Maintenance Scheduler - Cold Mill

Novelis • Bay Minette, AL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Novelis is a global leader in aluminum recycling and rolling, providing sustainable aluminum solutions for aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging, and specialty markets. With approximately 13,000 employees across 32 operating facilities on 4 continents, Novelis is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The Bay Minette, AL team is seeking Maintenance Schedulers to plan and schedule maintenance jobs for electricians, mechanics, and contractors. The Scheduler will collaborate with Maintenance Leaders, Reliability Planners, and other Schedulers to develop schedules for maintenance and expense project work. This role involves providing necessary materials, drawings, work orders, schedules, instructions, and maintenance manuals. A key responsibility is administering and coordinating the maintenance workflow through improved preventive and predictive maintenance techniques and work plans, ensuring maintenance activities are completed as planned and equipment operates reliably.

Requirements

• HS Diploma/GED or 5 yrs industrial experience required
• Ability to work with operations, maintenance, engineering, other departments, and leadership (all levels of the organization)
• Ability to learn SAP specific transaction requirements
• Ability to follow standard procedures on scheduling process
• Ability to communicate effectively across all subject areas in the department
• Communication and organization skills
• Experience with excel
• Public speaking skills for holding meetings
• SAP experience

Nice To Haves

• Department specific experience in maintenance, engineering, or operations (5 or more years preferred).
• Demonstrated passion for getting the right maintenance work done at the right time.
• 2 Year Degree in a related field
• General mechanical/electrical experience

Responsibilities

• Embrace the Novelis Safety Absolutes to build a zero-injury culture and the Novelis cultural beliefs of Be Authentic, Say Anything, Be Open and Built Trust
• Own all maintenance work in schedulers' backlog and continuously work towards improving work management metrics
• Work with department resources to ensure rebuild work orders have clear direction on what repair is needed and are scheduled for repair (internal and external)
• Acquire initial work order labor estimates
• Reconcile all work orders from uptime and downtime, working with appropriate crew leaders and associate leaders from maintenance
• Assist crew leaders and associate leaders in finding the right maintenance work to fill production holes.
• Develop and maintain uptime, down day, and major/minor shutdown maintenance schedules (load leveled to available resources)
• Report metrics as requested.
• Develop a working understanding of the equipment within the department to facilitate the scheduling process.
• Develop and coordinate Gantt chart schedules for semi-annual and annual outages.
• Determine workforce availability and identify resource gaps for accomplishing required work
• Process notifications into work orders (using minimal scheduling steps)
• Conduct schedule review meeting with operations, engineers and maintenance coordinators / crew leaders
• Set and maintain accurate status and coding of work orders
• Develop rough schedule at least 2 weeks in advance with required labor hours identified
• Conduct backlog review and prioritization meetings with Engineers, Coordinators, Operations
• Coordinate shared resource needs with other manufacturing maintenance departments and central maintenance to support plant priorities and needs
• Communicate maintenance schedules (draft and final) with operations, maintenance leaders (incl. associates), and engineers as required
• Develop and publish final maintenance schedules and print work orders (min. 1 weekday in advance for down day)
• Adhere to and support company quality, environmental, health & safety, and certification standards, including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, IATF 16949:2016, and ASI Certifications, where applicable.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
• 401(k) savings plan with company match
• Retirement savings plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through private exchange
• Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
• Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance

What This Job Offers

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