEX proposals for end‑of‑life assets, ensuring KPI targets such as MTBF/MTTR are met.