**Job Description**

**Position Title:**

**Maintenance Planning Manager**

**Pay Rate** :

$101,000-$134,600

_Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range._

**Category/Shift** :

Salaried Full-Time

**Physical Location** :

601 County Rd 78

Selma, Al

**Position Scope:**

The Manager Maintenance Planning reports to the Maintenance Execute Manager and leads/participates in the delivery of safe effective Maintenance Planning/Scheduling for Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation corrective and preventive work. This position is a working manager role, performing and managing maintenance work management activities. Assure effective planning to achieve timely repairs. Conduct 1-1s with employees to provide guidance and development.

**The Job You Will Perform:**

+ Supervise 13 maintenance planners.

+ Work in close partnership with Operations, Maintenance and Reliability to develop and load into SAP Maintenance Strategies and Job Plans to ensure equipment performs as intended and without failure.

+ Perform job cost estimating (material and labor).

+ Facilitate the Scheduling of Work Orders with field technicians and service providers.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including related technical, functional, and business teams.

+ Create and maintain training materials as well as conduct training sessions for end-users

+ Provide first level support to users for SAP PM related issues, including triage and escalation of technical problems.

+ Provide data mining in support of our Planning KPI's to achieve excellence in Planning and review monthly KPI reports.

+ Assist planning team members verify appropriate material(s) associated to Job Plan scope.

+ Maintain the SAP Job Plan library to streamline future planning

+ Act as a subject matter expert for the Work Management process for the resources they support.

+ Deep knowledge of Planning and Scheduling in SAP PM

+ Manage backlog

**The Skills You Will Bring:**

+ Instill safety as a core value within the team and effectively communicate a shared vision for safety.

+ Quickly develop thorough knowledge of mill equipment and systems.

+ Utilize excellent communication and people skills with the ability to communicate to groups and individuals at all levels.

+ Approach positional responsibilities in an inclusive manner by engaging all team members in area, department, and mill.

+ Utilize the International Paper Change Process to drive change.

+ Utilize strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks effectively.

+ Must have strong leadership skills and a proven track record of improving employee engagement.

+ Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, set expectations, build effective team, drive for results, measure work and hold teams and individuals accountable.

**Required Experience:**

+ Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

+ Leadership qualities (Lead by example)

+ Able to multi-task in a stressful environment

+ 15+ years of direct experience in Planning & Scheduling Maintenance

+ 5+ years of Resource Scheduling. (such as Prometheus)

+ Knowledge on Maintenance Strategies, Philosophies, & PM Optimization methods

+ Create/Validate Maintenance Items & Plans

+ Create/Validate Task list and Standard text

+ Understanding of Workflows of Plant Maintenance system

+ Bill of Material creation and assign to task list

+ Knowledge of preventive maintenance, maintenance plans, time/strategy-based Maintenance, breakdowns, and all types of repair processes.

+ Knowledge of all master data objects required to support SAP PM (bills of material, equipment Master, functional locations, Work Center etc.).

**About Us**

**The Benefits You Will Enjoy:**

International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health, welfare and retirement plans including Medical, Dental, Life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401(k), Company-funded retirement contributions, Paid Time Off, Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement), Student Loan Repayment Assistance, and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets

**The Career You Will Build:**

Leadership training, promotional opportunities

**The Impact You Will Make:**

We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 125 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.

**The Culture You Will Experience:**

International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe, caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected, valued, engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness, creativity, talents, experiences, and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.

**The Company You Will Join:**

International Paper (NYSE: IP) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were $18.6 billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting internationalpaper.com.

International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. International Paper complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact reasonable.accommodations@ipaper.com or (877) 973-3919.

**Job Identification** 2001971

**Job Schedule** Full time