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Job Title: Planner 1 – Electrical Maintenance

Job Description

The Planner 1 – Electrical Maintenance role focuses on planning, scheduling, and coordinating electrical maintenance activities to support a world-class facilities maintenance organization. This position serves as an electrical subject matter expert, ensuring that preventive and corrective maintenance work is efficiently planned, properly resourced, and executed in alignment with standardized business processes and asset management systems. The role is partially client-facing but primarily supports internal facilities teams, technicians, and schedulers.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule all electrical maintenance activities, including preventive and corrective work, for assigned facilities and equipment.
• Coordinate daily operations of electrical activities and align maintenance tasks with labor availability to optimize workload and inventory.
• Use industry and client best practices to plan, schedule, coordinate, and assign all frequency and work-type maintenance activities for the responsible group or team.
• Develop and manage maintenance plans for UPS units, VFD units, generators, automatic transfer switches (ATS), and equipment in central utility plants.
• Collaborate closely with facilities managers, technicians, schedulers, and subcontractor counterparts to ensure successful completion of maintenance and electrical installation work.
• Create, manage, and track work orders, including developing spreadsheets for equipment entry and providing work order support to technicians.
• Manage the asset maintenance parts ordering process (MRO) for assigned teams, including creating all asset-related purchase requisitions and ensuring purchase orders are created and approved before scheduling work.
• Optimize maintenance inventory and parts usage through strategies such as preventive maintenance auto-ordering where applicable.
• Collect data and work with operations teams to analyze maintenance metrics, work order flow, and project demands to continuously improve planning and scheduling processes.
• Maintain maintenance record compliance with asset management and maintenance business process standards and specifications through periodic data auditing.
• Track all asset information, including spare parts, documentation, and booked labor hours, to ensure accurate and complete records.
• Arrange for special tools and equipment required for maintenance and electrical work, ensuring readiness before execution.
• Submit and document database record changes using the client’s change request system to maintain data integrity and standardization.
• Create and run ad hoc reports and work requests for complex data needs; develop advanced queries and dashboards when required.
• Facilitate and attend team and operations meetings to communicate daily and weekly maintenance plans and schedules.
• Provide weekly reports to facility managers, identifying risks and gaps in maintenance programs and proposing resolution plans.
• Maintain liaison with facilities technicians and other management regarding work execution, schedule adjustments, and manpower status.
• Identify risks to facilities and work proactively to eliminate downtime through effective maintenance planning and safety practices.
• Administer and ensure adherence to applicable environmental, health, and safety programs, including compliance with work practices and basic safety protocols such as job hazard analysis, confined space, and hot work procedures.
• Complete all assigned training requirements in a timely manner and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Conduct improvement assessments and produce documentation to support enhancements in maintenance processes and asset management.
• Support preparation of business operations documents, reports, and other deliverables related to maintenance and asset management.
• Assist internal departments such as Communications, Finance, Human Resources, Sourcing, Human Experience, Program Management, and EHS as needed with maintenance-related information and coordination.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 5 years of direct experience in the electrical trade, facilities operations, and customer service.
• In-depth electrical subject matter expertise in facilities planning and scheduling.
• Strong technical knowledge of enterprise asset management systems (EAMS), asset management tools, and MRO systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and solid personal computer skills with both hardware and software.
• Knowledge of scheduling software, procurement systems, and databases, with the ability to learn new applications quickly.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple maintenance activities simultaneously.
• Leadership capabilities in training, presentations, team building, and project management.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of management and with both technical and non-technical personnel.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style to support a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to create and interpret reports, submit work requests, and work with complex data sets.
• Clear commitment to safety for self and others, with an understanding of basic safety protocols related to electrical and facilities work.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience as an electrical planner or in electrical maintenance planning within facilities environments.
• in preventive maintenance and facilities maintenance for critical electrical infrastructure such as UPS, VFDs, generators, ATS, and central utility plant equipment.
• Ability to write advanced queries and develop dashboards in asset management or reporting tools.
• Experience coordinating vendors and contractors for electrical installations and maintenance work.
• Familiarity with GMP and code compliance requirements for electrical installations.
• Ability to develop and maintain spreadsheets for equipment data entry and work order tracking.
• Experience producing improvement assessments and process documentation for maintenance operations.
• Comfort working in a partially client-facing role while primarily supporting internal facilities and operations teams.
• Positive, professional demeanor with strong inter-team dynamics and the ability to build productive working relationships.
• Ability to adapt to standardized business processes and comply with client standards and specifications to ensure database integrity and consistent practices.

Why Work Here?

You join a team committed to building a world-class maintenance organization, where standardized processes, asset management best practices, and continuous improvement are central to daily operations. The environment values collaboration across facilities, operations, and support functions, giving you the opportunity to influence maintenance strategy and contribute to reliable, safe facility performance. You benefit from clear expectations, structured training, and exposure to diverse technical systems, while working in a setting that respects work-life balance through predictable weekday hours with occasional overtime opportunities.

Work Environment

This role is based on-site in a facilities environment with free parking available. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the possibility of overtime and weekend work when maintenance demands require it. You work closely with facilities managers, technicians, schedulers, and subcontractors in an operational setting that relies on enterprise asset management systems, maintenance planning tools, and the full Microsoft Office suite. The workplace emphasizes adherence to environmental, health, and safety programs, including proper procedures for job hazard analysis, confined space, and hot work. The environment is structured, process-driven, and focused on reliable electrical and facilities operations, offering a professional atmosphere where clear communication and teamwork are essential.

This is a Contract position based out of Thousand Oaks, CA.

The pay range for this position is $29.00 - $39.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Thousand Oaks,CA.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 28, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills, and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role in solving companies’ construction, manufacturing, and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are-everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.