Maintenance Planner – Electrical or Mechanical

Location: Shuqualak, MS | Full-Time | On-Site
Industry: Engineered Wood Products | Compensation: ~$85-90K + Bonus + 401(k)

A leading engineered wood manufacturer is hiring two Maintenance Planners to support a brand-new facility in Shuqualak, MS. You’ll be joining during the startup phase—helping build the maintenance planning function from the ground up.

Open Roles:

Electrical Maintenance Planner (top priority)

Mechanical Maintenance Planner (active; potential to add a second)

These roles are key to ensuring safe, efficient, and well-prepared maintenance execution—and a great opportunity for experienced techs or leads ready to transition into planning full-time.

What You’ll Own (not all required experience)

Build and manage job plans, PMs, task lists, and work instructions in the CMMS

Walk down jobs, gather parts/tools, and coordinate with vendors and the storeroom

Prepare work packages for downtime windows, outages, and capital installs

Partner with maintenance, operations, and automation teams to support day-to-day priorities

Support root cause analysis, preventive maintenance, and reliability improvement

Electrical Planner: Motors, drives, PLCs, MCCs, instrumentation

Mechanical Planner: Conveyors, hydraulics, gearboxes, mobile and fixed equipment

What You Bring (flexible)

3-5+ years of industrial maintenance experience (lumber, paper, mill, mfg, etc.)

1-2+ years of planning/scheduling, or strong informal planning experience as a lead tech

Solid understanding of PM systems, troubleshooting, and maintenance workflows

CMMS experience (any platform)

Comfortable coordinating with multiple stakeholders and walking the floor

Electrical Planner: Industrial electrical or E&I background preferred

Mechanical Planner: Mechanical maintenance or millwright background preferred

Compensation & Perks

Salary: ~$85-90K base depending on experience

Bonuses: Annual incentive bonus (5-21%) + pay-for-performance bonus (7-12%)

Retirement: 401(k) with strong employer contribution and match (12%)

Hours: Salaried 40-hour week, with additional flexibility during outages or startup

Relocation: Sign-on bonus available for qualified candidates

Why This Role?

Help shape the maintenance function at a greenfield facility with new equipment

Join a site with strong investment in people, safety, and culture

Work with a team that values training, stability, and career development

Clear path to grow into reliability, supervisory, or capital project roles

Be the person who helps get it right from day one