Maintenance Planner

Job Description

Aegis is looking for a Maintenance Planner position for a client of ours located in Chicago, IL (60619). This is a first shift ONSITE position daily. The ideal candidate has the following skills & experience
- Must have:

• HS diploma or GED
• 3–5+ years of experience in industrial maintenance, maintenance planning, or maintenance scheduling within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of industrial equipment and maintenance systems, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Experience with CMMS software to create, schedule, track, and manage maintenance work orders, equipment histories, and preventive maintenance activities.
• Experience planning and scheduling preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance to minimize equipment downtime and production disruptions.
• Ability to develop detailed maintenance work plans, including job scopes, labor requirements, spare parts, materials, tools, and safety considerations.
• Experience coordinating maintenance activities across multiple departments, including Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and Purchasing, to ensure proper scheduling and resource availability.
• Strong technical and organizational skills, including the ability to read equipment manuals, technical drawings, and maintenance procedures; prioritize work orders; and utilize Microsoft Excel and other Office applications.

Nice to have:

• Industry experience: Background in steel manufacturing, forging, foundries, metal processing, or other heavy industrial manufacturing environments.
• Equipment knowledge: Familiarity with industrial furnaces, forging presses, overhead cranes, CNC machinery, hydraulic systems, pumps, compressors, and material-handling equipment.
• CMMS/ERP systems: Experience with eMaint and/or SAP.
• Shutdown planning: Experience coordinating major equipment shutdowns, scheduled outages, and maintenance projects.
• Predictive maintenance: Familiarity with vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
• Maintenance KPIs: tracking PM compliance, equipment downtime, MTBF, MTTR, work order backlog, and maintenance schedule compliance.
• Continuous improvement: Experience with root cause analysis, equipment reliability improvements, and maintenance cost reduction initiatives.
• Education/certifications: Associate degree or technical certification in a maintenance-related discipline; CMRP certification is a plus.