Maintenance Planner / Scheduler

Maintenance Planner / Scheduler

Linde Inc.

East Chicago, IN, United States | req31481

What You Will Enjoy Doing

You will develop comprehensive maintenance work packages including labor and resource requirements, cost and duration estimates, materials, parts, tools, technical documentation, safety requirements, MOC documentation, and QA/QC needs. Manage procurement activities including requisitions, purchase orders, material reservations, vendor bidding processes, third-party service coordination, and material kitting to support maintenance execution. Coordinate with Operations and Maintenance teams to prioritize, plan, schedule, and execute maintenance activities, ensuring equipment availability and efficient resource utilization. Partner with maintenance leadership to manage workforce loading, maintenance backlog, and planning support for turnarounds and major maintenance events. Further, you will facilitate daily and weekly planning meetings and support preventive maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability and performance. Maintain the accuracy and integrity of CMMS/EAM data, including work orders, equipment BOMs, master data, maintenance records, and backlog management. And you will review, analyze, and report maintenance KPIs to identify trends, improve performance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Consolidate maintenance notifications and work activities into optimized work packages to maximize efficiency, resource utilization, and execution effectiveness.

What Makes You Great

You have a High school diploma required; technical school training, college coursework, or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred. Minimum 5 years of maintenance planning experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment; applicable maintenance or skilled trade experience strongly preferred. Strong knowledge of maintenance planning, scheduling, and work management processes. Familiarity with industrial plant equipment, specifications, and maintenance planning tools. You have experience coordinating maintenance activities, resources, materials, and contractor services to support efficient work execution. Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. Self-starter with a strong work ethic, proven reliability, and ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across operations, maintenance, and leadership teams. You have proficient computer skills and experience utilizing CMMS/EAM systems and other maintenance-related software. Passion for continuous improvement, operational excellence, and driving maintenance performance results.

Why You Will Love Working With Us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What We Offer You!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless. Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law. Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.