Senior Maintenance Planner

Position: Senior Maintenance Planner

Location: Frederick, MD 21704

Duration: 3 Months

Job Type: Temporary to permanent

Work Type: Onsite

Shift: Monday to Friday from 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM

Pay Rate: $30.00 to $35.00/hr.

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to clients worldwide. The job opportunity below is with one of our clients specializing in biotechnology product development services. Our client is dedicated to supplying laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies, and services essential in healthcare, scientific research, safety, and education. As the global leader in serving the field of science, our client generates approximately $40 billion in annual revenue and is committed to helping customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Their global team delivers innovative technologies, convenient procurement solutions, and pharmaceutical services through industry-leading brands.

Summary

The Lead Facilities Project Coordinator / Senior Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance activities for facility and utility systems supporting GMP manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution operations. This role serves as the primary CMMS administrator, manages maintenance compliance metrics, coordinates contractors and service agreements, and authors GMP quality documentation including SOPs, CAPAs, Change Controls, and MOPs. The ideal candidate will have extensive GMP facilities planning experience, strong CMMS expertise, and excellent cross-functional coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule preventive maintenance (PM) and corrective maintenance work orders using CMMS systems.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with Facilities, Production, Quality, EH&S, Engineering, and external contractors to minimize operational downtime.
• Maintain PM compliance targets and manage work order backlogs through reporting and scheduling activities.
• Build and maintain PM job plans including labor estimates, tools, parts, procedures, and GMP documentation requirements.
• Administer and maintain CMMS asset data, equipment history, PM frequencies, spare parts lists, and asset hierarchies.
• Conduct asset onboarding for new equipment including equipment numbering, PM development, parts lists, and equipment logbooks.
• Generate KPI reports, PM compliance metrics, backlog reports, reliability reports, and maintenance dashboards.
• Author and revise SOPs, Methods of Procedure (MOPs), work instructions, PM task sheets, Change Controls, CAPAs, and audit responses.
• Review completed work orders and maintenance records to ensure compliance with cGMP and Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
• Manage service agreements, contractor schedules, purchase requisitions, and vendor performance.
• Coordinate facility shutdowns, maintenance outages, and equipment tie-ins while minimizing production impact.
• Track engineering service requests and support completion activities.
• Maintain training records, compliance matrices, and department training schedules.
• Support facility security access and contractor onboarding processes.
• Develop and present maintenance performance metrics and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in audits, inspections, safety programs, and process improvement activities.

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Business, Technical Studies, or a related field required.
• Minimum 6–8 years of facilities planning, scheduling, maintenance coordination, or maintenance administration experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a GMP-regulated biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences manufacturing environment.
• Experience as a CMMS power user or administrator (Blue Mountain RAM, Maximo, SAP PM, eMaint, or similar).
• Proven experience authoring and managing GMP documentation including:
• Change Controls
• CAPAs
• Audit Responses
• SOPs
• MOPs
• PM Task Sheets
• Experience managing contractors, vendors, and service agreements.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas, and conditional formatting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Strong knowledge of FDA cGMP regulations, ISO standards, and EH&S requirements.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project coordination skills.
• Valid driver's license required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Advanced Blue Mountain RAM CMMS administration experience.
• OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Certification.
• Experience with Power BI and maintenance KPI dashboards.
• Knowledge of SMRP maintenance planning and scheduling best practices.
• Experience with capital projects, outage planning, and shutdown management.
• Familiarity with:
• FDA 21 CFR Parts 11, 210, and 211
• ICH Q7, Q9, and Q10
• ISPE GAMP 5
• Strong reliability engineering and maintenance KPI reporting experience.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.