Maintenance Planner
Job Description
Industry: Solar Panel Manufacturing / Renewable Energy
Location: Burlington, WA
Salary: 81k-88k
Our client, a high-volume solar panel manufacturing organization, is seeking a Maintenance Planner to support reliability, uptime, and preventive maintenance effectiveness across their production operations. This role is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure equipment availability while minimizing unplanned downtime in a technically complex manufacturing environment.
- Develop, plan, and schedule preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities for manufacturing and facilities equipment.
- Create and maintain detailed maintenance job plans, including labor estimates, materials, tools, and safety requirements.
- Coordinate maintenance schedules with Production, Engineering, and Operations to minimize disruptions and support throughput targets.
- Manage work orders within a CMMS, ensuring accuracy, prioritization, and timely closure.
- Support equipment reliability initiatives by analyzing downtime data, maintenance history, and failure trends.
- Ensure spare parts and materials are identified, available, and properly staged for planned work.
- Assist in developing standard maintenance procedures and best practices.
- Support shutdowns, outages, and major maintenance events, including planning and post-event reviews.
- Track maintenance KPIs such as PM compliance, schedule adherence, MTBF, and MTTR.
- Promote safety and compliance by incorporating EHS requirements into all maintenance planning activities.
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Maintenance, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of maintenance planning or maintenance coordination experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment, automation, and utilities; experience in high-volume or semiconductor/solar manufacturing is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with CMMS systems (e.g., Maximo, SAP PM, Fiix, eMaint, or similar).
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, manuals, and equipment documentation.
- Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to coordinate across departments.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; advanced Excel skills preferred.
Meet Your Recruiter
Erik Butzen
Technical Recruiter
Erik Butzen is a skilled and compassionate Senior Recruiter passionate about empowering individuals to advance in their careers. With two years of dedicated service at Sterling, Erik has already significantly impacted the organization's talent acquisition efforts.
Having honed his expertise over five years in the field of recruiting, Erik possesses a deep understanding of the industry's intricacies. His journey began with the desire to assist individuals in finding opportunities that would propel their professional growth forward.
As a Senior Recruiter, Erik takes great pride in his ability to help people make meaningful advancements in their careers. Whether it's guiding a candidate through the interview process, providing valuable insights into the job market, or matching the right talent with the perfect role, Erik is committed to positively impacting the lives of those he interacts with.
One of Erik's most valuable pieces of advice to both hiring managers and fellow recruiters is to ask a lot of questions. Understanding the needs and expectations of both candidates and employers is essential to finding the best fit for both parties.