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Maintenance Planner

Hitachi Energy
South Boston, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2026
The Opportunity

Join Hitachi Energy and play a key role in driving operational excellence and sustainability. As a Maintenance Planner Scheduler, you’ll be at the heart of ensuring safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory goals are met through proactive planning and collaboration. This is your chance to make a real impact by coaching an engaged workforce and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

How You’ll Make An Impact

  • Develop and maintain accurate maintenance schedules to meet deadlines.
  • Prioritize work orders and ensure timely execution.
  • Monitor safety compliance and conduct audits.
  • Drive actions to improve quality and yield performance.
  • Collaborate with production control for on-time delivery.
  • Manage inventory accuracy and support sourcing of parts/tools.
  • Build job plans including BOMs and ensure complete kitting.
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives and technician training.

Your Background

  • 5 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience in maintenance planning, materials coordination, or related field.
  • Strong knowledge of SAP (CMMS) and MS Office tools.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Ability to work flexible hours and adapt to shift assignments.
  • Preferred: Transformer manufacturing experience.


More About Us

  • At Hitachi Energy, we power sustainable energy solutions for a better future.
  • We offer growth opportunities, continuous learning, and a collaborative culture.
  • Join a global team committed to innovation and making a positive impact.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.

Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to encouraging inclusion in the workplace.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Hitachi Energy’s career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an HR Representative at 888.504.2007. Resumes and applications will not be accepted through this method.

For more information regarding your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit this website.

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