Maintenance Planner

This role owns end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution support for maintenance work, capital and safety projects, and shutdown activity-ensuring the right work happens at the right time, with the right parts, documentation, and budget discipline.

You sit at the intersection of Maintenance, Engineering, Production, Procurement, EHS, and vendors-translating priorities into executable plans, driving work to closure, and building processes that keep a high-volume manufacturing environment safe, efficient, and audit-ready. Scope covers Production Control Maintenance Team operations supporting 40+ technicians across Electrical, Automation, and related crafts.

• Plan, prioritize, and schedule daily, weekend, and shutdown work for Electrical and Automation technicians, sequencing activity around production windows to minimize UPH impact
• Evaluate work requests, inspections, and PM findings; create and release work orders with parts, tools, labor estimates, and clear scope-including follow-up from failures and root-cause analysis
• Partner with leads to balance projects, PMs, and reactive work against staffing, including decisions on what to defer when labor is constrained
• Own holiday and major shutdown packages end-to-end: scope, parts, vendor support, cross-team communication, and execution readiness for large technician crews
• Own budget tracking against team budget code(s); create and manage purchase orders and returns, source and organize quotes, and resolve purchasing issues with Procurement and vendors
• Coordinate with Engineering, Production, EHS, and vendors on priority repairs, installs, and safety/infrastructure projects; brief leadership on PM/work-order health, project status, and priorities
• Build and maintain PM documentation, SOPs, and team standards; promote disciplined CMMS use and audit work/PM execution for accuracy and consistency across shifts and crafts
• Drive closure of EHS tickets and corrective actions; support onboarding, mentoring, and development of leads and technicians. Flexibility for off-shifts, nights, and weekends as needed
• High degree of safety consciousness and active engagement with EHS processes and corrective actions
• Degree in management, engineering, operations, or related field preferred, or equivalent experience (minimum 3 years in manufacturing maintenance, equipment repair, planning/coordination, or operations)
• Proven ability to plan and coordinate maintenance and project work for multi-craft technician teams in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Strong ownership mindset-drive work end-to-end from intake through execution and closure with minimal follow-up
• Comfort managing budgets, purchase orders, returns, and vendor quote packages; ability to partner effectively with Procurement
• Excellent cross-functional communication-align leads, Engineering, Production, and vendors around clear priorities and timelines
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook/Teams) and familiarity with CMMS/maintenance data systems and purchasing/procurement systems
• Ability to create clear documentation (SOPs, PM standards, trackers) others can follow; open-minded self-starter who spots process gaps and drives improvement

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program