Maintenance Planner
Chanhassen, Minnesota · Direct Hire · Applying is free — our fee is paid by the employer.
The Maintenance Planner coordinates with maintenance, scheduling, and production staff members. This role plans and schedules maintenance activities and resources.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Control and monitor preventative maintenance programs, equipment repairs, replacement, installation, lubrication, and labor.
- Create and monitor maintenance work order requests for production and facility equipment; maintain maintenance metrics for efficiency.
- Serve as CMMS Administrator; maintain and track work orders spare parts and maintenance history of equipment.
- Create standard maintenance and CMMS processes.
- Partner with CMMS vendor to modify software to better accomplish goals; provide technical support for corporate rollout.
- Accurately manage maintenance assigned SharePoint and content.
- Maintain maintenance calendars.
- Coordinate and plan projects; gather data and request quotes from vendors for preventative maintenance.
- Create maintenance equipment, preventative maintenance, and labor reports to track usage and reliability data.
- Support facility compliance audits at the local, state, and federal level.
- Train new employees in maintenance procedures and expectations.
- Plan preventative maintenance and repair of equipment working with scheduling to minimize production downtime.
- Serve as backup to the Parts Coordinator, assisting with ordering and receiving parts.
- Support the setup and movement of company assets, including equipment and furniture, as needed.
- Perform basic mechanical/facility repairs.
- Organize labor and provide assignments using production departmental labor.
- Maintain a clean and safe work area.
- Perform other (or other related) duties as applicable or assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities/Competencies:
- Proficient in basic English reading and writing.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities.
- Skilled at managing priorities and confident in making effective decisions under pressure.
- Strong mechanical aptitude with solid mathematical and analytical capabilities.
- Highly detail-oriented and organized in task execution.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel.
- Certified or experienced in forklift operation.
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- 2+ years’ vocational/technical school in mechanical repair or related field.
- 2+ years’ of experience in industrial maintenance or other related field.
- Megamation or CMMS experience.
- SharePoint management experience.
- Previous participation on a safety team and/or other safety training a plus.
- Database experience a plus.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift 50 pounds with assistance.
- Flexibility to work additional hours as necessary.
- Comfortable working at heights in an aerial lift.
- May be exposed to loud noise, outdoor climates, and confined spaces.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, twist, pivot, crouch, squat, kneel, and stoop for up to 12 hours.
- Sensory requirements: vision, hearing, feeling.
- Upper extremity motion requirements: fine motor movements, pushing/pulling with arms, grasping and pinching.
- Post offer, pre-employment medical exam required.
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