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Maintenance Planner

nVent

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Location
Solon, OH
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

The Maintenance Planner develops maintenance plans and repair schedules for facility and production assets. The role manages maintenance scheduling, preventive maintenance documentation, repair backlogs, and spare-parts and tool inventory, while coordinating with the Maintenance Manager, technicians, operations, vendors, and contractors. The position also coordinates planned downtime, plant projects, equipment repairs, machinery moves, and installations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

LeadershipComputer SkillsInventory ManagementOrganizationAttention to DetailCMMSFork Truck OperationCommunicationTeamworkMultitaskingSelf-MotivationSafety AwarenessQuality AwarenessHand and Power ToolsMachine ToolsPrecision Measuring Equipment

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Technical Trade School Certification10+ Years Industrial Maintenance Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off

Full job description

On-site

Solon, OH, US

Full time

R24469

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Position Summary

The Maintenance Planner position will be responsible for developing maintenance plans and repair schedules for the facility and production assets. The Maintenance Planner will directly be responsible for maintenance scheduling, creating PM documentation, clearing repair backlogs, as well as maintaining an inventory of spare parts and tools. They will work directly with the Maintenance Manager.

Key role responsibilities

  • Manage and assign routine and preventative maintenance on facilities and plant production equipment.

  • Prepare preventative maintenance plans and schedules that are in sync with the organization’s maintenance and production goals.

  • Work directly with the Maintenance Manager to coordinate plant projects.

  • Lead communication between maintenance and other internal departments to ensure that everyone receives timely, efficient, and quality service.

  • Act as the primary liaison person between maintenance and operations in conjunction with the Maintenance Manager.

  • Coordinate planned downtimes to reduce mean time between failures and minimize interference with production schedules.

  • Must be able to communicate effectively with Team Leads, Engineering, Supervisors and outside vendors regarding projects and repair problems.

  • CMMS shared ownership with Maintenance Manager.

  • Assign and direct technicians to install, repair, and maintain a wide variety of production and building equipment in conjunction with the Team Lead.

  • Setup and coordinate vendor and contractor work required for facilities and production needs.

  • Help with keeping an optimal stock of spare parts and materials.

  • Help coordinate large machinery moves and installations.

  • Use basic hand and power tools, machine tools and precision measuring equipment.

  • Perform other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

  • High school diploma or technical trade school certification required.

  • 10+ years of industrial maintenance experience.

  • Strong leadership skills.

  • Strong computer and inventory management skills.

  • Good organizational skills with strong attention to detail.

  • CMMS knowledge required.

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced; multi-tasking environment and meet operational deadlines.

  • Must be self-motivated, safety and quality conscious, and work efficiently with minimal supervision.

  • Fork truck operator experience required.

  • Heavy lifting required within regulations.

  • Able to work overtime regularly and with minimal notice to meet business needs.

  • Good communication skills with the ability to work in a team environment.

WE HAVE:

  • A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com .

  • Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

  • Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

  • Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

  • A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

  • Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,879 open Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$69–95K/yr579 salary ranges
  • Ohio median$15–17/hr126 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 520 open Maintenance jobs in Ohio and 11,879 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Ohio
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,481 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,443 of the 11,879 open Maintenance jobs (21%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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