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Lignetics

Converts wood waste into residential pellets

Maintenance Planner

Production Planning & SchedulingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWhite Pigeon, MI, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Previous use of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), or related background in planning and scheduling work.
  • High standards of housekeeping and organization.
  • A hands-on approach, including willingness to spend time on the floor collecting information and troubleshooting issues.
  • Medium-level technical and analytical skills, including ability to perform simple mathematical calculations.
  • Ability to immediately understand and react to verbal safety commands, audio alarms, and written hazard alerts in English in a manufacturing setting.
  • Proficiency in English to accurately read, interpret, and execute equipment lockout/tagout (LOTO) protocols and machine operation manuals.
  • Sufficient English verbal skills to clearly and immediately report machine malfunctions, near-misses, or unsafe floor conditions to supervisors and team members.
  • Clear, real-time communication and strict adherence to English-language safety signage in the immediate vicinity of fast-moving, heavy automated equipment.
  • Ability to work in a high-temperature, high-humidity area.
  • Pre-employment background check and drug screen required.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and schedule the plant maintenance program.
  • Develop detailed bills of materials for plant equipment and enter them into the CMMS.
  • Develop maintenance routines for wear components, one machine at a time, and enter them into the CMMS.
  • Determine which spare parts should be stocked and organize the storeroom to house them.
  • Set up automatic reordering in the CMMS and order and receive parts as needed.
  • Generate work orders and work packages daily and assist the team with executing them as needed.
  • Manage key performance indicators for the maintenance function.
  • Lead planning for major outages.
  • Understand equipment operations to plan improvements.
  • Work closely with the Maintenance Manager to ensure parts, special tools, and equipment are ready for planned work.
  • Work with the Production Leader to plan and schedule regular overhaul maintenance periods.
  • Work with craft employees to ensure they understand the details in work packages.

About the Company

Lignetics

Converts wood waste into residential pellets

Lignetics converts wood waste into eco-friendly consumer products such as heating pellets, BBQ pellets, animal bedding, and fire logs. Its products are made by compressing wood waste into pellets and logs that people burn for heat, cooking, or other uses, produced at manufacturing plants across the US and Canada. The company differentiates itself by scaling through a strategic roll-up of competitors, becoming the largest residential wood pellet maker in the United States and building a nationwide, multi-plant footprint. Its goal is to grow the business through acquisitions and operational expansion to maintain market leadership in the fragmented wood-pellet industry.

Company size
1-10
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$8M
Headquarters
Louisville, CO
Founded
1983

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