Senior Planner

Overview:
Insight Global is seeking a Planner to lead plant-wide maintenance work management across multiple production value streams in a heavy industrial environment. This role is responsible for driving a proactive maintenance culture, improving schedule compliance, and ensuring all maintenance work is properly planned, prioritized, and executed safely and efficiently


Key Responsibilities:
• Drive a proactive, data-driven maintenance culture focused on safety, reliability, and cost control
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and Storeroom teams to align maintenance priorities
Planning & Work Management
• Oversee the full maintenance work lifecycle within CMMS (scope, plan, schedule, execute, close-out)
• Ensure all work orders are fully planned with labor, materials, tools, permits, and safety requirements
• Maintain a healthy, well-prioritized backlog and ensure work is "shovel-ready" before scheduling
Scheduling & Execution
• Develop and manage short- and long-term maintenance schedules
• Balance internal resources and contractors across multiple teams
• Drive schedule compliance and minimize reactive/emergency work
Shutdowns & Turnarounds
• Lead planning and execution of major plant shutdowns and turnarounds
• Develop detailed schedules, labor plans, contractor coordination, and execution timelines
• Track performance and drive continuous improvement post-outage
Reliability & Continuous Improvement
• Partner with reliability teams to strengthen PM/PdM programs and maintenance strategies
• Analyze KPIs (schedule compliance, backlog, productivity, etc.) to identify gaps and improve performance
• Drive initiatives focused on reliability, root cause analysis, and planned work optimization
CMMS, Materials & Compliance
• Ensure consistent CMMS utilization, accurate work order data, and KPI reporting
• Coordinate with purchasing/storeroom to ensure material readiness and effective inventory management
• Enforce strict adherence to safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements

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Required Skills & Experience

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of maintenance experience in heavy industrial or manufacturing environments (metals, chemical, paper, etc.)
• 3-5+ years of experience within maintenance planning, scheduling, or reliability
• Experience leading shutdowns, turnarounds, or major maintenance projects
• Strong experience with CMMS systems and maintenance work management processes
• Knowledge of preventive/predictive maintenance and reliability best practices (SMRP preferred)
• Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills


Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Planning & Scheduling Certification (PSC)


Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.