Maintenance Planner/Scheduler

Advanced Technology Services•Newark, NJ

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1985, ATS is a company with a presence in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. We are professionals in Industrial Maintenance and we make factories run better. This role involves evaluating non-emergency work requests, developing scopes of work, estimating labor and materials, gathering technical documentation, maintaining an organized and prioritized work order backlog, employing continuous improvement processes for job plans, conducting weekly planning and scheduling meetings with Production, creating weekly technician schedules, improving work order planning and scheduling effectiveness, maintaining records for analysis, and training site employees on CMMS to ensure its integrity and utilization.

Requirements

Associate Degree required in a technical field with 1-3 years of maintenance scheduling / planning experience and/or 5 – 10 years as a machine repair technician, or equivalent combination of both
Familiar with industrial manufacturing environment
Electrical/mechanical aptitude
Proficiency with computers, maintenance systems, and applications including Microsoft Office
Excellent verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships

Nice To Haves

Desire to develop leadership attributes
Experience in job plan development, job scheduling, and work execution
Project management and capital project experience preferred
CMRP certification
Green Belt certification
STS certification

Responsibilities

Evaluates non-emergency work requests, develops scope of work, and inspects job location to determine job requirements.
Estimates labor hours, skillsets, parts, materials, equipment and special tools required to complete proactive jobs in a safe and efficient manner.
Gathers relevant technical documentation such as drawings, schematics, specifications, spare parts lists from equipment histories, OEM manuals and the Knowledgebase system. Verifies the availability of parts prior to scheduling the job. Arrange for special tools and auxiliary equipment when required.
Maintains an organized and prioritized work order backlog to determine the next highest priority jobs to be planned next and maintains the Ready Backlog at or above 80%.
Employs the continuous improvement process to update Job Plans for accuracy and effectiveness.
Conducts weekly planning & scheduling meetings with Production to determine work order priorities, communicate work order status and alter planned maintenance activities if necessary.
Creates a Weekly Technician Schedule that includes priority planned jobs and preventative maintenance tasks that utilize 100% of the available technician labor hours.
Improves work order planning and scheduling effectiveness through the review process and use of the maintenance metrics.
Maintains records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance related matters.
Trains site employees on CMMS and ensures that it is working with integrity and is being utilized.