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Production Planner VI
Job Description: Position Overview The Facility Maintenance Planner is responsible for planning, preparing, and coordinating all internal facility maintenance work to ensure safe, efficient, and timely execution. This position ensures that all required materials, tools, equipment, permits, documentation, staffing, and schedules are in place prior to work, eliminating unnecessary delays and downtime. As a Production Planner VI, the role applies advanced planning methods, technical knowledge, and practical facility maintenance understanding to create detailed work plans that guide maintenance personnel through repairs, inspections, and infrastructure improvements. This position performs facility inspections, including those conducted by the Project Manager role, and is responsible for documenting findings, identifying maintenance needs, and completing ISR inspection tasks with proper documentation. The Facility Maintenance Planner does not plan subcontractor work but focuses exclusively on internal BAE maintenance activities. Primary Responsibilities • Plans the sequence, scope, and requirements for internal facility maintenance tasks to support daily operational needs and long‑term reliability. • Performs facility inspections including structural, equipment, general facility condition inspections, and additional inspection requirements previously listed under the Project Manager role. • Performs ISR inspections and completes all associated documentation accurately and on time. • Reviews prints, engineering orders, change notices, technical specifications, and permit requirements to develop detailed work plans. • Determines materials, tools, equipment, staffing, PPE, permits, and access needs required for each maintenance job. • Develops work packages and detailed job plans that guide maintenance personnel through safe and efficient execution. • Works within PM.web and the Maintenance Work Order system to plan work, document inspections, track progress, close work orders, and manage planning records. • Estimates job durations accurately and coordinates with the Shutdown Coordinator to schedule required downtime for maintenance tasks. • Attends shutdown planning meetings and ensures all pre-shutdown planning activities are aligned with operational, QSHE, and scheduling requirements. • Serves as the primary liaison between the Facility Maintenance Planner function, the Facility Maintenance Group Leader, and the execution forces. • Coordinates closely with the Facility Maintenance Admin Assistant / PM Coordinator to ensure proper documentation, correct job planning information, and accurate closure of work orders. • Works with schedulers to align maintenance work with production windows, safety constraints, and resource availability. • Ensures all planned work adheres to QSHE policies, procedures, and safety/environmental requirements. • Maintains accurate and organized planning records including schedules, progress reports, inspected asset status, permits, and closure documentation. • Identifies planning gaps, material issues, recurring downtime causes, and develops improved planning strategies and corrective actions. • Communicates job requirements clearly to maintenance personnel, operations, the Group Leader, and the Team Leader. • Supports continuous improvement of maintenance planning practices, documentation quality, and workflow efficiency. • Performs additional planning duties as assigned by the Facility Maintenance Team Leader.
Required Skills and Education: Required Qualifications • Minimum of 5 years general facilities maintenance or equivalent industrial maintenance support experience. • High school diploma or GED required. • Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings, prints, specifications, and technical instructions. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to convey detailed planning requirements clearly. • Highly organized with strong documentation, recordkeeping, and scheduling capabilities. • Proven ability to plan multiple work tasks, coordinate resources, and eliminate downtime through effective preparation. • Knowledge of QSHE requirements, safe work practices, and facility hazard controls. • Experience with Windows-based software, PM.web, and computerized maintenance management systems preferred. • Ability to perform facility inspections involving industrial areas, heights, confined spaces, and varying weather conditions. • Ability to walk, bend, stoop, balance, crawl, and reach during inspection duties. • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds for inspection or planning-related tasks. • Strong collaboration skills with maintenance personnel, schedulers, coordinators, and leadership. Business Justification The Facility Maintenance Planner is essential to ensuring maintenance work is executed safely, efficiently, and with minimal downtime. By thoroughly planning internal maintenance tasks—including materials, tools, permits, inspections, and shutdown timing—the position improves maintenance quality, enhances reliability, reduces operational disruption, and ensures compliance with QSHE expectations. The role provides critical coordination between engineering requirements, planning functions, shutdown scheduling, and maintenance execution, significantly strengthening the facility’s ability to maintain operational readiness and infrastructure integrity.
Preferred Skills and Education: Required Qualifications • Minimum of 5 years general facilities maintenance or equivalent industrial maintenance support experience. • High school diploma or GED required. • Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings, prints, specifications, and technical instructions. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to convey detailed planning requirements clearly. • Highly organized with strong documentation, recordkeeping, and scheduling capabilities. • Proven ability to plan multiple work tasks, coordinate resources, and eliminate downtime through effective preparation. • Knowledge of QSHE requirements, safe work practices, and facility hazard controls. • Experience with Windows-based software, PM.web, and computerized maintenance management systems preferred. • Ability to perform facility inspections involving industrial areas, heights, confined spaces, and varying weather conditions. • Ability to walk, bend, stoop, balance, crawl, and reach during inspection duties. • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds for inspection or planning-related tasks. • Strong collaboration skills with maintenance personnel, schedulers, coordinators, and leadership. Business Justification The Facility Maintenance Planner is essential to ensuring maintenance work is executed safely, efficiently, and with minimal downtime. By thoroughly planning internal maintenance tasks—including materials, tools, permits, inspections, and shutdown timing—the position improves maintenance quality, enhances reliability, reduces operational disruption, and ensures compliance with QSHE expectations. The role provides critical coordination between engineering requirements, planning functions, shutdown scheduling, and maintenance execution, significantly strengthening the facility’s ability to maintain operational readiness and infrastructure integrity.
About BAE Systems, Inc.: BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.
Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Benefits Information: Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
Intern Benefits: Temporary employees generally are not eligible for BAE Systems benefits, but can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan. Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits, the employee assistance program, and business travel accident insurance.
Please note: Some benefits may be different for union employees that are governed by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or for positions covered by a wage law called the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).