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INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE PLANNER
Location: Eminence, Kentucky
Company: Hussey Copper, a Pantheon Electric company
Job Type: Full-Time | Onsite | Exempt
Reports To: Maintenance Manager
PLAN THE WORK. IMPROVE RELIABILITY. KEEP PRODUCTION MOVING.
Hussey Copper, a Pantheon Electric company, is hiring an experienced Industrial Maintenance Planner for our manufacturing facility in Eminence, Kentucky.
In this high-impact role, you will plan and schedule preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; manage work orders and backlog through the Computerized Maintenance Management System; coordinate labor, parts, tools, and technical documentation; and help reduce downtime across the facility.
The ideal candidate has a strong mechanical background and experience with industrial maintenance planning, CMMS work-order management, equipment reliability, shutdown planning, Total Productive Maintenance, or Lean manufacturing.
ABOUT HUSSEY COPPER
Hussey Copper is a leading manufacturer of high-quality copper products used in electrical transmission, control equipment, and other critical applications.
As a Pantheon Electric company, we are helping power the continued electrification of the economy while maintaining a strong commitment to safety, quality, operational excellence, environmental responsibility, and continuous improvement.
WHAT YOU WILL DO!
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate preventive, predictive, corrective, and planned maintenance activities.
• Manage maintenance work orders from initial request through completion using the CMMS.
• Build complete maintenance work packages that allow technicians to perform work safely and efficiently.
• Identify and coordinate the labor, parts, tools, permits, procedures, drawings, manuals, lockout information, and outside services required for each job.
• Review incoming maintenance requests and determine the safest and most effective way to complete the work.
• Partner with maintenance technicians, leads, supervisors, Production, Engineering, Stores, contractors, and equipment vendors.
• Track maintenance labor hours, parts, costs, predictive-maintenance readings, work-order status, backlog, and performance metrics.
• Communicate daily work status and provide weekly maintenance backlog reporting.
• Develop labor, material, and contractor cost estimates using historical maintenance data.
• Schedule maintenance activities around production requirements, labor availability, materials, and planned equipment downtime.
• Support planned shutdowns and outages by improving work scope, scheduling, parts availability, and job readiness.
• Review completed work orders and identify missing procedures, parts, tools, drawings, or lockout documentation.
• Improve equipment history, work instructions, and preventive-maintenance information within the CMMS.
• Help reduce unplanned downtime and increase equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and workforce productivity.
• Lead and support Total Productive Maintenance and CMMS improvement efforts.
• Participate in safety, housekeeping, Operational Excellence, Lean manufacturing, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Ensure safety remains the highest priority throughout the planning and execution of maintenance work.
WHAT YOU BRING
• Strong mechanical or industrial maintenance background is required.
• Associate degree, technical-school education, or completed apprenticeship program is preferred.
• Candidates without formal technical education should have at least six years of relevant maintenance experience.
• Experience working in an industrial, manufacturing, mill, metals, or heavy-equipment environment is preferred.
• Experience planning or scheduling industrial maintenance work is strongly preferred.
• Experience using a CMMS to manage work orders, preventive maintenance, equipment history, labor, parts, and backlog is preferred.
• Knowledge of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance practices.
• Ability to develop detailed, safe, and executable maintenance work plans.
• Ability to read and organize equipment manuals, technical drawings, schematics, procedures, and vendor documentation.
• Experience coordinating maintenance labor, replacement parts, specialized tools, contractors, and outside services.
• Familiarity with Total Productive Maintenance, Lean manufacturing, equipment reliability, root-cause analysis, or Operational Excellence.
• Strong planning, organization, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Stores, and other departments.
• Detail-oriented and proactive approach to work-order quality, equipment uptime, and continuous improvement.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
• This is an onsite position within an active industrial manufacturing facility.
• The work environment includes moving mechanical equipment, varying temperatures, elevated noise levels, and heavy manufacturing activity.
• The position requires frequent walking and sitting, regular communication, and occasional standing and reaching.
• Must be able to occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS
The Industrial Maintenance Planner plays a critical role in ensuring maintenance work is properly scoped, resourced, scheduled, and completed. Your work will directly contribute to equipment reliability, employee safety, reduced downtime, stronger maintenance performance, and increased production efficiency.
WHERE THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
Hussey Copper produces critical copper products that support electrical transmission and control equipment. If you are an experienced Maintenance Planner who wants to make a measurable impact within a manufacturing operation, apply today to join our Eminence, Kentucky team.
Hussey Copper, a Pantheon Electric company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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