Maintenance Planner; Augusta, GA - Austin Industrial; NUTR

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self‑perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single‑source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

The primary objective of a Major Spares & Mechanical Planner is to improve plant reliability and efficiency through planning, coordinating, and maintaining mechanical assets identified as major and/or capital spares based on criticality and other qualifying factors.

• Develop and maintain an equipment/asset database to manage Major Spares, documenting equipment identifiers, asset numbers, item descriptions, store stock numbers, storage and/or repair location information.
• Ship and track high priority equipment (Turbo Rotors, Bearings/Seal Kits, Turbo couplings, Compressors, Blowers, Gearboxes, Trunnions, Torque Converters, Valves, Motors, Pumps, etc.).
• Provide monthly management reports on equipment location/status.
• Develop and maintain equipment files and procedures to ensure up‑to‑date reference materials for future job planning.
• Maintain the Major Spares project structure in Oracle EAM.
• Document repair status updates, previous repair dates, repair scope, and vendor details.
• Document spare life cycles, track and record spending, and provide spend analysis and reporting.
• Forecast expected spend to align with the 5‑year budgeting plan.
• Develop and maintain inspection job plan templates and data packages for each piece of critical equipment.
• Assist with reliability walk‑throughs and inspections.
• Establish and maintain professional partnerships with vendor contractors to facilitate customer needs.
• Research and provide vendors with all information needed for accurate proposals.
• Initiate purchase requisitions for materials, parts, and equipment within corporate authorization limits.
• Write SSA's for new parts and existing equipment as necessary.
• Delete obsolete parts and equipment to ensure correct usage.
• Provide management with capital spare equipment needing repairs on a periodic basis.
• Attend turbo machinery conferences such as the Pump and Turbo machinery Symposium as requested.
• Plan capital spare and mechanical work orders for routine work, normal outages, and turnarounds.
• Review each work order to ensure proper information was supplied by the originator.
• Discuss work orders with maintenance and operations to fully define scope.
• Consult engineering, safety, or other technical departments when specialized advice is required.
• Obtain necessary approvals for specialized items.
• Plan maintenance work orders, develop job sequencing, identify steps and resources, and estimate materials.
• Issue material requisitions and benchmark work orders for future asset activities.
• Attend weekly Planner Meetings to stay up‑to‑date with on‑site planning efforts.

• Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, Edge), Oracle EAM, Viziya Scheduler.
• High School Graduate (additional formal education desired).
• Strong planning and organizational skills with proactive mindset.
• Teamwork and ability to drive change and continuous improvement across the organization.
• Excellent communication, tact, diplomacy, and active listening skills.
• Ability to establish relationships and resolve conflict with appropriate techniques.
• Competent in cross‑functional and multi‑task environments.
• Ability to prioritize and organize multiple tasks, manage time effectively.
• Willingness to train others in scheduling-related functions.
• Willingness to work on continuous improvement aspects of scheduling.

No minimum requirement.

Minimum 4 years in industrial planning and scheduling.

A valid driver’s license.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.