Maintenance Planning & Reliability Coordinator

• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate maintenance activities to support production requirements and maximize equipment uptime.

• Develop detailed maintenance job plans, including labor requirements, materials, tools, permits, and estimated job durations.

• Prepare and maintain weekly maintenance schedules in coordination with Operations and Maintenance teams.

• Lead maintenance planning meetings with Operations to align priorities, resources, and production requirements.

• Ensure planned work orders are fully scoped and execution-ready before scheduling.

• Administer and maintain the site's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

• Ensure work orders, asset information, preventive maintenance tasks, spare parts inventory, and maintenance history are accurate and current.

• Generate and analyze maintenance reports and data to support operational and business decisions.

• Assist the Maintenance Manager in monitoring and evaluating maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

• Analyze maintenance trends and identify opportunities to improve maintenance effectiveness, equipment reliability, and asset performance.

• Evaluate preventive maintenance (PM) tasks and recommend opportunities to streamline activities, eliminate non-value-added work, and improve reliability.

• Promote maintenance best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Partner with the Purchasing Coordinator and Maintenance Manager to identify critical spare parts and ensure appropriate inventory levels are maintained.

• Ensure maintenance job kits are prepared, complete, and available prior to scheduled work.

• Analyze equipment failures, maintenance performance, and work management processes to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Maintenance Planning, Scheduling, Reliability, or Industrial Maintenance within a manufacturing environment.

• Equivalent combination of education and relevant maintenance planning experience may be considered.

• Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), such as SAP PM, Maximo, Infor EAM, MP2, FIIX Maintenance, Maintenance Connection , or a similar platform.

• Strong understanding of Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM) principles.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional activities among Maintenance, Operations, Purchasing, and vendors.

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint .

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and time-management skills.

• Ability to effectively prioritize competing maintenance requirements in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management , or a related field.

• Experience with maintenance performance metrics, reliability improvement initiatives, and maintenance work management processes.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

• This position is based at our manufacturing plant located in Waco, Texas.

• Ability to work effectively in a manufacturing and fabrication environment.

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, and lift up to 50 pounds as required.

• Ability to work safely around industrial equipment and machinery while properly utilizing required personal protective equipment (PPE).

• All hires are subject to a pre-employment physical .