Planner-Electrical (Augusta, GA) Austin Industrial

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance construction and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil gas chemical food agriculture power and manufacturing industries.

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Planner-Electrical

The Electrical Planner is responsible for planning coordinating and preparing all electrical maintenance work to ensure safe efficient and cost-effective execution. This position develops detailed job plans identifies labor and material requirements creates work packages and supports scheduling activities to maximize equipment reliability and plant productivity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review prioritize and plan electrical maintenance work requests.
• Develop detailed work packages including:
• Labor estimates
• Material requirements
• Tools and equipment needed
• Safety requirements and permits
• Job procedures and work instructions
• Conduct field inspections to verify job scope and requirements.
• Create and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
• Coordinate with operations maintenance engineering and contractors to ensure work readiness.
• Identify and procure required materials parts and services.
• Maintain accurate bills of materials (BOMs) and equipment records within the CMMS.
• Support outage turnaround and capital project planning activities.
• Develop and monitor weekly and monthly maintenance schedules.
• Assist in backlog management and work prioritization.
• Ensure compliance with all safety regulations electrical codes and company policies.
• Participate in reliability improvement initiatives and root cause failure analysis.
• Track and report planning and scheduling performance metrics.
• Support continuous improvement efforts to reduce downtime and maintenance costs.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Industrial electrical maintenance practices.
• Electrical distribution systems MCCs switchgear motors VFDs PLCs and instrumentation.
• Preventive and predictive maintenance principles.
• CMMS systems such as Oracle EAM SAP Maximo eMaint or similar.
• Ability to read and interpret:
• Electrical drawings
• One-line diagrams
• Schematics
• P&IDs
• Technical manuals
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Outlook Word Teams).

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree in Electrical Technology Industrial Maintenance Engineering Technology or related field preferred.

Performance Expectations

• Improve work order planning effectiveness.
• Increase schedule compliance.
• Reduce maintenance delays caused by material or planning issues.
• Improve equipment reliability and plant uptime.
• Support a zero-incident safety culture.

Experience

• 5 years of industrial electrical maintenance experience preferred.
• Previous planning scheduling supervision or reliability experience preferred.
• Experience working in chemical manufacturing power generation pulp & paper mining or similar industrial environments preferred.

Must pass pre-employment physical drug screening and background check as conditions of employment.

This is a full-time maintenance job working 40 hours a week (4/10s). No per diem and no relocation funding.

Physical Mental & Environmental Requirements

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
• Employees must be able to sit stand walk climb balance stoop kneel crouch crawl reach and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting carrying pushing or pulling up to 50 pounds working at elevations on uneven surfaces or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual hearing communication and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.
• Employees must be able to read comprehend and follow safety procedures work instructions and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
• Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions temperature extremes noise dust fumes moving equipment vibration and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer site regulatory medical and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.
• Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety quality and productivity expectations.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies search firms or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e. payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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