Maintenance Scheduler - Hot Mill

Novelis Bay Minette Manufacturing Facility • Bay Minette, AL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Novelis is seeking Maintenance Schedulers for its Bay Minette, Alabama facility. The Maintenance Scheduler plans and schedules maintenance work for electricians, mechanics, and contractors, collaborating with Maintenance Leaders, Reliability Planners, and schedulers in other areas to develop schedules for maintenance and expense project work. The role also provides materials, drawings, work orders, schedules, instructions, and maintenance manuals as needed.

The Scheduler manages the maintenance backlog, coordinates workforce and shared resources, develops short- and long-range schedules including outage Gantt charts, and communicates schedules to operations, maintenance leaders, and engineers. The position routinely requires work before and after standard hours, particularly on shutdown days, typically one to two days per week.

The role is based at Novelis’ Bay Minette facility, a newly announced rolling and recycling facility expected to create approximately 1,000 advanced manufacturing careers. Novelis serves customers in the beverage can and automotive markets and describes its workplace culture as collaborative and grounded in its cultural beliefs: Be Authentic, Say Anything, Be Open, and Built Trust.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or five years of industrial experience.
• Previous experience with SAP and ability to learn SAP-specific transaction requirements.
• Ability to work with operations, maintenance, engineering, other departments, and leadership at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated passion for getting the right maintenance work done at the right time.
• Ability to follow standard procedures for the scheduling process.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all subject areas in the department.
• Communication and organizational skills.
• Experience with Excel.
• Public speaking skills for holding meetings.
• Ability to meet the stated physical requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Able and willing to work at heights.

Nice To Haves

• Five or more years of department-specific experience in maintenance, engineering, or operations.
• Two-year degree in a related field.
• General mechanical or electrical experience.

Responsibilities

• Embrace the Novelis Safety Absolutes and cultural beliefs: Be Authentic, Say Anything, Be Open, and Built Trust.
• Own all maintenance work in the schedulers’ backlog and continuously improve work-management metrics.
• Reconcile uptime and downtime work orders in collaboration with appropriate maintenance supervisors.
• Assist crew leaders and associate leaders in identifying maintenance work to fill production holes.
• Report metrics as requested.
• Develop and coordinate Gantt chart schedules for semi-annual and annual outages.
• Determine workforce availability and identify resource gaps for required work.
• Conduct schedule review meetings with operations, engineers, and maintenance coordinators or crew leaders.
• Develop rough schedules at least two weeks in advance and identify required labor hours.
• Review the backlog and assign priorities based on equipment service needs and the nature of the work.
• Coordinate shared resources with other manufacturing maintenance departments and central maintenance to support plant priorities.
• Communicate draft and final maintenance schedules to operations, maintenance leaders and associates, and engineers as required.
• Develop and publish final maintenance schedules and print work orders at least one weekday in advance of a down day.
• Routinely work before and after standard hours, particularly on shutdown days, typically one to two days a week.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 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 a private exchange.
• Employee assistance programs available 24/7 to employees and their families.
• Career development and educational assistance through Wellness and Work Life Support.

What This Job Offers

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