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Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Job Description

We are seeking a Maintenance Planner who will play a crucial role in planning within our maintenance organization. The planner will directly affect the utilization of maintenance labor, craft utilization, and overall equipment availability. This role involves accurately planning complex jobs, ensuring required parts are available, and properly estimating labor hours required. The planner will establish planning meetings with production to ensure scheduling can be agreed upon and conducted without interruption in work assignments.

Responsibilities

+ Create safe work plans and pre-job safety analysis for all tasks.

+ Work with the Warehouse Supervisor to attain and stage parts for jobs prior to the job start date.

+ Utilize outside vendors when required to complete tasks.

+ Approve work requests and plans as priority dictates.

+ Gather relevant technical documentation such as drawings, schematics, specifications, spare parts lists from equipment histories, OEM manuals, and the Knowledgebase system.

+ Verify the availability of parts prior to scheduling the job.

+ Arrange for special tools and auxiliary equipment when required.

+ Plan work in Planning Status by accurately assigning estimated hours and material.

+ Maintain an organized and prioritized work order backlog to determine the next highest priority jobs to be planned next and maintain the Ready Backlog.

+ Ensure required parts to complete the work order are on hand at the time of work order starting.

+ Manage all work orders in the Ready status for readiness for Scheduler.

+ Enter requisitions for parts that are not on hand for active work orders.

+ Expedite parts as needed for equipment downtime emergencies.

+ Create new preventive maintenance (PM) procedures as required for input in CMMS system.

+ Verify PM changes or PM additions are updated and active in CMMS for planning.

+ Add items to the equipment Bill of Materials as discovered.

+ Conduct weekly planning meetings with Production to determine work order priorities, communicate work order status, and alter planned maintenance activities if necessary.

+ Evaluate non-emergency work requests, develop scope of work, and inspect job location to determine job requirements.

+ Estimate labor hours, skillsets, parts, materials, equipment, and special tools required to complete proactive jobs in a safe and efficient manner.

Essential Skills

+ Experience in maintenance with knowledge of maintenance systems like eAM Oracle, SAP, and/or Infor.

+ Combined experience of hands-on maintenance and maintenance planning/scheduling.

+ Proficient with many CMMS systems, Oracle eAM, SAP, and software such as Excel, Word, MS Office, and Outlook.

+ Excellent technical writing skills.

+ Ability to improve work order planning and scheduling effectiveness through the review process and use of maintenance metrics.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Experience with preventive maintenance, ERP, SAP, maintenance planning software, work orders, construction, production planning, and maintenance documentation.

+ Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus.

Why Work Here?

We offer a unionized environment with growth opportunities and a culture that promotes from within. Join us to be part of a dynamic team where you can develop your career and make a significant impact.

Work Environment

This role is based in a metal recycling plant where a variety of materials including steel, aluminum, brass, copper, and more are processed. The facility is large, with most operations conducted in an open yard and some enclosed production equipment. The position is regularly exposed to all weather conditions and physical hazards such as noise, fumes, and dirt. Safety shoes, hearing protection, respirators, and face shields are required to mitigate these risks. The workload can be unpredictable, and pressure can be substantial during peak times. Adaptability is essential as critical deadlines are common. The role involves handling multiple safety and maintenance issues and disturbances in workflow and irregularities in work schedule are expected intermittently.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Oakland, California.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $38.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Oakland,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 26, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.