Maintenance Planner

At Energy Recovery, we build products that help limit global temperature rise, reduce carbon emissions, provide safe drinking water for millions of people, and bring efficiency and sustainability to a range of industries. Our products help customers avoid approximately 19.7 million metric tons of carbon emissions per year -- equivalent to removing over 4.7million cars from the road!

In addition to innovating world class products that help our customers and the environment, our employees enjoy a diverse, collaborative work culture, as well as extensive company benefits that support the overall wellbeing of our staff. This includes everything from generous health plans and time off, paid family leave, subsidized lunches and company events, and opportunities for charitable giving and volunteering in the community.

Energy Recovery, Inc. is seeking a qualified candidate for an immediate full-time opening for the position of Maintenance Planner with the Operations and Maintenance team in the San Leandro, CA facility. This position supports reliable manufacturing operations by planning and scheduling preventive and corrective maintenance, managing the maintenance storeroom, coordinating maintenance vendors, and maintaining accurate equipment and work-order records.

The Maintenance Planner serves as the coordination point between maintenance technicians, contractors, production, and site leadership. The role ensures work is properly planned, parts are available, priorities are clear, and maintenance activities are completed safely and on schedule.

• Build, schedule, and maintain the preventive maintenance program for production equipment, utilities, and supporting building systems.
• Create and manage work orders in the CMMS, assign work to technicians or vendors, and track work through completion.
• Develop job plans for recurring maintenance, including task steps, required labor, parts, tools, and safety requirements such as lockout/tagout.
• Coordinate planned maintenance windows with Production and other departments to minimize disruption to manufacturing.
• Track preventive maintenance compliance, overdue work, backlog, downtime, and other key maintenance metrics.
• Maintain equipment records, asset histories, inspection records, and required maintenance documentation.
• Manage the maintenance storeroom, including organization, labeling, cleanliness, and inventory accuracy.
• Establish and maintain minimum and maximum inventory levels for critical spare parts and consumables.
• Issue parts against work orders, conduct cycle counts, reconcile discrepancies, and identify obsolete or slow-moving inventory.
• Coordinate maintenance vendors and service contractors supporting production equipment, utilities, HVAC, electrical systems, plumbing, fire protection, and other critical assets.
• Request and compare quotes, initiate purchase requests, schedule vendor visits, coordinate access, and confirm site safety requirements are followed.
• Verify completed work, review service invoices for accuracy, and track vendor performance.
• Partner with Production, Engineering, Quality, EHS, and Maintenance to prioritize work and resolve equipment-related constraints.
• All other projects and duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree or technical certificate in industrial maintenance, maintenance technology, engineering technology, or a related field preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in maintenance planning, maintenance coordination, or a related role in a manufacturing or industrial facility.
• Hands-on experience scheduling preventive maintenance and managing work orders in a CMMS…