Maintenance Planner

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Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 30 countries and employ approximately 36,000 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2024. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.

About you and this role

Dow is seeking our next Maintenance Planner to help support St. Charles Operations in Hahnville, LA. This will be a Diamond Infrastructure Solutions Role in the SIM department as SCO. As the Maintenance Planner, you create job packages from the work order scope which contains the information regarding labor, material, and services required to ensure safe, effective, and efficient execution of the work. This role requires full proficiency in a range of technical, operational, or analytical/scientific processes and procedures through job-related training and considerable on the job experience to perform a variety of work assignments. You will act as an informal resource for team members with less experience.

This role is aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions (“Diamond Infra”) company and will be seconded from Dow to Diamond Infrastructure Solutions until January 1, 2027.  At that time, the role will become directly aligned to the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions Company. 

Responsibilities

• Develop the appropriate job packet documentation for use in the planning process.
• Make field visits when needed to complete job plans.
• Identifies/solicits safety information and requirements necessary to safely perform tasks.
• Supports Maintenance Procedure Use Policy by ensuring all job packages include a procedure or the task is on the Procedure Exemption list before the job package is released. Checks that all Maintenance Procedures include a hazard assessment.
• Review work orders for job scope completeness and return to Gatekeeper if incomplete.
• Prepare job packet in SAP to include Labor, tools, equip., materials, & services needed to complete job.
• Use Quality Feedback from "Do work" person to optimize/archive job plans.
• When possible, use "Archived" job plans for basis of actual plans.
• Move jobs to "Active" backlog when material availability is confirmed.
• Identify task activities necessary to execute job plan.
• Identify/solicit safety information and requirements to perform job tasks.
• Record tasks and information within the work order.
• Enable the people who manage and/or perform work in the field with the tools and information needed to perform their job effectively and efficiently.
• Requires full proficiency in a range of technical, operational, or analytical/scientific processes and procedures through job-related training and considerable on the job experience to perform a variety of work assignments.
• Act as an informal resource for team members with less experience.
• Uses feedback from the person doing the work to optimize the work plans.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• At least 3 years of related industry experience.
• SAP Systems experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, such as Word and Excel, and have the ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Strong written, verba