Maintenance Planner

Looking for a rewarding career? Join the Duraflake team as a Maintenance Planner and Scheduler!

We are seeking a Maintenance Planner and Scheduler to lead our planning and scheduling of all maintenance work for monthly and yearly outages. This role reports to our Maintenance Planning Coordinator and collaborates with our Operations teams to ensure the plan is executed accurately and effectively.

What We’re Looking For

• High School Diploma Required
• Related electrical or mechanical degrees Preferred
• Strong industrial mechanical or electrical background required
• Experience creating and managing maintenance plans required
• Strong emphasis on E&I Planning experience is an asset given the high degree of automation in the facility.
• Experience with SAP for maintenance work
• Knowledge of Electrical & Mechanical Equipment, including all the related terminologies.
• Experience facilitating effective planning and scheduling meetings
• Strong administrative skills to utilize CMMS system, typing, and Microsoft Word, Excel, & Microsoft Project programs
  
  

What We Offer

• An attractive compensation package with either bonus or profit/gain sharing eligibility for every role
• Health plans with options that meet your needs, including a wellness program, gym reimbursement, and additional benefits such as pet insurance, legal insurance, employer-paid and voluntary life insurance, and more
• Paid maternity and paternity leave, a competitive vacation package, and company and floating holidays designed to support your work-life balance
• Retirement planning options, including generous employer contributions
• Opportunities to learn and develop, including a tuition reimbursement program
  
  

What You’ll Do

• Has full and vested ownership of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and ensures that all data entered input in the CMMS is accurate and complete.
• Closes competed Work Orders in CMMS system. Ensures appropriate data is entered including actual hours, pertinent comments, updating of job plans, failure codes. Etc.
• Enters Work Orders as required and is a coach for others on the proper entering of such Orders.
• Works within the adopted guidelines of the ARP process and has a complete understanding and knowledge of the Work Practices section of the ARP Manual.
• Create complete and detailed job plans for work as specified in ARP.
• Actively and effectively facilitates all Planning and Scheduling meetings.
• Works with procurement to ensure timelines and availability of parts are met.
• Works with upstream and downstream customers (Procurement, Stores, maintenance staff, Supervisors, Operating personnel) to ensure appropriate recording and correctness of work details. Prepares and maintains adequate and accurate documentation.
• Reviews downtime issues and identifies recurring maintenance issues seeking and applying resolution (i.e. Increase PM Frequency, identify mean time between failures and adjust rebuild schedule etc.)
• Champions the Bill of Materials (BOM) process.
• Cross checks and Rectifies equipment and spare parts data.
• Maintains weekly, monthly and yearly calendars of scheduled maintenance outages and effectively communicates upcoming maintenance activities with area owners.
• Scopes upcoming work to ensure all needs are met for the safe, successful and timely completion of jobs.
• Ensures planned work is always “ready” so that department heads and coordinators can schedule opportunity work.
• Provides estimates and costs for planned work and tracks costs for activities scheduled and ensures that work planned and scheduled falls within budgetary constraints
• Participates in Down Days / Shutdowns as assigned
• Schedules resources against planned work and PM’s by priority.
• dentifies the critical path for planning areas.
• Provides timelines for work activities and direction to contractors and staff.
• Supports the successful execution of work.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to move freely throughout the facility, including climbing stairs and ladders, and navigating around equipment and machinery
• Ability to bend, stoop, and crouch as necessary to inspect and maintain equipment
• Capability to lift and carry materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to perform physical tasks that involve lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying heavy objects
• Endurance to stand and walk for extended periods, often in environments with dust, chemicals, high noise levels and varying temperatures
  
  

About Us: At ARAUCO, we’re more than a global leader in sustainable wood products—we’re a team driven by innovation, environmental stewardship, and strong core values. Committed to responsible forestry and quality craftsmanship, we create products that shape industries and protect the planet. Sustainability is central to everything we do—from responsible forestry to reducing environmental impact, we are dedicated to preserving natural resources for future generations.

 Grow your career with purpose and help us shape a better future—one product, one idea, and one team at a time.

Arauco is committed to creating an inclusive culture across the organization. Arauco is an equal opportunity employer to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Additionally, we demonstrate that commitment by preventing and removing barriers for persons with disabilities.  Where it is not possible to remove barriers, Arauco will make efforts to accommodate persons with disabilities in a timely, effective and suitable manner.  If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.