Maintenance Scheduler Planner

Lightera•Norcross, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Scheduler will promote Safety, Quality, and Reliability, (SQR) in all activities conducted by the maintenance department. The primary role of the Maintenance Planner/Scheduler is to improve work force productivity and work quality by eliminating potential delays and obstacles through proper planning and coordination of labor, parts and materials. This role is responsible for planning and scheduling all maintenance work being performed within all areas. All records and files will be maintained to permit meaningful analysis and reporting of work done.

Requirements

Mechanical/Electrical background necessary and tech school background desired.
3 plus years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
Experience with materials characterization techniques
Must enjoy hands-on work
Ability to multi-task and adjust priorities based on needs of the business
Proficient in basic computer functions (Office, web)
Excellent communication, time-management, and documentation skills
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future. The company does not provide visa sponsorship or any immigration support (including STEM OPT training plan) for this position

Responsibilities

Reports to the Maintenance Manager who is the principal contact and liaison between the maintenance department and the production department.
The planner receives all work order requests from the requesting areas. All work order requests are reviewed and screened to ensure the work scope is clearly described. Apply realistic priority and provide practical lead-time, cost and other coding is complete and accurate.
Creates a properly filled out work order for all needed or approved work order request. If need is questioned and not readily resolved with requesting department, refers the work order request to the Maintenance Manager for approval.
Examine unplanned work orders and determine best way to accomplish the work. Consults with the Maintenance Manager when necessary.
Obtains blueprints, drawing, instructional manuals, and special procedures, as needed, from files or job packets to clarify the intent of the work order.
Works closely with the Parts coordinator for timely delivery of parts & equipment.
Identifies and obtains determinable materials, entering material needs on the work order.
Ensuring safety needs are given a top priority in work planning.
Estimates each work order showing sequence of steps, the number of trades and required labor-hours for each step. List any special tools or equipment.
Estimates cost for each work order in terms of direct labor, materials required and total cost.
Maintains backlog of work orders awaiting scheduling (Ready) and unplanned work orders (Hold), which also have delay codes entered on work order.
Once a job is planned and estimated, prior to scheduling, the Planner verifies the availability of parts, materials and special tools required for its executions.
Have complete knowledge of PM workload to better schedule work orders.
Develops a maintenance work schedule from the backlog files of the ready work orders, selects a group of work orders with labor requirements matching the capability of the identified work force, considering any work carry over from jobs previously scheduled. Identifies any known skill requirements. Allocates labor and coordinates these requirements through Maintenance Supervisor and Maintenance Manager.
In the selection of jobs for scheduling, meeting the deadlines established by the requesting department and maintaining the preventive maintenance schedule is essential. If any work orders cannot be scheduled within the prescribed priority lead time, the requesting department management and the requester are promptly notified so that appropriate action can be taken to get the work done in a satisfactory and timely manner.
Conducts weekly meetings with the Maintenance Manager, Production & Process owner and participates in the overall plant scheduling of the following week’s work and helps negotiates for downtime windows during which preventive and corrective maintenance can be performed.
Finalized the Maintenance Work Schedule and the PM Work Schedule by Thursday at 1:00 pm, ensuring that the work scheduled balance with the man-hours available so that a full day’s work is provided to each person.
For firm work schedules, coordinates the checkout and staging of all predetermined parts, materials and special tools and ensures that the equipment to be worked on will be available and ready.
Issues approved schedules together with relevant work orders and other planning documents to the Maintenance Manager. All work orders except emergencies come through the planner.
Discusses planning packages as necessary with special instructions or considerations to be observed in the execution of the jobs and reviews new jobs coming up in the future.
Follows up to ensure the completed schedules and work orders are returned at the proper time. Carefully reviews completed schedules and corresponding work orders submitted by the Maintenance Manager and monitors work order progress for any reports necessary.
Provides all documents for reporting and/or closeout.
Promote the conservation of energy and resources.
Maintains a ready package of schedulable work orders which require equipment to be shut down so that some or all of them can be performed in the event of an unscheduled shutdown of that equipment. These unscheduled shutdown work orders are prepared, reviewed, and updated weekly.
Develops a file of standard work orders (plans) for regularly recurring repair jobs, based on historical experience, to simplify the planning process.
Review the actual labor expended versus estimated labor and materials used for completed jobs, in order to determine corrective measures needed to improve the accuracy of estimating and improving methods of doing work.
Keeps the Maintenance Manager properly informed on all abnormal or critical situations and seeks advice on matters outside of the planner’s knowledge or authority.
Making recommendations for system improvement
Maintains necessary records and files and prepares and distributes meaningful and accurate control reports.
Performs other tasks and special assignments as requested by the Maintenance Manager.