Maintenance Planner / Scheduler

United Rolls•Canton, OH

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler plans, schedules, coordinates, and monitors preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance for United Rolls, Inc.’s foundry and machine shop operations. The role supports equipment reliability, uptime, and efficiency by developing work plans, managing maintenance schedules, coordinating resources, and contributing to continuous improvement. It works closely with maintenance technicians, production supervisors, foundry managers, machine shop supervisors, Purchasing, and Operations leadership to minimize downtime and maintain critical manufacturing assets used to produce iron spun cast rolls. The position develops maintenance plans and schedules, coordinates work with production, supports reliability-centered maintenance and root cause investigations, and helps manage maintenance parts and materials. It plans work for a range of foundry and machine shop equipment, supports safety and regulatory compliance, and contributes to Lean Manufacturing and predictive maintenance initiatives. Success is measured through maintenance schedule compliance, preventive maintenance completion, unplanned downtime reduction, equipment availability, backlog management, spare-parts inventory accuracy, cost and budget adherence, safety performance, and completed reliability improvements.

Requirements

Minimum 3–5 years of industrial maintenance experience in a heavy manufacturing environment.
Associate degree in Industrial Maintenance, Mechanical Technology, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Technology, or a related field is preferred; an equivalent combination of education and maintenance planning experience will be considered.
Knowledge of industrial mechanical systems, hydraulics and pneumatics, industrial electrical systems, PLC-controlled equipment, bearings, gearboxes, and rotating equipment.
Knowledge of welding and fabrication processes, CMMS software, preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.
Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and Outlook, and CMMS systems to develop reports, schedules, and maintenance metrics.
Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to heat, noise, dust, vibration, and moving machinery; walk throughout foundry and machine shop facilities daily; climb stairs and ladders and access elevated work areas; occasionally lift up to 40 pounds; and wear required PPE.
Planning and organization, mechanical aptitude, problem solving and root cause analysis, communication, attention to detail, time management, project coordination, teamwork, data analysis, decision making, and safety leadership.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of maintenance planning, scheduling, or reliability experience.
Experience in foundry, steel, machining, metals manufacturing, or similar industrial operations.
Lean Manufacturing experience.
Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Predictive Maintenance certification.
Experience with foundry operations and molten metal processes.
Experience with machine shop processes.

Responsibilities

Develop detailed maintenance work plans, including labor, materials, tools, permits, and equipment requirements.
Review and prioritize maintenance work requests based on safety, production impact, equipment criticality, and operational needs.
Create job plans and standard procedures for recurring maintenance tasks, and maintain records in the CMMS.
Build and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
Develop weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance schedules and coordinate work with production schedules.
Schedule major equipment shutdowns, planned outages, and annual maintenance projects; monitor compliance and adjust priorities as needed.
Conduct weekly scheduling meetings with maintenance and production personnel.
Support reliability-centered maintenance initiatives, analyze equipment failures and maintenance history, recommend changes to maintenance frequencies and procedures, and assist with root cause failure analysis.
Track MTBF, MTTR, schedule compliance, equipment availability, and maintenance backlog.
Coordinate with Purchasing and Stores to ensure maintenance parts and materials are available; maintain critical spare-parts lists and assist with MRO inventory management and stocking strategies.
Coordinate maintenance planning for foundry equipment, including furnaces, pouring systems, dust collection, sand handling, mold preparation, shot blast machines, cranes and hoists, cooling systems, and compressed air systems.
Coordinate maintenance planning for machine shop equipment, including lathes, boring mills, milling and grinding equipment, heat-treating equipment, hydraulic systems, material-handling equipment, robotics and automation, and coolant and lubrication systems.
Ensure maintenance work plans comply with OSHA regulations and company safety requirements; support LOTO procedures and coordinate contractor safety requirements and permits.
Participate in safety audits and continuous improvement initiatives and assist with environmental and regulatory compliance activities.
Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency and support vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and ultrasonic inspections.
Develop and maintain equipment documentation and maintenance procedures.
Support safe, reliable, and efficient production of high-quality iron spun cast rolls in alignment with the company’s quality, safety, and continuous improvement commitments.