Maintenance Planner/Scheduler
$80,000–$85,000 year
On-siteNorth Sioux City, South Dakota, United States
Job Summary
Plan and schedule preventive and corrective maintenance work for approximately 10 technicians, building daily, weekly, weekend, and shutdown schedules. Review incoming requests to determine scope, priority, and requirements, then develop detailed job plans specifying labor, parts, tools, and procedures. Ensure necessary materials are available before work begins by preparing job packages and coordinating with MRO. Manage and prioritize the maintenance backlog while maintaining equipment history and asset information within the CMMS. Track repeat failures, support root cause analysis, and review completed work orders to identify follow-up needs. Coordinate schedules with Production to minimize downtime and work with vendors, contractors, and cross-functional teams. Maintain and improve preventive maintenance schedules and track KPIs for continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- Previous industrial maintenance, maintenance planning, scheduling, or reliability experience
- Experience supporting maintenance operations in a manufacturing environment
- Experience using a CMMS or computerized maintenance work-order system
- Understanding of preventive maintenance programs
- Knowledge of industrial production equipment
- Ability to develop detailed maintenance job plans
- Experience managing and prioritizing a maintenance backlog
- Strong organizational and scheduling skills
- Ability to coordinate multiple maintenance activities and priorities
- Strong communication skills
- Comfortable working with Maintenance Technicians, Supervisors, Production, vendors, and contractors
- Computer skills including spreadsheets, email, maintenance software, and technical documentation
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience supporting industrial maintenance, maintenance planning, reliability, or manufacturing equipment
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