Reliability & Maintenance Planner - Carthage, TN

Career Strategy Consultants, Inc.; Carthage (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Strategy Consultants is seeking an experienced Reliability & Maintenance Planner/Scheduler for a large manufacturing client in Carthage, Tennessee. Reporting to the Reliability & Maintenance Manager, this position will plan, schedule, and coordinate non-emergency maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and optimize maintenance costs.

The planner will work with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and plant personnel to coordinate preventive, predictive,

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience within a heavy manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of industrial maintenance and reliability practices.
• Maintenance experience involving mechanical and electrical manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with asset reliability systems and technologies.
• Experience with preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Working knowledge of CMMS and ERP systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Strong planning, scheduling, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate proactive maintenance activities for assigned plant areas.
• Develop detailed maintenance job plans, including labor, materials, parts, equipment, and other resources required to complete planned work.
• Manage non-emergency work orders and maintenance backlogs.
• Coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Support maintenance activities designed to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Participate in and help facilitate weekly maintenance planning meetings, scheduled downtime, and plant outages.
• Maintain accurate work-order and equipment information within the plant's CMMS.
• Work with Reliability Engineering and plant departments to incorporate predictive maintenance technologies into work plans.
• Utilize ERP and CMMS systems to monitor and manage maintenance performance.
• Provide technical assistance and maintenance expertise to assigned plant areas.
• Support maintenance and reliability projects with responsibility for assigned lower-risk projects as needed.
• Assist with training maintenance personnel on new equipment, software, methodologies, and procedures.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend opportunities to continuously improve maintenance and production processes.
• Participate in major equipment failure investigations within assigned areas.
• Conduct safety and preventive maintenance activities, including inspections, audits, employee interactions, and facility tours.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed in accordance with applicable safety requirements and housekeeping standards.
• Assist with identifying replacements for obsolete equipment components and coordinating procurement for planned work.
• Maintain required compliance and visual management standards.
• Manage additional maintenance and reliability projects as assigned.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Asset reliability systems and tecn...

Education

Post-secondary education in Administration, Engineering, or a technical college diploma in Electrical or Mechanical discipline

Tools

CMMS

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Career Strategy Consultants is seeking an experienced Reliability & Maintenance Planner/Scheduler for a large manufacturing client in Carthage, Tennessee .

Reporting to the Reliability & Maintenance Manager, this position will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating non-emergency maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and optimize maintenance costs .

The Reliability & Maintenance Planner/Scheduler will work closely with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other plant personnel to coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance as well as scheduled outages and project work. This individual will also be responsible for developing detailed job plans, managing maintenance backlogs, and maintaining accurate work-order data within the plant's CMMS.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate proactive maintenance activities for assigned plant areas.
• Develop detailed maintenance job plans, including labor, materials, parts, equipment, and other resources required to complete planned work.
• Manage non-emergency work orders and maintenance backlogs.
• Coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Support maintenance activities designed to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Participate in and help facilitate weekly maintenance planning meetings, scheduled downtime, and plant outages.
• Maintain accurate work-order and equipment information within the plant's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) .
• Work with Reliability Engineering and plant departments to incorporate predictive maintenance technologies into work plans.
• Utilize ERP and CMMS systems to monitor and manage maintenance performance.
• Provide technical assistance and maintenance expertise to assigned plant areas.
• Support maintenance and reliability projects with responsibility for assigned lower-risk projects as needed.
• Assist with training maintenance personnel on new equipment, software, methodologies, and procedures.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend opportunities to continuously improve maintenance and production processes.
• Participate in major equipment failure investigations within assigned areas.
• Conduct safety and preventive maintenance activities, including inspections, audits, employee interactions, and facility tours.
• Ensure maintenance activities are completed in accordance with applicable safety requirements and housekeeping standards.
• Assist with identifying replacements for obsolete equipment components and coordinating procurement for planned work.
• Maintain required compliance and visual management standards.
• Manage additional maintenance and reliability projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience within a heavy manufacturing environment .
• Strong working knowledge of industrial maintenance and reliability practices.
• Maintenance experience involving mechanical and electrical manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with asset reliability systems and technologies .
• Experience with preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Working knowledge of CMMS and ERP systems .
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Strong planning, scheduling, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively coordinate with Maintenance, Operations, management, contractors, and vendors.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Strong commitment to plant safety and housekeeping standards.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team environment.

Education

Post-secondary education in Administration, Engineering, or a technical college diploma in an Electrical or Mechanical discipline is preferred.

Preferred Industry Experience

Experience maintaining mechanical and electrical equipment used in aluminum extrusion and associated manufacturing processes is highly desirable.