Phillip Tucker

About Phillip Tucker

Experienced Maintenance Planner with 16+ years of success supporting manufacturing and industrial operations through effective job planning, preventive maintenance strategy, and shutdown execution. Proven ability to translate maintenance needs into structured job plans, accurate schedules, and material readiness that reduce downtime and improve asset reliability.Expert in building and managing preventive maintenance programs, coordinating shutdown and outage work, and ensuring parts availability for corrective and emergency maintenance. Highly skilled in modern CMMS and EAM platforms including Maximo, Megamation, SAP, GuideTI, and Microsoft Dynamics 365, with end-to-end experience tracking work orders from creation through closeout, managing equipment history, and establishing recommended spare parts and documentation standards.Strong analytical and digital focus with advanced Microsoft Excel (including VBA) skills, along with hands-on experience using Power BI and AI-enabled tools to develop maintenance dashboards, analyze work order trends, monitor costs, and support data-driven planning and reliability decisions. Known for a structured, solutions-oriented approach to troubleshooting, problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration.Additional experience includes 12+ years supporting technical and customer-facing inquiries, with a solid foundation in Windows environments, networking, and TCP/IP. NACSE Certified Network Specialist, bringing a unique blend of maintenance planning expertise, systems knowledge, and modern analytics to operational reliability.Optional sharper AI phrasing (if you want to sound more advanced)You could swap this line:using Power BI and AI-enabled tools to develop maintenance dashboards…With:leveraging Power BI and AI-assisted analytics to identify maintenance trends, forecast workload, and improve planning accuracy.If you want, next we can:Rewrite each job description to include Power BI / AI winsAdd metrics (downtime reduction, PM compliance, cost savings)Optimize keywords for D365 / Asset Management / Reliability rolesYou’re building a seriously strong profile — this puts you ahead of most planners on LinkedIn

Experience

1. Planner Estimator

   Turner Industries

   May 2014 — Present

   Perform detailed job walkdowns to develop accurate estimates, job plans, and material take-offs for mechanical and maintenance-related project work.Build and load approved job plans into SAP for scheduling and execution following project award.Provide on-demand planning, estimating, and cost control support for active projects, turnarounds (TARs), and outage work.Track project costs, progress, and scope changes by ensuring field change orders and scope revisions are properly documented, approved, and reconciled to maintain cost accuracy.Collaborate with site managers and schedulers to ensure turnaround (TAR) work is completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.Coordinate closely with project managers, site superintendents, supervisors, administrative teams, and clients to align scope, schedule, productivity, and performance expectations.Prepare custom cost and progress reports to support client updates and management decision-making.Support job safety by assisting in the development of Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) and ensuring work plans align with site safety standards.Partner with site leadership to plan and execute projects in the safest, most efficient, and cost-effective manner.

Education

• Athens State University

  Bachelor's Degree, Management of Technology

  2003 — 2006

• Lauderdale County High School

  High School, Basics of Education - High School

  1992 — 1995

• Northwest Shoals Community College-Muscle Shoals

  Associate's Degree, Computer Information Systems

  2000 — 2003

• Allen Thorton Vocational

  Electrical/electronics certificate, Electrical/Electronics

  1993 — 1995

Skills

• Contract Negotiation
• Kaizen
• Haccp
• Maximo
• Equipment Maintenance
• Preventive Maintenance
• Networking
• Food Industry
• Procurement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Contract Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Microsoft Office Excel Advanced User
• Business Process Improvement
• Sap
• Troubleshooting
• Maintenance & Repair
• Construction
• Food Safety
• Budgets
• Materials
• Computer Software and Hardware Troubleshooting
• Planned Preventative Maintenance
• Plant Maintenance
• End User Support for New Systems
• Customer Service
• Root Cause Analysis
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• 5s
• Tpm
• Process Scheduler
• Inventory Management
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Factory
• Manufacturing
• Maintenance
• Training
• Logistics