Maintenance Planner

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Georgia‑Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Planner for its Particleboard plant in Diboll, Texas
. The role of the Maintenance Planner is to improve workforce productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning, scheduling, and coordination of maintenance resources, parts, materials, and equipment access. Responsibilities include planning and coordination of all maintenance activities performed at the site, including day‑to‑day planning, down‑day planning, and annual outage planning. All Georgia‑Pacific employees are expected to demonstrate conduct consistent with our Principle‑Based Management (PBM®) philosophy – including Integrity, Stewardship & Compliance, and Respect.

• The Maintenance Planner assists Production with balancing their needs for runtime requirements and equipment reliability by identifying pro‑active maintenance solutions.
• Responsible for long‑range as well as short‑range planning. Long‑range planning involves the regular analysis of backlog relative to available resources. Short‑range planning is planning for more pressing jobs.
• Planning and scheduling for shutdowns (major and minor), utilizing tools such as Gantt charts (Microsoft Project), Critical Path Analysis, and resource leveling.
• Development of Planner reference systems including a file of Planned Job Packages for recurring jobs, standard job tasks plus labor and material libraries for each piece of equipment.
• Ensure Work Orders are meaningful, accurate and valid historical data is captured in Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Track and report on functional metrics.
• Create Bills of Materials (parts lists) for assets.
• Keeps the Maintenance Supervisor informed of abnormal or critical situations and seeks advice on matters outside the Planner's knowledge or authority.
• Effectively manage relationships with key stakeholders, including Maintenance and Production Team Leaders, Reliability Coordinators, and Operations Leadership.
• Demonstrates high initiative, attention to detail, and ability to work safely and efficiently as a team and independently.

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Experience with a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) such as MP2, SAP, or JD Edwards.
• Willing and able to work from heights and in confined spaces.
• Willing and able to work in a tobacco‑free environment.
• Willing and able to wear necessary Personal Protective Equipment (i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, face shields, ear plugs, steel‑toe boots, and other job‑specific PPE).
• Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environment.
• Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, and pushing/pulling occasionally for up to twelve hours a day.

• Prior experience in Maintenance Planning role in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Five (5) or more years of experience working in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
• Experience repairing manufacturing machinery and/or electrical equipment (i.e. pumps, valves, motors, transmitters).
• Associate's degree or higher in project Management, Business or Technical field.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please  for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information , aquí, or tu).

Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level

Employment type:

Full‑time

Job function:
Management and Manufacturing

Industries:
Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing