Maintenance Planner

About the role

BASF's Catalysts division, part of its Performance Chemicals team, is hiring a Maintenance Planner in Savannah, GA. The planner plans, schedules, estimates and coordinates routine, corrective, preventive, construction and outage maintenance so that work is safe, cost-effective and aligned with production needs.

Key responsibilities

• Create and maintain SAP job plans, work orders and BOM updates, and generate purchase requisitions
• Coordinate planned maintenance with Maintenance Supervision and Operations
• Develop detailed SAP job plans and field-execution packages, including scope, work sequence, labor, materials, equipment, special tools, permits, isolations and safety requirements
• Review and prioritize maintenance backlogs and unplanned work, group related work and optimize crew utilization
• Conduct job walk-downs with Maintenance, Operations and Engineering to validate scope and confirm parts and support requirements
• Maintain work orders, work history, actual costs, completed work documentation, job-plan libraries, equipment BOMs, asset records and lessons learned
• Coordinate vendor and contractor activities, define scopes of work, obtain quotations and manage schedules
• Plan major turnarounds with Production and Maintenance leadership, including schedules, manpower plans, resource assignments and parts-kitting requirements
• Lead planning reviews with Maintenance Supervision, Operations, Engineering, Procurement, EHS, Logistics, Quality, contractors and vendors
• Incorporate EHS policies, safe-work permits, isolations, pre-task risk assessments and Management of Change requirements into planning

Required profile

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Maintenance Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Engineering, Reliability or a related technical discipline, or at least four years of industrial maintenance planning experience in a manufacturing, chemical, refining or industrial facility instead of a degree
• Experience in maintenance planning, estimating, procurement, material expediting, inventory management, contractor and vendor coordination, parts kitting and outage execution
• Ability to manage urgent, unexpected and non-routine work such as schedule breakers, shutdowns and start-ups
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, commitment to quality and effective written and verbal communication

Required skills

• SAP or a similar CMMS
• Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word; Microsoft Project or Primavera preferred
• Strong mechanical knowledge, including rotating equipment and preventive maintenance practices

What we offer

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
• Retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
• Well-being programs including mental health support for you and your family
• Family forming benefits and backup child and elder care with discount programs
• Mentoring and career development, matching gifts program and employee crisis support