Strategic Maintenance Planner | SAP & Scheduling

Nouryon; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nouryon in Chattanooga, TN is seeking a Maintenance Planner to prepare and prioritize maintenance work orders, identify resources, and develop weekly schedules aligned with site priorities. You will coordinate with the Gatekeeper and Maintenance Supervisor and oversee contracted maintenance to ensure timely completion.

Role requires extensive industrial maintenance experience, strong planning skills, and effective communication.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Ability to plan, communicate, and execute maintenance jobs.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong safety background; OSHA PSM experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assemble job plan packages including permits, materials, work orders, drawings, etc.
• Create/modify job plans for efficiency and resource allocation.
• Review completed work orders for differences in planned vs actual hours.
• Create/modify maintenance related Standard Work Steps (SWS).
• Create/Update BOMs in SAP with Maintenance Supervisor.
• Review preventive maintenance orders for proper format, hours, resources and instructions.
• Field verify resource allocation and spare parts for planned work.
• Generate purchase requests for required materials.
• Coordinate with Gatekeeper on job scheduling and prioritization.
• Develop weekly maintenance schedule to balance labor resources and schedule compliance.
• Utilize SAP work order statuses for KPI reporting and tracking.
• Ensure awareness of critical preventive maintenance orders approaching due dates.
• Facilitate weekly scheduling meetings and daily communication with Gatekeeper and Supervisor.
• Distribute weekly schedule with work order packages to Maintenance Supervisor.
• Coordinate with Purchasing to ensure materials availability and on-schedule delivery.
• Adjust schedules for backorders and report KPI-related to planning.

Skills

Maintenance planning

SAP

Communication

MS Office

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Tools

SAP

Job description

Nouryon in Chattanooga, TN is seeking a Maintenance Planner to prepare and prioritize maintenance work orders, identify resources, and develop weekly schedules aligned with site priorities. You will coordinate with the Gatekeeper and Maintenance Supervisor and oversee contracted maintenance to ensure timely completion.

Role requires extensive industrial maintenance experience, strong planning skills, and effective communication.