Maintenance Planner

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.

It’s Better with Bakelite.

• You will support the reliability and efficiency of plant operations.
• You’ll be responsible for dual functions planning and scheduling maintenance activities and managing spare parts inventory.
• You will ensure the storeroom operates effectively to support maintenance and production teams.

• You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you  part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.
• We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.
• Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.
• Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.
• We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.

Life in Beaver Creek: Located in northern central Michigan, Grayling is just a few hours from the state’s largest cities, including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.

• Grayling is surrounded by scenic rivers, forests and state parks, with lots of opportunities for outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking, snow sports and more. Grayling is noted as the "Canoe Capital of the World” and is the starting point for the Au Sable River Canoe Marathon, one of three races that constitute canoe racing's Triple Crown.
• Grayling is just a day trip away from picturesque Traverse City or the Great Lakes that surround the state.
• Local educational institutions include Kirtland Community College, located just half a mile from the Bakelite plant, and Grayling High School, which is in the top five high schools in Michigan.
• Love to travel? You’ll be close to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, so you can hop a flight to anywhere in the world.

Here are your primary responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance schedules for all plant equipment.
• Coordinate with maintenance technicians, production teams, and engineering to plan corrective and predictive maintenance.
• Create detailed job plans including labor, materials, tools, and safety requirements.
• Track and report maintenance KPIs (e.g., PM compliance, backlog, equipment downtime).
• Maintain CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) data integrity.

• Oversee inventory control of spare parts and maintenance supplies.
• Ensure accurate stock levels through cycle counts and audits.
• Manage procurement of parts and supplies in coordination with purchasing.
• Organize and maintain storeroom layout for efficient access and retrieval.
• Monitor critical spares and lead times to prevent equipment downtime.

• CMMS Systems:
  Proficiency in SAP preferred.
• Inventory Management Software:
  Experience with SAP preferred.
• Microsoft Office Suite:
  Excel (advanced), Outlook, Word, PowerPoint.
• Data Visualization Tools (preferred):
  Power BI or Tableau.
• Document Management Systems:
  Ability to manage equipment manuals, SOPs, and maintenance records digitally.

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