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What is a remote maintenance planner?

A Remote Maintenance Planner is responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and optimizing maintenance activities for equipment and facilities from a remote location. They analyze work orders, prioritize tasks, and ensure that resources, tools, and materials are available for maintenance teams. Using computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and data analysis, they help minimize downtime and improve efficiency. This role requires strong organizational skills, technical knowledge, and communication to collaborate with on-site teams effectively.

What does a remote maintenance planner do?

A typical day for a Remote Maintenance Planner involves reviewing maintenance work requests, developing detailed schedules, and coordinating parts and labor allocation using specialized planning software. Even though the role is remote, planners maintain constant communication with on-site technicians, supervisors, and other stakeholders through video calls, email, and project management platforms to ensure work is executed safely and efficiently. They also monitor progress on scheduled tasks, address emerging issues, and update maintenance records accordingly. Effective remote collaboration is key, as planners often act as a central point of coordination between different departments to keep maintenance operations running smoothly.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a remote maintenance planner?

To thrive as a Remote Maintenance Planner, you need a solid background in maintenance planning, equipment reliability, and scheduling, often supported by an engineering or technical degree. Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), ERP software, and certifications such as CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional) are highly valued. Excellent communication, problem-solving, and time management skills help planners coordinate effectively across remote teams and prioritize tasks efficiently. These competencies are essential for minimizing downtime, optimizing resources, and ensuring seamless maintenance operations from a remote setting.

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Nuclear Planner

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

Palo, IA • Remote

Other

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Posted 16 days ago

Job description

Nuclear Planner

12 Months

Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant - Palo, IA

Reporting to the Manager

Westinghouse is looking for Mechanical, Electrical and I&C Planners. There are remote and onsite opportunities.

3 - Mechanical Maintenance - 1 onsite / 2 remote

2 - Electrical Maintenance - 1 onsite / 1 remote

1 - I&C - remote

Key Responsibilities:

  • Identify and analyze work order tasks required to implement
  • preventive maintenance, modification, corrective, and surveillance activities
  • Develop work standards to support work packages
  • Provide guidance to more junior system planners to develop detailed elements of overall packages
  • Ability to create work packages for all disciplines, including but not
  • limited to proficiency in generating weld data sheets following ASME codes procedural requirements

Qualifications:

High School Grad / GED

Experience: 7+ years

Nuclear Experience: 7+ years

Experience using NAMS software

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

Trade School Graduate

Experience: 10+ years

Nuclear Experience: 10+ years

Our Safety Pledge to You:

If you are as committed to your success as we are committed to your safety, then this is the position for you! For us, our guiding principle has always been and will continue to be the safety of our people. It's that simple!

Why WECTEC Staffing Services?

WECTEC Staffing Services delivers customer-focused solutions, offering everything from high-volume, cost-effective staffing to specialized niche roles, while maintaining best-in-class service. Our employees bring expertise across technical and corporate functions, supporting international contracts in over five countries. We invite you to explore opportunities within our distinguished global talent network.

WECTEC Staffing Services offers competitive pay to all of our employees. Additionally, most positions qualify for benefits including the following:

  • Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
  • 401(k) Savings Plan
  • Paid Vacations for Qualifying Positions

We are committed to transparency and equity in all our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $68.00 - $73.00.

WECTEC Staffing Services continues to successfully place professional and technical resources into key roles globally. You can learn more by visiting www.wectecstaffing.com

You can submit your completed application, and explore other available options, using the following link: careers.westinghousenuclear.com

Get connected with WECTEC Staffing Services on social media: LinkedIn

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