Maintenance Planner, Energy
Tesla
Sparks, Nevada Posted October 26, 2026
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Job Description
Description:
The Maintenance Planner plays a critical role in ensuring equipment reliability and uptime by planning, coordinating, and scheduling preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities. This role serves as a central point of contact between production, maintenance teams, and support functions to ensure all planned downtime activities are executed safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact to operations. The schedule for this position will be 12:00PM - 10:00PM; Monday - Friday.
Responsibilities:
Convert reactive events to PMs and PdMs to maximize equipment reliability and reduce waste. Perform regular audits to ensure task integrity and identify improvements
Participate in weekly planning meetings to align upcoming work and resolve scheduling conflicts. Collaborate with technicians and supervisors to maintain work plan visibility and status updates
Ensure all job plans and activities include required safety and compliance protocols (LOTO, PPE, Arc Flash, ISO9001 etc.)
Break down work orders into executable tasks, including estimated labor hours, tools, safety requirements, materials, and sequence of operations
Partner with Technicians to improve the CMMS data set through record keeping best practices and process optimization. Partner with reliability engineers and supervisors to analyze downtime and identify failure patterns
Maintain user data and ensure users are onboarded and offboarded promptly as required Calculate and monitor technician utilization metrics and communicate labor requirements to management
Other duties as assigned by the M2 and M3 Managers
Requirements:
3+ years of experience in maintenance planning or high-volume manufacturing environments
Strong understanding of maintenance best practices: PMs, PdMs, TPM, backlog management, and reliability-centered maintenance
Proficient with CMMS software, MES, inventory systems, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)
Technical familiarity with equipment such as precision motion systems, pneumatic systems, vision systems, servo motors, and basic PLC-based automation
Working knowledge of safety practices and standards (LOTO, NFPA70E, 5S, etc.)
Must have command of the English language, both written and verbal
Compensation & Benefits:
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
Required Skills
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