Maintenance Planner

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

️ Help build maintenance planning from the ground up

At Techo-Bloc, we design and manufacture premium landscaping products, and we're growing. We're looking for a detail-driven Maintenance Planner to make sure every maintenance job at our Waterloo and Rock Island facilities is fully prepared, properly scheduled, and correctly recorded. The goal is simple: our technicians should spend their time fixing equipment, not hunting for parts and information.

This is a new role built around our Microsoft D365 Asset Management system. You won't just use the system. You'll help shape how planning is done across our sites.

Job Description

$35–$40/hour, paid weekly
Schedule: Monday–Friday | 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location:  Waterloo, IN

What you'll do

• Turn requests into ready-to-go work orders. Review maintenance requests in D365 daily, convert valid ones the same day, or close them out with a clear reason.
• Prepare every job before it's scheduled. Assets, instructions, labor hours, parts, tools, safety requirements (lockout, permits, confined space), and downtime needs.
• Get the right parts there first. Identify parts by item number, raise purchase requests early, follow up with procurement and the storeroom, and have parts staged before work begins.
• Build and run the weekly schedule. Prioritize ready work against available labor, lead the weekly scheduling meeting with maintenance and production, and assign labor with the maintenance supervisor.
• Keep work moving. Track jobs in progress, clear roadblocks, and spend time on the floor capturing photos, nameplate data, and lessons learned.
• Close the loop. Make sure completed work orders include notes, labor hours, parts used, and downtime, and that follow-up work gets raised.
• Build the system. Create job plans, checklists, and PM plans in D365, keep asset records accurate, and maintain equipment documentation and floor plans.
• Plan the big events. Scope and plan annual shutdowns months ahead, and prepare the site for contractor work.
• Track what matters. Report on schedule compliance, PM compliance, planned vs. reactive work, backlog, and MTBF/MTTR.
• Multi-site support: Support planning at other locations remotely when needed, and take part in the monthly planner network to share standards and solutions across sites.

Good to know

• You'll report to the Corporate Maintenance Planning & Systems Manager, with a strong dotted line to the site Maintenance Manager.
• This is a planning role. You won't supervise technicians or perform repairs yourself.
• Occasional after-hours support may be needed for urgent situations.

Qualifications

✅ What you bring

• Experience in maintenance planning, maintenance coordination, or as a maintenance technician in manufacturing
• Solid mechanical and electrical knowledge, enough to understand a job, estimate it, and identify the parts it needs
• Experience with a CMMS or ERP system (work orders, PM plans, parts, purchase requests)
• Strong organization and follow-through when juggling many jobs at once
• Clear communication with technicians, supervisors, production, storeroom, and procurement
• Comfort on the plant floor: reading nameplates, taking measurements, documenting equipment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record

⭐ Bonus points for

• Microsoft D365 Asset Management or Microsoft AX experience
• Knowledge of PM and reliability practices (criticality, PM intervals, MTBF/MTTR)
• Shutdown or major maintenance event planning
• Scoping and coordinating contractor work
• Forklift and industrial equipment operation
• Staying calm and organized when breakdowns disrupt the plan

Why Work at Techo-Bloc?

We offer stable, long-term careers with strong benefits, growth opportunities, and a team-first culture. Our perks include:

✅ Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
✅ Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
✅ Life Insurance
✅ 401(k) with Employer Match
✅ Paid Time Off
✅ Weekly Pay
✅ Employee Discount on Products
✅ Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
✅ Uniforms provided after 3 months
✅ Boot Reimbursement Program
✅ Training & Development Opportunities

Additional Information

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must transport and move items up to 75 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to remain stationary and/or move throughout the facility and yard. The employee is frequently required to communicate with leaders, peers and vendors. The employee is frequently required to operate a computer. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms talk or hear and smell. The employee is required to ascend and descend steps and ladders, climb ladders, work on elevated equipment platforms and position self in tight spaces.

Other duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.