Maintenance Salaried - Maintenance Scheduler/Planner

Encorr Sheets • Ontario, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Encorr Sheets, an affiliate of Schwarz Partners, is seeking a Maintenance Purchaser/Planner for its corrugated manufacturing facility in Ontario, California. The position handles purchasing for maintenance operations and plans and schedules maintenance work, with limited supervision of technicians. It supports the Plant Engineer and the company’s goal of developing a reliability- and performance-based maintenance department that contributes to plant goals.

The role researches and evaluates suppliers, manages purchasing and vendor relationships, maintains records and inventories, and supports capital equipment purchasing and maintenance spending. It also directs, schedules, and controls plant maintenance functions, including lubrication, and monitors reliability indicators and equipment condition to help prevent downtime. The position requires coordination with accounting, management, maintenance personnel, suppliers, and other company levels.

The work takes place in a manufacturing environment with moving mechanical parts, wet or humid conditions, heat, and usually loud noise. Physical duties include standing, walking, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds. The position requires regular and predictable attendance and may require flexible or extended hours. Compensation includes a competitive base salary and eligibility for a team-based gainshare program of up to 18.5%, based on individual and plant performance.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Possess a high degree of accuracy and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent work ethic, time management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, manuals, and contracts; write routine reports and correspondence; and communicate effectively with all levels of the company, from management to customers.
• Ability to perform the physical demands of the position, including lifting up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Five or more years of corrugated manufacturing experience; listed as optional but preferred.
• Associate or bachelor’s degree.
• Knowledge of the corrugated manufacturing industry process.
• Five or more years of experience in management, inventory, and purchasing.
• Manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate suppliers based on factors including price, quality, service, availability, reliability, and reputation.
• Maintain records for parts, supplies, fixed assets, and manufacturing inventories.
• Prepare purchase orders, solicit bids, and review requisitions for goods and services.
• Keep standard operating procedures current.
• Assist management with capital equipment purchases and manage repair and maintenance spending against the capital budget.
• Negotiate and administer supplier, vendor, and other representative contracts in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Maintain price records and resolve discrepancies.
• Track shipments, follow up on delays or undelivered goods, and ensure goods arrive on time.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods and services with management, users, and vendors and determine corrective action.
• Monitor contract performance and compliance and identify when changes are needed.
• Track purchase orders, receivers, and the accounting checkbook for month-end reconciliation; ensure expenses are recognized in the correct month.
• Coordinate with accounts payable at month end to determine accruals for received or performed purchase orders not yet invoiced.
• Maintain vendor consignment inventories, including manufacturing supply consumables.
• Write and review product specifications and maintain technical knowledge of goods and services purchased.
• Monitor supply and demand changes, market conditions, price trends, and future markets.
• Monitor parts and equipment inventories and support reliable physical assets and operating systems to avoid downtime.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with corporate personnel, management, coworkers, and vendors.
• Direct, schedule, and control plant maintenance functions, including lubrication, to optimize equipment, utilities, and facility efficiency.
• Inform management about price increases, product availability, shortages, and economical alternatives.
• Measure maintenance reliability indicators through condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, training, planning, scheduling, stores, and tool time.
• Perform root cause analysis and help develop solutions to improve plant performance.
• Calculate business and mathematical figures, including discounts, percentages, area, volume, and net present value, and solve practical problems involving varied factors.
• Immediately report equipment that is not functioning properly.
• Collect wastewater and stormwater results and report them for municipal tracking when required.
• Maintain cleanliness of the work area, equipment, and tools.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance and work flexible or extended hours as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary.
• Eligibility for a team-based gainshare program based on individual and plant performance, up to 18.5%.
• The company states that it strives to support employees and their families at work and in life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED