Maintenance Planner

Borregaard USA has an opening in it's Rothschild, WI Manufacturing Plant for a Maintenance Planner. This position is full-time and will be responsible for scheduling and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable and efficient operation of equipment in the plant.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Develop schedules, work lists, and timelines for day-to-day maintenance as well as planned outages
• Assist in the purchasing of parts and equipment as needed
• Create bill of materials (BOM’s) in SAP for plant equipment
• Plan and prioritize notifications and work orders, with the help of the plant staff, based on urgency, safety, production impact, and resource availability.
• Work with maintenance contractors and vendors as required.
• Facilitate weekly planning meetings to establish a weekly/monthly list of scheduled work with priorities and timelines
• Assist with documenting maintenance KPI’s (ex: planned vs. unplanned work, equipment breakdown frequency, equipment availability, etc.)
• Work with the storeroom clerk to implement job kitting of parts for the maintenance team
• Assist with periodic cycle counting of storeroom parts on a routine basis
• Works with maintenance team to implement and optimize a preventive maintenance program for the plant that encompasses both preventative tasks and predictive techniques using SAP
• Works with the plant staff to investigate and analyze reasons for OEE losses and implementing cost effective means for eliminating or minimizing these
• Ensure the provision of quality customer service
• Liaise with plant staff to develop work plans that align with reliability improvement targets
• Review and train on lubrication methods to prevent oil cross contamination and ensure the correct lubricants are specified for applications
• Ensure thermography program is adhered to and reports are reviewed and acted upon

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of planning/scheduling experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial equipment utilizing CMMS. An Engineering degree or equivalent experience in the mechanical/electrical trade is preferred. Strong knowledge of maintenance best practices (preventive, predictive, reliability-centered) and excellent organization, communication and problem-solving skills are also preferred.

Borregaard USA offers an excellent wage and benefits package. Benefits include a 401K retirement savings plan, health, dental, vision, life and disability insurances.

If you are interested, please submit your resume online at or email to