Also called: Maintenance Coordinator, CMMS Planner
Plans which repairs happen when, and makes sure the parts, tools and people are ready before work starts.
You go through work orders in the maintenance software, order a pump that takes six weeks to arrive and build the schedule for a weekend shutdown down to the hour. When the crew shows up Saturday morning, everything is waiting for them.
Estimated.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Usually several years as a maintenance technician, plus planning training or an associate degree.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 2-year college, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Industrial Maintenance Technology, Industrial Management.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI maintenance software increasingly builds schedules, orders parts and plans work automatically.
Classes: Business class, Algebra II, Computer applications.
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