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Paint Maintenance Planner

GM


Job Location:

Kansas City, MO - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 16 August 2026 (20 days ago)
Application Deadline: 13 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

The Role

The Paint Maintenance Planner coordinates and prepares maintenance work so paint department equipment and facilities can operate safely reliably and efficiently. This role develops job plans schedules planned work improves preventive-maintenance effectiveness coordinates parts and resources and supports maintenance leadership with accurate work-order information and performance reporting.

The planner works closely with maintenance group leaders skilled trades operations manufacturing engineering safety quality purchasing stores suppliers and contractors. The role helps convert equipment needs into executable work that improves safety uptime throughput quality cost and environmental performance.

What Youll Do

  • Review maintenance requests equipment issues inspection findings and preventive-maintenance requirements for the paint department.

  • Develop complete work packages that define the scope sequence labor requirements skills tools materials permits safety controls and estimated duration for planned work.

  • Create update and monitor work orders job plans preventive-maintenance tasks routes and equipment records in the computerized maintenance-management system.

  • Prioritize maintenance work with department leadership based on safety regulatory requirements equipment criticality production impact quality risk and available resources.

  • Coordinate daily and weekly maintenance planning with maintenance group leaders skilled trades operations manufacturing engineering and other affected departments.

  • Plan shutdown weekend outage and major repair activities including work sequencing contractor coordination material readiness and schedule tracking.

  • Confirm that required parts tools equipment drawings procedures permits and technical support are available before work is scheduled.

  • Partner with stores and purchasing to identify replacement parts establish appropriate stocking levels resolve material shortages and support point-of-use availability.

  • Review equipment history recurring failures backlog downtime preventive-maintenance compliance and other maintenance data to identify improvement opportunities.

  • Support root-cause investigations and develop corrective actions that reduce repeat failures and improve equipment reliability.

  • Coordinate with suppliers and contractors on estimates scope site access safety requirements work execution and closeout documentation.

  • Support maintenance work involving paint process equipment conveyors robots pumps fans ovens booths pretreatment electrocoat sealer material systems utilities controls and environmental equipment.

  • Verify that completed work orders contain accurate labor parts failure information follow-up actions and technical documentation.

  • Maintain current equipment records bills of material preventive-maintenance procedures inspection routes drawings manuals and maintenance standards.

  • Participate in maintenance priority meetings shutdown reviews equipment buyoffs reliability reviews and continuous-improvement activities.

  • Support safe work planning including lockout energy-control requirements confined-space or hot-work planning when applicable pre-task planning and required permits.

  • Prepare and communicate maintenance schedules backlog reports project updates risks and completion status to department leadership.

  • Help develop and maintain standardized work for maintenance planning and improve the quality timeliness and execution of planned work.

Your Skills & Abilities

  • Experience in maintenance maintenance planning scheduling manufacturing engineering facilities or industrial operations.

  • Working knowledge of preventive maintenance predictive maintenance corrective maintenance work-order management and equipment reliability practices.

  • Ability to read and interpret equipment manuals maintenance procedures technical drawings electrical schematics and bills of material.

  • Ability to work effectively with skilled trades maintenance leadership production engineering suppliers and contractors.

  • Strong organization prioritization communication and follow-through skills.

  • Ability to work effectively with skilled trades maintenance leadership production engineering suppliers and contractors.

  • Commitment to safe work practices environmental compliance and continuous improvement.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge

  • Associate or bachelors degree in engineering maintenance manufacturing industrial technology or a related field is preferred.

  • Experience in an automotive manufacturing or paint shop environment.

  • Experience planning maintenance for conveyors pumps motors drives ovens booths robots process systems utilities or environmental equipment.

  • Experience with Maximo or another computerized maintenance-management system including work-order reporting job plans preventive-maintenance schedules asset records and bills of material.

  • Knowledge of maintenance shutdown planning contractor management equipment buyoffs and production-support activities.

  • Familiarity with reliability-centered maintenance total productive maintenance failure-mode analysis root-cause problem solving and lean manufacturing.

  • Knowledge of lockout energy-control requirements pre-task planning hazard recognition and plant safety systems.

  • Ability to develop clear job plans and estimate labor materials tools equipment and work duration.

  • Experience using a computerized maintenance-management system or comparable work-order system.

  • Experience using Microsoft Office maintenance reporting tools equipment history downtime data or dashboard applications.

  • Technical experience with mechanical electrical controls pipefitting millwright or industrial equipment systems.

  • Ability to manage UAW employees

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g. H1-B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc). This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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