Maintenance Planner

Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner plays a critical role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient execution of maintenance activities across MP Materials operations. This position is responsible for developing, coordinating, and managing preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance plans and schedules to support operational readiness and equipment reliability.

The Maintenance Planner works closely with Maintenance, Operations, Procurement, Warehouse, and Reliability teams to ensure maintenance work is properly prioritized, planned, documented, and executed with minimal operational disruption. This role supports continuous improvement initiatives by maintaining accurate maintenance data, optimizing maintenance resources, and driving schedule compliance through SAP PM and maintenance planning best practices.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance plans and schedules using SAP PM (Plant Maintenance).
• Create, prioritize, and maintain maintenance work orders to support safe and efficient execution of maintenance activities.
• Coordinate labor, materials, tools, permits, and equipment required for planned maintenance work.
• Maintain and manage maintenance backlog reporting, schedule compliance tracking, and work execution visibility.
• Coordinate with Operations to align maintenance schedules with production priorities and equipment availability.
• Work closely with Procurement and Warehouse teams to ensure timely availability of spare parts, materials, and maintenance services.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs and generate reports related to downtime, schedule adherence, labor utilization, and maintenance performance.
• Analyze equipment history, maintenance trends, and failure data to support reliability improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate equipment records, maintenance history, and asset data integrity within SAP PM.
• Support outage planning, shutdown coordination, and major maintenance activities as required.
• Develop and maintain PM procedures, standard work instructions, and maintenance planning documentation.
• Create purchase requisitions for maintenance materials, contractor services, and critical spare components.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on maintenance efficiency, reliability, and process standardization.
• Ensure maintenance planning activities comply with company safety standards, maintenance procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide coordination and communication support across maintenance and operational teams to ensure smooth daily execution of maintenance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in maintenance planning within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Experience using SAP PM (Plant Maintenance) or equivalent CMMS/ERP maintenance systems.
• Strong understanding of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance practices.
• Experience coordinating maintenance schedules, work orders, and material readiness activities.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with high attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and operational teams.

Desired Qualities:

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for maintenance planning performance.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving manufacturing environment.
• Team-oriented mindset with strong coordination and communication capabilities.
• Continuous improvement mindset focused on reliability, efficiency, and operational performance.
• Self-starter with the ability to identify issues, drive solutions, and manage competing priorities independently.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate maintenance and asset data.

MP Materials is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Underrepresented groups/women/disabled/veterans are encouraged to apply. Candidates whose disabilities make them unable to meet the position's requirements will still be considered qualified if they can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.

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