Maintenance Scheduler - Decatur, IL

Maintenance Scheduler - Decatur, IL
This is a full time, exempt level position.

Position Summary:
A Maintenance Scheduler is responsible to take a maintenance plan and bring together all the resources needed to complete it. The Scheduling role involves assembling and coordinating with the planner to ensure that the information, people, materials, equipment, along with all the other necessary resources to get the job done

Job Responsibilities:

• Evaluate discretionary work and determine if feasible.
• Schedule appropriate Maintenance work groups coordinating with production leaders to improve labor resources. Group work orders together that can be planned and worked as a single order to minimize planned downtime and prevent multiple LOTO and prep work.
• Confirm priority and date needed/wanted.
• Review validate and document schedule breakers. Initiate schedule breaker work including defining the specific requirements to maintenance/operations supervisor and planners.
• Ensure equipment is ready for maintenance when scheduled.
• Work with planners to review work order backlog and ensure jobs with highest priorities are planned in a timely fashion.
• Ensure scheduling basis includes an appropriate amount of preventative maintenance work versus corrective work and backlog age.
• Review Maintenance schedules to ensure they meet the needs of the production unit.
• Act as liaison between production and Maintenance.
• Maintain strong line of communication on status of completed work orders and findings.
• Supports the Maintenance Planner ensuring that all routine maintenance activities appropriately planned (resources, parts, tooling) and scheduled (with Production and Maintenance) so that the work progresses in a safe, efficient and repeatable manner.
• Reviews work orders for planned work, scheduled start date and released status, ensuring the work orders to meet resource requirements, materials and tooling requirements
• Using Maximo CMMS, properly sequence all work order activities, assets, resource requirements into a daily (24hr) schedule which will be utilized by the day and night shift front line supervisors to facilitate orderly execution of all repair activities.
• Maintain a minimum of a seven-day rolling maintenance scheduled based within the current weekly schedule.
• Update the planner daily on uncompleted work orders requiring rescheduling.
• Prepare monthly report which clearly details schedule compliance, maintaining the historical trend.

• Two-year technical degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Technology is preferred
• Training and experience in industrial electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic applications preferred.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with our CMMS (Maximo)
• Detailed understanding of a Manufacturing Plant Operation and Maintenance.