Maintenance Planner Scheduler

Johnson & Johnson•Wilson, NC

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler is part of Johnson & Johnson’s Global Engineering & Technology organization and reports to the Maintenance Systems Manager. The role plans, schedules, and coordinates maintenance work with multifunctional teams, working closely with manufacturing to help maximize asset performance. The position supports a new manufacturing facility expanding production of biologic medicines in oncology, immunology, and neuroscience. The role owns the site maintenance schedule in the CMMS, provides a monthly process-level overview of manufacturing activities, and prepares a detailed schedule one week in advance. It coordinates people, equipment, materials, contractors, and documentation; optimizes resource use; manages planned backlog; and adjusts schedules as priorities or resources change. The position also contributes to maintenance and reliability meetings, plant-schedule problem solving, and project Master Data creation. The position requires a recognized trade qualification, diploma, degree in Engineering, or equivalent relevant technical qualification; at least five years of maintenance utilities experience in manufacturing; and familiarity with regulated manufacturing and planning systems. Travel may increase during startup activities; in steady state, travel is expected to be less than 10%.

Requirements

A minimum of five years of maintenance utilities experience in a manufacturing environment.
A recognized trade qualification, diploma, degree in Engineering, or equivalent qualification in a relevant technical discipline.
Technical background in manufacturing requirements and engineering elements.
Knowledge of cGMPs for maintenance in an FDA-regulated environment.
Working knowledge of bio, pharmaceutical, or chemical processes, utilities, and facilities.
Detail- and goal-oriented approach, teamwork, customer focus, and a thorough understanding of GMPs and regulatory requirements.
Influencing, partnering, collaboration, analytical, conflict-management, risk-management, and critical-thinking skills.
Good oral and written presentation skills.
Planning experience with SAP, Maximo, or an equivalent system.
Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Scientific or technical qualification in mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, or utilities engineering.
Maintenance experience in a GMP-regulated environment.
Experience with Delta V, PLC, and SCADA systems.
People management experience.
Project management experience.
FPX certification, Six Sigma experience, and/or Lean experience.
Experience in greenfield or brownfield GMP manufacturing facility startup, including process systems, automation, utilities, facilities, and operations.

Responsibilities

Own the maintenance schedule in the site CMMS, providing a process-level overview of manufacturing activities with a monthly horizon.
Prepare and communicate detailed maintenance schedules one week in advance, coordinating maintenance and manufacturing personnel and equipment.
Partner with MRO to ensure stock and non-stock supplies and parts are available.
Ensure jobs are walked down and detailed plans are drafted.
Ensure parts are identified and ordered before work is scheduled.
Ensure additional job documentation, such as inspection reports, is entered into the system.
Provide training to contractors and visitors as needed under site training SOPs.
Arrange and schedule third-party contractors for maintenance activities when required.
Optimize schedules to use available resources effectively while minimizing work-in-progress inventory.
Control and minimize planned backlog.
Set priorities and initiate action when process or resource changes require existing schedules to be reevaluated.
Review updated plans with supervisors.
Participate in daily maintenance and reliability meetings.
Work with the team to resolve problems affecting the plant schedule and communicate changes to appropriate parties.
Support Master Data creation during project execution.