Maintenance Planner

Role Overview

You will join the Engineering Stores team as a Maintenance Planner. The role focuses on planning, preparing, and scheduling maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability, maximize plant availability, and reduce unplanned downtime.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and schedule maintenance work orders to ensure they are completed safely, on time, and in full (OTIF).
• Review and prioritize maintenance requests using risk, equipment criticality, and reliability considerations.
• Prepare work orders by defining scope, tasks, required resources, materials, and tools.
• Schedule maintenance activities based on equipment criticality, planned downtime windows, and availability of parts/services.
• Coordinate with Spare Parts Coordinator, Storekeeper, Procurement, and Maintenance Execution to ensure materials/tools are available.
• Manage maintenance task lists and ensure materials are requested in line with inventory and supply processes.
• Ensure accurate, timely registration and maintenance information management in the CMMS.
• Support preventive maintenance planning and contribute to maintenance budgets.
• Support TPM and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen maintenance effectiveness and reliability.
• Partner with maintenance stakeholders to improve planning efficiency and support reliable execution.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in maintenance planning, operations, supply chain, or a reliability-focused role.
• Experience with maintenance planning, preparation, and scheduling.
• Understanding of supply and inventory management processes.
• Experience working with a CMMS and/or maintenance planning/scheduling software.
• Strong planning and organizational skills; ability to plan ahead and manage multiple priorities.
• Good reporting/data handling and basic computer skills.
• Understanding of workflow management and maintenance work prioritization.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Maintenance, Production, Procurement, and Supply Chain.

Nice to Have

• Experience with TPM, reliability, or other continuous improvement practices (asset).