DuPont
manufacturing
MaintenancePlanner
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“Maintenance Planner at DuPont. Skills: Maintenance planning, Work preparation, Resource planning. Review maintenance work requests. Conduct field walk-downs”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve equipment availability; Improve maintenance efficiency; Control maintenance costs; Ensure maintenance work is clearly defined; Ensure maintenance work is properly planned; Ensure maintenance work is fully resourced; Ensure maintenance work is ready for safe execution; Ensure maintenance work is ready for effective execution; Technicians spend more time executing work; Technicians spend less time searching for information; Technicians spend less time searching for materials; Improve schedule compliance; Reduce emergency work; Reduce break-in work; Improve job plan quality; Improve documentation accuracy; Improve maintenance efficiency
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
Field presence required, Wear personal protective equipment, Access production areas, Support after-hours, Support weekend support, Physically able to do the job, Walk in area, Walk in heights
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
High School diploma or GED, Minimum 3 years industrial manufacturing experience, Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and estimate maintenance work, Proficiency with computer-based maintenance management systems, Proficiency with standard office software, Safety awareness
Nice to Have
5+ years Maintenance Planner experience, 5+ years Maintenance Supervisor experience, 5+ years Lead Technician experience, 5+ years Reliability Technician experience, Experience planning continuous manufacturing work, Experience planning batch manufacturing work, Ability to interpret mechanical drawings, Ability to interpret electrical schematics, Ability to interpret P&IDs, Experience coordinating shutdowns, Experience supporting shutdowns, Experience coordinating major maintenance events, Experience supporting major maintenance events, Familiarity with preventive maintenance optimization, Familiarity with reliability improvement practices
What You'll Do.
Review maintenance work requests
Conduct field walk-downs
Clarify equipment issues
Clarify desired outcomes
Develop detailed job plans
Create complete work packages
Identify required parts
Identify required materials
Identify required consumables
Identify required tools
Identify required outside services
Maintain backlog of planned maintenance work
Align planned work with production requirements
Align planned work with resource availability
Support weekly scheduling
Support shutdown planning
Support outage planning
Review completed work for accuracy
Capture execution feedback
Maintain accuracy of equipment records
Maintain accuracy of bills of material
Maintain accuracy of maintenance task information
Support development of preventive maintenance plans
Support improvement of preventive maintenance plans
Identify documentation gaps
Initiate updates to drawings
Initiate updates to procedures
Initiate updates to asset data
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Maintenance; Partner with Operations; Partner with Reliability; Work with Operations; Work with Maintenance; Work with Reliability; Collaborate with maintenance leadership; Collaborate with operations
Communication Scope
Interpersonal skills
Process & Methodology
Shutdown planning, Outage planning
Full Job Description
At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. [Why Join Us | DuPont Careers](https://careers.dupont.com/us/en/whyjoinus) We are seeking an experienced **Maintenance Planner** to support a high‑performance manufacturing site producing Corian® solid surface products, introduced in 1968 and Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) films, introduced in 1961. This role is critical to improving equipment availability, maintenance efficiency, and cost control through high‑quality maintenance planning and work preparation. The Maintenance Planner partners closely with Maintenance, Operations, and Reliability to ensure maintenance work is clearly defined, properly planned, fully resourced, and ready for safe and effective execution. **Key Responsibilities** Maintenance Work Planning & Scoping * Review maintenance work requests to ensure scope, priority, and authorization are clear and achievable * Conduct field walk‑downs to validate job scope, safety requirements, access constraints, and execution readiness * Work with Operations, Maintenance, and Reliability to clarify equipment issues and desired outcomes Job Plans & Work Packages * Develop detailed job plans including task steps, sequence, labor skills, duration estimates, tools, safety requirements, and execution notes * Create complete work packages with drawings, procedures, vendor documentation, permits, and special instructions as needed * Ensure job plans support safe, efficient, and repeatable maintenance execution Materials, Services & Readiness * Identify required parts, materials, consumables, tools, and outside services * Input into pr
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