Hiring: Maintenance Planner Company: AAK Location: Newark, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 14:42:20 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Product Data Management, Root Cause Analysis About the job Experience: •150 years, to the windy coast where Sweden and Denmark meet. •3+ years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing maintenance environment, with prior maintenance planning and scheduling experience strongly preferred. Required Skills: •Develop, publish, and maintain the site's daily and weekly maintenance schedules in the CMMS, balancing preventive, corrective, emergency, and predictive work against available labor, parts, and asset availability. •Review and triage all incoming work requests (PM, CM, EM, PdM), assigning priority, craft, and target completion timeframe in the CMMS. •Plan corrective and preventive work orders in the CMMS, identifying required parts, labor hours, tools, permits, and job procedures before releasing work to the maintenance team. •Build, standardize, and continuously refine the PM task library and PM schedules to maximize equipment reliability and compliance. •Generate and release PM work orders on schedule and monitor PM compliance against site targets. •Partner with the Reliability team to translate predictive maintenance (PdM) findings (vibration, thermography, oil analysis) into scoped, planned corrective work orders. •Own and continuously groom the maintenance backlog, ensuring aging work orders are prioritized, resourced, and scheduled appropriately. •Serve as the primary administrator of the CMMS for the maintenance department, including workflow configuration, asset hierarchy and equipment master data integrity, and data entry standards. Qualifications: •Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, Maintenance Management, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent experience considered. •Proficient with CMMS platforms for work order planning, scheduling, and reporting; eMaint x5 experience strongly preferred. •Solid understanding of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies and reliability-centered maintenance principles. •Solid functional working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and rotating equipment systems, including pumps, gearboxes, motors, conveyors, and valves. •Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage a multi-craft schedule and shifting priorities. •Effective communicator able to work cross-functionally with technicians, supervisors, operations, and the reliability team. •Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook) and comfortable interpreting technical drawings, manuals, and equipment documentation. •Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or similar certification a plus. •Career paths, training and development, e-learning and tuition reimbursement programs offer potential for you to progress your future career •Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental and vision) starting date of hire Compensation: •$91,000 - $105,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!