Maintenance Planner United States

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What the job involves

  • Create and maintain daily, weekly, and long-range maintenance schedules.
  • Review incoming work requests and convert them into planned jobs.
  • Prioritize work orders in collaboration with maintenance and operations teams.
  • Ensure the timely procurement and staging of all necessary materials and tools.
  • Coordinate with production planners to schedule maintenance activities during downtime.
  • Manage work orders in the system and ensure proper creation and closure.
  • Develop detailed job plans for preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.

Summed up from 30 recent Maintenance Planner job postings.

Skills employers ask for

  • Preventive Maintenance 4 in 10 postings
  • Microsoft Office 4 in 10 postings
  • Maintenance Planning 2 in 10 postings
  • Computerised Maintenance Management System 2 in 10 postings
  • Microsoft Excel 2 in 10 postings

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Certifications and licenses

  • Driver's License 1 in 20 postings
  • GMP 1 in 30 postings

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Experience asked for

  • No experience needed 1 in 55 postings
  • 1 to 2 years 3 in 10 postings
  • 3 to 4 years 3 in 10 postings
  • 5 years or more 4 in 10 postings

Typical ask: 3 years.

Education asked for

  • High school diploma or GED 4 in 10 postings
  • Associate degree 1 in 10 postings
  • Bachelor's degree 5 in 10 postings
  • Doctorate 1 in 180 postings

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Is this role in demand?

445 open Maintenance Planner jobs across the US right now.

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Typical pay $84,200 a year (most between $77k and $103k). See the full salary breakdown

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