Maintenance Planner

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is searching for a Maintenance Planner to join our Dixie facility in Lexington, Kentucky. This role is responsible for planning and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure the efficient operation of mechanical systems and equipment. This role requires a deep understanding of mechanical systems, strong organizational skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with various teams.

Our Team

The Lexington Plant is part of the Dixie® brand cups and lids paper products manufacturing operation. We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace. We create a work environment that attracts, engages, and retains the best people. Our technology is state of the art, and we will bring the best team together to deliver for our customers, Georgia-Pacific, and the Lexington community.

What You Will Do

• Develop detailed work orders in SAP for all planned maintenance activities, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Sequence tasks logically to minimize equipment downtime and ensure efficient use of maintenance resources.
• Define the scope of each maintenance job, including detailed descriptions of tasks, required tools, spare parts, and safety precautions.
• Modify existing or develop new Preventative and Predictive Maintenance tasks.
• Review weekly backlog data for assigned area(s) of responsibility and conduct meetings to discuss.
• Meet with electrical, mechanical and production owners for jobs that must be planned.
• Input weekly, down day, and annual outage schedules into Microsoft programs.
• Utilize planning tools to determine parts, materials, rental equipment, and/or contractor support necessary for jobs to be performed.
• Coordinate parts/rentals/contractor needs and submit requisitions.
• Develop/update Bill of Materials (BOM) for equipment and develop Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMPs) containing details to perform job and field validate procedure.
• Ensure contractors are notified of safety training requirements prior to arrival on site and follow up with contractors to ensure they received a Purchase Order before their expected arrival.
• Lead and/or participate in improvement opportunities/projects.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Five (5) or more years of experience as an Industrial Electrician or Maintenance Mechanic in an industrial, military, or manufacturing environment.
• Experience as a scheduler and/or planner.
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience using Microsoft Excel to format cells, use formulas, and work with pivot tables.
• Experience using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience with precision maintenance techniques.
• SAP Knowledge.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.


Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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 click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).