Maintenance Planner

As Maintenance Planner at Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

• You will be responsible for the development and execution of detailed maintenance job plans that support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.
• You’ll ensure all maintenance work is properly scoped, planned, and resourced prior to execution, enabling high-quality work execution, improved equipment reliability, and minimized downtime.
• You will partner closely with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and external contractors to ensure all work is planned in compliance with safety, environmental, and reliability standards.

• You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re 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.

Located in Southeast Mississippi, Taylorsville is just an hour outside Jackson and Hattiesburg.

• Taylorsville is home to a variety of industries, including lumber, manufacturing, agriculture and finance.
• Our Taylorsville team has strong ties to the local community and participates in the town’s annual Halloween event, Farmers Market and holiday tree decorating event.
• Nearby attractions include the Bienville National Forest and several picturesque state parks and lakes for camping, canoeing, hunting and fishing.
• Taylorsville is 30 minutes from Laurel, Mississippi – the setting of HGTV’s “Home Town” and location of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Be sure to also check out the Hattiesburg Zoo and Mississippi Armed Forces Museum in nearby Hattiesburg.

Here are your primary responsibilities:

• Develop detailed job plans for all maintenance activities, including preventive, predictive, corrective, and shutdown work. Define scope, required resources, materials, tools, permits, and safety requirements for each job. Ensure job plans include accurate instructions, sequencing, and estimated labor hours. Provide technical input on maintenance methods, equipment, and procedures.
• Improve job plan quality to increase efficiency, reduce rework, and maximize wrench time. Evaluate completed work orders to refine planning accuracy and effectiveness. Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on maintenance execution and reliability.
• Ensure all job plans incorporate safety procedures, environmental requirements, and regulatory compliance standards. Maintain job hazard analyses (JHA) and ensure required permits and controls are included in plans. Support Mechanical Integrity (MI) and Process Safety Management (PSM) compliance through proper planning practices.
• Plan all maintenance work in alignment with production priorities and equipment criticality. Review and prioritize work requests for planning readiness. Coordinate with operations and maintenance to ensure work can be executed efficiently with minimal disruption. Support outage and turnaround planning activities.
• Utilize CMMS (SAP/MP2) data to develop, track, and improve maintenance plans. Maintain accurate records of job plans, asset data, and maintenance documentation. Analyze planning and execution data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate…