Maintenance Planner

Overview Join   Reynolds Consumer Products …and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a  Maintenance Planner  to join our team located in Hot Springs, AR.  Responsibilities Your Role:  The Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, preparing, and optimizing maintenance work to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of plant assets. This position serves as a key member of the Work Execution Management (WEM) process and is accountable for work order quality, job plan development, backlog management, material readiness, preventive maintenance optimization, and maintenance work readiness. The Maintenance Planner works closely with Maintenance Supervisors, Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Scheduling, and Storeroom personnel to ensure maintenance work is fully defined, planned, and prepared before execution. The role supports the continuous improvement of asset reliability, maintenance productivity, and maintenance execution effectiveness through disciplined planning and work management practices. You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen! Work Planning and Preparation Develop detailed maintenance job plans for corrective, preventive, predictive, condition-based, and project maintenance activities. Plan work based on priorities established by the Maintenance Area Supervisor and Area Team. Own release-to-schedule readiness for all planned maintenance work orders. Develop complete work packages including labor estimates, craft requirements, tools, materials, permits, safety requirements, procedures, and contractor support requirements. Utilize craft knowledge, engineering resources, OEM documentation, equipment history, and field inspections to develop accurate and effective maintenance job plans. Maintain strong knowledge of systems, equipment, and manufacturing processes within assigned areas of responsibility. Support outage planning by defining work scope, sequencing activities, identifying constraints, and assisting in critical path planning. CMMS and Backlog Management Review the maintenance backlog daily to ensure work orders are accurately defined, prioritized, and maintained within the CMMS. Verify work requests contain appropriate descriptions, asset assignments, priorities, and scope definitions. Remove duplicate work orders and improve overall backlog quality. Generate work requests for equipment requiring corrective maintenance when identified during routine activities. Maintain a minimum of two weeks of fully planned, ready-to-schedule, non-PM backlog within assigned areas. Maintain equipment history, job plans, and planning documentation within the CMMS. Support continuous improvement of CMMS data quality and work management processes. Reliability and Maintenance Strategy Support reliability improvement initiatives through development and optimization of preventive maintenance (PM), condition-based maintenance (CBM), and predictive maintenance programs. Optimize PM job plans utilizing Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles and criticality-based decision making. Develop standard job plans, PM procedures, CBM tasks, standard work instructions, and maintenance documentation. Analyze condition monitoring and predictive maintenance reports and generate follow-up work orders as required. Track CBM program effectiveness and support efforts to reduce equipment failures, downtime, and maintenance costs. Assist with asset reliability improvement projects and continuous improvement initiatives. Material Readiness and Kitting Ensure frequently used spare parts are established and maintained within the storeroom inventory. Identify and coordinate procurement of required non-stock materials and services for planned work. Develop and stage maintenance kits for work where material readiness is critical to execution success. Verify kit completeness and readiness before scheduled maintenance activities and outages. Ensure all required materials, special tools, permits, drawings, procedures, and documentation are available before work is released for scheduling. Maintain organized and efficient kitting and staging areas that support maintenance execution efficiency. Work Readiness and Scheduling Support Participate in Gemba walks and readiness reviews for critical maintenance activities. Participate in pre-job walkthroughs to validate scope, safety requirements, access requirements, labor estimates, and material readiness. Review published schedules and verify planned work has appropriate labor and resource allocation. Collaborate with Maintenance Supervisors, Schedulers, Operations, Engineering, and Reliability personnel to ensure successful execution of scheduled work. Provide planning support for outages, shutdowns, and major maintenance activities. Support schedule compliance initiatives by identifying constraints and readiness gaps before execution. Maintenance Execution Support Provide planning and technical support during execution of critical maintenance activities. Assist maintenance teams in resolving work execution barriers and readiness issues. Perform job plan audits during maintenance execution to verify accuracy of scope, procedures, labor estimates, materials, and safety requirements. Coordinate contractor activities associated with planned maintenance work as assigned. Verify work quality supports safe equipment operation and long-term asset reliability. Support equipment startup and return-to-service activities following planned outages and major maintenance events. Work Order Closeout and Continuous Improvement Ensure work orders overseen by the