Maintenance Planner

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including food service, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

The Maintenance Planner will be responsible for overseeing the maintenance planning process and for interfacing with the MRO Group for their procurement, inventory management, and distribution of parts necessary to support production and packaging equipment. This role will ensure operational efficiency, with a focus on minimizing downtime, optimizing maintenance costs, and ensuring parts availability for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance activities.

• Competitive starting pay range of $38.00-$45.00 per hour, paid weekly

• 1st Shift
• 12-hour
• 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
• 5-2-2-5

• (928‑NOVOLEX)

• Promote and enforce Pactiv Evergreen’s safety culture by ensuring zero safety issues in the plant.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with plant safety policies, ensuring proper equipment maintenance and safe practices.
• Ensure the correct safety documentation is utilized, in accordance with company policies.

• Own and manage the CMMS asset hierarchy and preventative maintenance schedules for all facilities, production lines, and support equipment, including packaging systems, material handling, and automation equipment.
• Oversee daily CMMS work order management, including assignment to available maintenance personnel, reviewing work completion, and ensuring timely closure of work orders.
• Collaborate with maintenance, production, and engineering teams to plan, schedule, and execute planned maintenance work, with the goal of maximizing equipment uptime while minimizing costs.
• Package planned work orders into parts kits and ensure availability of required materials before work begins, in coordination with the storeroom team.
• Accurately estimate labor, materials, and equipment costs for all planned maintenance activities.
• Assist in CMMS planning and execution for capital projects and plant upgrades.
• Lead weekly maintenance scheduling meetings with engineering, maintenance, and production teams to ensure work is properly prioritized and resources are allocated effectively.
• Utilize MTBF and root cause analysis methods to drive continuous improvement and eliminate equipment failures.

• Communicate with the MRO Team to help facilitate the procurement, inventory, and management of all parts and materials required for production and maintenance.
• Collaborate with vendors to ensure parts and equipment components adhere to the appropriate technical standards.
• Ensure that parts retrieved from MRO storage are assigned to the appropriate work order.
• Regularly assess parts inventory levels, ensuring critical spares are stocked and non-essential items are minimized.

• Utilize advanced Excel skills to manage and analyze data related to maintenance planning, parts inventory, cost control, and performance tracking.
• Use Excel to create detailed reports and dashboards that track parts usage, maintenance schedules, work order statuses, and costs.
• Leverage Excel functions (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting, etc.) to identify trends and provide actionable insights that improve efficiency and reduce maintenance costs.

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• 3+ years of experience in industrial maintenance,…