Maintenance Planner

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Arkansas, Gurdon
Sep 25, 2025
Your Job Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Maintenance Planner for our lumber mill in Gurdon, AR. As a Maintenance Planner you will create value by utilizing strong organizational and planning skills to prioritize work with the proper sense of urgency. At Georgia-Pacific, we are innovative, we manufacture products that make people's lives easier, and we provide careers, not just jobs for our employees. We foster a culture that values integrity and compliance more than anything else and we encourage our employees to challenge the status quo. If you are interested in joining our team, you can learn more about our Building Products division at www.buildgp.com. What You Will Do Embrace influential leadership to support the organization while advancing our Principle-Based Management (PBM) culture. The ability to review work requests with Operations and Maintenance to set Work Priorities. Plan work orders to ensure safety, scope of work, parts and labor are added to each work while understanding which work orders may require and in-depth job plan. Ability to lead and facilitate small groups of people to develop job plans to ensure success in the quality of work and the accuracy of costs with labor and materials. Interpret Bills of Materials, drawings, instructional manuals, standard procedures as needed to ensure integration into MP2. Maintains and controls work order backlogs awaiting planning and/or scheduling in accordance with the Gate Keeper's needs. Verifies the availability of parts, materials and special tools required for job execution prior to scheduling. Knowledge of each department's Preventative Maintenance workload Schedules to 90% labor loading and works with the Maintenance Supervisor to achieve 85% completion rate on planned work. Coordinates with Contractors to ensure scope of work and adequate resources are used. Other responsibilities as assigned. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Three (3) years or more of industrial maintenance experience Experience leading and facilitating meetings Experience using MP2 What Will Put You Ahead A technical degree with Mechanical Maintenance or Engineering Experience evaluating and categorizing loss-time data. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here. Who We Are As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu). #LI-AJ