Maintenance Scheduler - Central Services

Novelis Bay Minette Manufacturing Facility•Bay Minette, AL

About The Position

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents. The Novelis Bay Minette, AL team is seeking Maintenance Schedulers to work in the Bay Minette facility. The responsibility of the Maintenance Scheduler requires the planning and scheduling of maintenance jobs for electricians and mechanics, as well as contractors. The Scheduler also works directly with Maintenance Leaders, Reliability Planners, and Schedulers in other areas to plan and develop schedules for maintenance and expense project work. In addition, the Scheduler provides materials, drawings, work orders, work schedules, instructions, and maintenance manuals as required. A primary responsibility of this position is administering and coordinating the maintenance workflow. This will be accomplished through the use of improved preventive and predictive maintenance techniques and improved maintenance work plans. The Scheduler must work closely with all plant maintenance personnel to ensure maintenance activities are completed as planned and the equipment operates in a reliable manner.

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)
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.
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

Nice To Haves

2 Year Degree in a related field
SAP experience
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)

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

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