Equipment Maintenance Planner

AT LIFENET HEALTH, YOU ARE THE ADVANTAGE

Every day, YOU help us to save lives, restore health, and bring hope to patients and families around the world. At Life Net Health, we cultivate growth, innovation, and collaboration, where your contributions drive solutions that benefit humanity.

Together, we are united by a mission greater than ourselves, a purpose rooted in healing.

ABOUT THIS JOB

Location:

Virginia Beach, (Concert Drive)

Department:
Tissue Engineering

Schedule:

Full-Time | Monday-Friday, 7:00AM-3:45PM

Clinical Status:
Clinical

HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT

As an Equipment Maintenance Planner, you'll play a vital role in advancing our mission. In this position, you'll be responsible for maintaining and improving equipment reliability by focusing on work preparation and scheduling, maintenance procedure development, technical innovation, and technical training of the equipment maintenance staff.

Your work will have purpose every single day, contributing directly to life-changing outcomes.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

* Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Plan and coordinate all equipment maintenance activities (preventive, corrective, overhaul, calibration, inspection). Develop and manage weekly maintenance schedules. Coordinate work across maintenance staff and production/manufacturing.

* Technical Expertise & Equipment Optimization - Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in equipment maintenance, inspection, and calibration. Identify and implement new technologies, methods, and best practices. Perform equipment installation, qualification, and post-repair validation. Create and maintain associated technical documentation.

* Equipment Reliability & Process Improvement - Develop, define, and improve equipment reliability systems and procedures. Partner with engineering, facilities, and operations to drive continuous improvement. Support root cause investigations and implement corrective/preventive actions.

* Training, Compliance & Performance Monitoring - Develop and deliver technical training programs. Audit staff performance and adherence to procedures. Track and report KPIs related to maintenance performance and reliability.

* Materials & Inventory Management - Order, kit, and stage maintenance materials and parts. Monitor and adjust stockroom inventory levels. Collaborate with stakeholders (maintenance, engineering, vendors) to optimize inventory and efficiency

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Minimum Requirements:

* High School Diploma

* Five (5) years related industry experience in maintenance planning, skilled trades, machining, inspection or industrial maintenance

* Driver's License

Preferred Experience /Skills/

Certifications:

* Associate's degree or completed vocational training in Engineering Technology, technical trade program or equivalent

* Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Maintenance and Reliability Technician (CMRT), Certified Quality Inspector (CQI) or equivalent

* Ten (10) years related industry experience in maintenance planning, skilled trades, machining, inspection, or industrial maintenance

Key Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

* Working knowledge and ability:
To perform routine tasks, demonstrate specialized technical and basic skills

* Interpret and write technical documents Ability to interpret complex technical drawings and specifications. Demonstrated ability to edit and create sketches, work instructions and procedures using Microsoft office products Solidworks and AutoCAD software CAM / Master CAM Ability to use software to create and edit models and drawings

* Communication

Skills:

Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing, building relationships with all professionals at different levels within the organization. Ability to select appropriate medium and communicate with end users, engineers, managers, scientific staff, and external contractors.

* Knowledge in one or more of the following: dimensional inspection; gauge calibration; maintenance planning and asset management; tool design; machining; welding & fabrication; CNC programming; CNC machine maintenance; package sealing equipment and tooling maintenance; PLC systems; CMM programming; mechatronics; low voltage controls; pneumatics.

* Time Management:
Able to prioritize multiple, competing priorities and manage time/workload. Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple time sensitive projects, multi-task, identify project interdependencies and potential risks/pitfalls.

* Attention to detail:
Able to perform tasks thoroughly and with care; checks work to ensure high degree of accuracy/completeness and early/on-time delivery.

* Proficient in Microsoft Office:
Excel, Word, Outlook, Microsoft Suite

* Inventory Management (preferred):
Ability to use SAP, Pcard, SPM, and other databases to manage spares inventories and generate purchase requisitions

* Solidworks and AutoCAD software, CAM/Master CAM (preferred):
Ability to use software to creaste and edit models and drawings.

WHY JOIN LIFENET HEALTH

When you join Life…