Senior Planner

Job Description

Overview: Insight Global is seeking a Planner to lead plant-wide maintenance work management across multiple production value streams in a heavy industrial environment. This role is responsible for driving a proactive maintenance culture, improving schedule compliance, and ensuring all maintenance work is properly planned, prioritized, and executed safely and efficiently

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive a proactive, data-driven maintenance culture focused on safety, reliability, and cost control

• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and Storeroom teams to align maintenance priorities Planning & Work Management

• Oversee the full maintenance work lifecycle within CMMS (scope, plan, schedule, execute, close-out)

• Ensure all work orders are fully planned with labor, materials, tools, permits, and safety requirements

• Maintain a healthy, well-prioritized backlog and ensure work is “shovel-ready” before scheduling Scheduling & Execution

• Develop and manage short- and long-term maintenance schedules

• Balance internal resources and contractors across multiple teams

• Drive schedule compliance and minimize reactive/emergency work Shutdowns & Turnarounds

• Lead planning and execution of major plant shutdowns and turnarounds

• Develop detailed schedules, labor plans, contractor coordination, and execution timelines

• Track performance and drive continuous improvement post-outage Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with reliability teams to strengthen PM/PdM programs and maintenance strategies

• Analyze KPIs (schedule compliance, backlog, productivity, etc.) to identify gaps and improve performance

• Drive initiatives focused on reliability, root cause analysis, and planned work optimization CMMS, Materials & Compliance

• Ensure consistent CMMS utilization, accurate work order data, and KPI reporting

• Coordinate with purchasing/storeroom to ensure material readiness and effective inventory management

• Enforce strict adherence to safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements

Skills and Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance, or related field preferred
• 5+ years of maintenance experience in heavy industrial or manufacturing environments (metals, chemical, paper, etc.)
• 3–5+ years of experience within maintenance planning, scheduling, or reliability
• Experience leading shutdowns, turnarounds, or major maintenance projects
• Strong experience with CMMS systems and maintenance work management processes
• Knowledge of preventive/predictive maintenance and reliability best practices (SMRP preferred)
• Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills Planning & Scheduling Certification (PSC)

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].