Planner-Electrical Augusta, GA; Austin Industrial

Planner-Electrical - (Augusta, GA) - Austin Industrial

Job Category :
Hourly Craft

Requisition Number : PLANN
034157

• Posted :
  September 22, 2026
• Full-Time
• Rate : $47.14 USD per hour

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Augusta, GA, USA

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 Electrical Planner is responsible for planning, coordinating, and preparing all electrical maintenance work to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective execution. This position develops detailed job plans, identifies labor and material requirements, creates work packages, and supports scheduling activities to maximize equipment reliability and plant productivity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review, prioritize, and plan electrical maintenance work requests.
• Develop detailed work packages including:
• Material requirements
• Tools and equipment needed
• Safety requirements and permits
• Job procedures and work instructions
• Conduct field inspections to verify job scope and requirements.
• Create and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, and contractors to ensure work readiness.
• Identify and procure required materials, parts, and services.
• Maintain accurate bills of materials (BOMs) and equipment records within the CMMS.
• Support outage, turnaround, and capital project planning activities.
• Develop and monitor weekly and monthly maintenance schedules.
• Assist in backlog management and work prioritization.
• Ensure compliance with all safety regulations, electrical codes, and company policies.
• Participate in reliability improvement initiatives and root cause failure analysis.
• Track and report planning and scheduling performance metrics.
• Support continuous improvement efforts to reduce downtime and maintenance costs.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Industrial electrical maintenance practices.
• Electrical distribution systems, MCCs, switch gear, motors, VFDs, PLCs, and instrumentation.
• Preventive and predictive maintenance principles.
• CMMS systems such as Oracle EAM, SAP, Maximo, eMaint, or similar.
• Ability to read and interpret:
• Electrical drawings
• Schematics
• P&IDs
• Technical manuals
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, Teams).

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree in Electrical Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Engineering Technology, or related field preferred.

Performance Expectations

• Improve work order planning effectiveness.
• Increase schedule compliance.
• Reduce maintenance delays caused by material or planning issues.
• Improve equipment reliability and plant uptime.

Experience

• 5+ years of industrial electrical maintenance experience preferred.
• Previous planning, scheduling, supervision, or reliability experience preferred.
• Experience working in chemical, manufacturing, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, or similar industrial environments preferred.

Must pass pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check as conditions of employment.

This is a full-time maintenance job working 40 hours a week (4/10's). No per diem and no relocation funding.

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
• Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.
• Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
• Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment,…