Planner Scheduler - Maintenance

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Planner Scheduler - Maintenance to support maintenance planning and scheduling operations at our Le Sueur, Minnesota facility. This position plays an important role in organizing maintenance work, coordinating resources, and helping ensure equipment-related tasks are completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to production. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable working across departments, and skilled at turning maintenance requests into well-structured work plans and schedules.

Responsibilities:

• Review incoming maintenance requests, confirm that job details are complete and properly approved, and convert approved needs into clearly documented work orders.

• Build thorough maintenance plans by outlining task sequences, labor needs, estimated hours, safety considerations, required tools, and material requirements.

• Coordinate with maintenance leadership, production teams, and technical staff to set priorities and align repair and preventive work with plant operating needs.

• Prepare and manage short-range and longer-term maintenance schedules that make effective use of technician availability, skill sets, and equipment downtime windows.

• Maintain an organized backlog of pending work, including items ready to schedule, delayed activities, and jobs placed on hold, while keeping status information current.

• Source and track parts, tools, manuals, drawings, and vendor-related information needed to support planned maintenance activities.

• Monitor completion of scheduled work, follow up on overdue or incomplete tasks, and update records to preserve accurate maintenance history.

• Support preventive and predictive maintenance efforts by integrating recurring service requirements into planning activities and helping balance them with corrective work.

• Develop labor and material cost estimates to support budgeting, job evaluation, and efficient use of maintenance resources.

• Experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, maintenance coordination, or a similar role in an industrial or manufacturing setting.
• Ability to interpret blueprints, assembly drawings, equipment documentation, and OEM reference materials.
• Working knowledge of CMMS platforms for creating work orders, tracking status, and maintaining maintenance records.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and shifting production requirements.
• Experience coordinating vendors, parts, materials, and internal resources to support maintenance execution.
• Ability to prepare labor and material cost estimates with attention to accuracy and detail.
• Effective communication skills for working with maintenance teams, production personnel, and plant leadership.