Maintenance Planner, Facilities

What to Expect
Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Maintenance Planner to support critical facility infrastructure. The Facilities Maintenance team drives operational excellence by developing, standardizing, and executing maintenance strategies that maximize equipment reliability, improve asset performance, and ensure the availability of mission-critical laboratory and facility systems in support of highly innovative research and manufacturing activities.
What You’ll Do

• Plan and schedule preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities across R&D laboratories, pilot production areas, and facility infrastructure to maximize uptime and minimize operational disruption
• Develop, maintain, and optimize maintenance and calibration schedules for critical laboratory equipment and facility systems
• Manage the CMMS work order lifecycle, including planning, prioritization, scheduling, documentation, and closure
• Analyze equipment and facility failures, identify root causes, and support reliability and continuous improvement initiatives
• Generate and maintain maintenance KPIs, backlog reports, schedule compliance metrics, and asset performance dashboards
• Coordinate maintenance resources, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure efficient execution of work
• Maintain spare parts inventory strategies, technical documentation, and compliance with safety and operational requirements

What You’ll Bring

• 2+ years of experience in facilities maintenance planning, scheduling, or maintenance management within R&D, laboratory, manufacturing, semiconductor, biotech, or similar technical environments
• Strong knowledge of facility infrastructure systems, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, compressed air, process utilities, and laboratory support equipment
• Proven experience with CMMS platforms, preventive maintenance programs, asset management, and maintenance planning best practices
• Demonstrated ability to develop KPIs, maintenance reports, asset reliability metrics, and data-driven improvement plans
• Experience managing spare parts programs, contractor coordination, budgeting support, and technical documentation
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Suite, and maintenance reporting tools
• Strong organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment