Maintenance Scheduler/Planner

MANN+HUMMEL•Gastonia, ME

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Scheduler/Planner is based at the Allen Plant in Gastonia, North Carolina. This role schedules and aligns maintenance and engineering work, coordinates contractor services, and works with plant teams to schedule internal project work. The position also documents, tracks, and handles invoices for parts and services, and supports work-order system projects and priority work planning. The Scheduler/Planner works with technical teams, production, procurement, vendors, contractors, corporate functions, and the PM coordinator to support maintenance, engineering, and facility activities. The role helps improve work-order and priority tracking, maintain work plans for off-shift, overtime, project, and shutdown work, and improve preventive-maintenance scheduling processes.

Requirements

An associate degree in a technical discipline and 3 years of experience in a manufacturing scheduling setting, or a high school diploma/GED and at least 7 years of directly related Maintenance Scheduler work experience.
Proficiency in SAP and the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
Previous high-level interaction and accountability working with manufacturing supervisors and managers in a fast-paced production environment.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with attention to detail-oriented record keeping and planning.
Strong accountability and self-motivation.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong organizational skills.
Strong critical-thinking skills and an innovative, out-of-the-box mindset.

Nice To Haves

CMP (Certified Maintenance Planner) certification.
General mechanical aptitude.

Responsibilities

Work with technical teams and production to schedule services and projects.
Manage work orders for plant production equipment and project requests from operations.
Support maintenance in deploying a new work-order system and documenting maintenance KPIs.
Foster, develop, and maintain vendor relationships with service contractors.
Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through designated channels when problems arise.
Work directly with procurement on invoice issues, part orders, and customer-service issues for maintenance and engineering teams.
Help establish improved work-order and priority tracking and accountability across Allen Plant teams.
Interact with corporate functions regarding regulatory compliance for inspections, cleanings, services, and training for the plant and maintenance group.
Maintain up-to-date work plans for off-shift, overtime, project, and shutdown work.
Work with the PM coordinator to develop value-added preventive-maintenance activities and automated workflow improvements to the PM scheduling process.
Coordinate proactively with vendors and contractors through direct communication, including phone calls and timely follow-up, to confirm schedules, expedite work, and support maintenance and facility projects while balancing competing priorities.