Maintenance Piping Planner

Company: CF Industries
Location: Yazoo City
Posted on: February 22, 2026

Job Description:

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy. Function: Maintenance Job Summary: This position is accountable for providing technical/maintenance planning support to the maintenance piping department. The Maintenance Piping Planner is responsible for planning daily maintenance and long-term project work correctly and efficiently. The Maintenance Piping Planner will work in the plants Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) system to plan jobs for execution by the maintenance technicians, which includes preparing job packages, and ordering parts for the specific job. Other tasks include analyzing a technical problem, field checking, specifying applicable equipment, developing cost and scheduling estimates. The Maintenance Planner is responsible for ensuring design safety by incorporating CF standards, government codes, and sound engineering design practices. Job Description: Key Job Elements: • Orderly flow of the work order system ensuring work requested by the customer is completed on a timely basis. • Plans all non-emergency work orders in a timely manner with Production and Maintenance Supervision. • Work with Procurement, Engineering and outside suppliers as required to order non-stock parts and materials required to complete task and lists them in the work order plan. • Maintaining equipment records, such as Bills of Material and specification sheets, within the CMMS. • Maintaining, and updating as necessary, a Preventative Maintenance (PM) program. • Monitors PM completion efficiency and backlog and recommends actions to maintain completion compliance. • Participate in planning detailed shutdown and turnaround work. • Develops a plan for completion of all the work orders, including an estimate of the labor required and a listing of the parts or materials needed. • Specifies and reserves the stock materials necessary for completion of the job and lists in the job plan. • Specifies tools and special equipment necessary for completion of the work order. • Completes the job plan and forwards the work order & work package to the Maintenance Scheduler for scheduling. • Assist the Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Technicians, Engineering, and outside contractors during job execution as necessary. • Works with Production, Engineering, and Maintenance to coordinate installation, maintenance, enhancement and upgrade of the plant systems. • Assist maintenance technicians and plant operations as necessary to troubleshoot plant equipment. • Helps develop the criteria for preventative maintenance frequencies in conjunction with the Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Engineer, and Maintenance Supervisor. • Prepares job summaries for entry into the equipment history files. • Monitors equipment history for frequent failures or for excessive repair costs. • Ensures that the Management of Change (MOC) in maintenance procedures and operating procedures, that are a result of modifying current equipment or a new installation, are communicated with other departments. • Monitors new technology for ideas to reduce cost and improve plant on-stream time. • Maintains close communication with all levels of supervision. • Ensures that proper safety procedures are referenced appropriately on all planned jobs. • Understands and complies with established departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal controls efforts. Identifies and brings to the attention of department management internal controls deficiencies. • Support site EHS activities through compliance with all environmental, health and safety policies/procedures, and through active participation in EHS programs and initiatives. • Support the initiatives of continuous improvement through teamwork and the application of the quality planning and improvement principles. • Knowledgeable in all chemical industry refractory work scope planning and field coordination. Position Requirements: • Two years of college, an AA degree, or 5 years working experience as a maintenance technician in an industrial chemical setting. Previous planning or supervisor experience is preferred. • Solid communication skills including the ability to effectively converse, compose written documents and interact effectively with peers and supervisors. • Strong analytical, troubleshooting and decision-making skills • Strong knowledge of industrial equipment and environmental, health and safety policies/procedures. • Strong knowledge of PC software applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook and able to adapt to CMMS system and other planning tools, including Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. • Results oriented and initiative • Good interpersonal skills combined with the ability to work as a team player. • Must be able to climb towers, enter confined spaces and have the ability to lift 50 lbs. • Able to identify needs and opportunity and work independently to achieve goals • Ability to provide directions to and work with others to achieve the desired outcomes • Requires being capable of handling several projects and support activities simultaneously • Requires attention to detail and strong organizational skills • Be able to build and present presentations using Power Point and present to the Management Team as needed. • Be Safety minded FMLA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmlaen.pdf Employee Polygraph Protection Act https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf Employees in Canada can learn more about their rights by viewing the "Canadian Human Rights Act". If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity at CF Industries, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please call 847-405-2400 or contact us at talentacquisition@cfindustries.com . JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK

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