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Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Job Description

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning and coordinating maintenance activities. This role involves providing administrative support to the Sr Facility Engineering Manager by managing the overall preventative maintenance program, work orders, special projects, and general departmental activities. The Maintenance Planner plays a crucial role in driving continuous improvement across the maintenance department.

Responsibilities

+ Work independently or as a team member with minimal supervision.

+ Maintain confidentiality while working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

+ Interact comfortably with personnel at all organizational levels.

+ Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness in daily tasks and projects.

+ Monitor and schedule preventive maintenance (PM) activities through the CMMS, based on due dates and production needs.

+ Coordinate with production scheduling, maintenance supervisors, and operations to ensure equipment availability for PM and work order activities.

+ Act as the system administrator for the plant CMMS, ensuring work and parts information remains accurate and up to date.

+ Supervise parts room clerks and manage parts kitting for planned work.

+ Establish spare parts needs for PM and related activities.

+ Facilitate a safe work environment.

+ Monitor PM due dates through CMMS to ensure timely completion and drive uptime improvement.

+ Gather information to evaluate current work processes for flow, time requirements, costs, and duration.

+ Develop strategies and programs to improve productivity and efficiency.

+ Formalize PM programs, including tasks, frequency, time budgets, and materials required.

+ Optimize down days by scheduling PMs on production days whenever possible.

+ Maintain all PM records and order/track necessary parts.

+ Review completed work orders for accuracy and close upon successful review.

+ Generate and close work orders, verify resolution, and ensure timely documentation.

+ Report work order status to operations and maintenance teams continually.

+ Maintain stockroom organization and manage critical parts inventory.

+ Assist in special projects as required to ensure top quality products.

+ Fill in for Maintenance Shift Supervisor when necessary.

+ Send reports of PM completion periodically.

Essential Skills

+ Five years of experience in a similar role, preferably within the food industry.

+ Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

+ Self-managed and highly motivated.

+ Good problem-solving skills and sound judgment.

+ Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office, CMMS (MP2, SAP, etc.), and Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.

+ In-depth SAP preventative maintenance system experience is strongly preferred.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Pleasant Prairie, WI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60320.00 - $60320.00/yr.

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Pleasant Prairie,WI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 14, 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.