Maintenance Scheduler/Planner

Responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance activities to optimize labour, materials, parts, and equipment availability. Partners with Operations and Maintenance to prioritize work, manage preventive maintenance and work-order backlogs, maintain CMMS data, and improve equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency.

Responsibilities

Plan, prioritize, and schedule maintenance work to maximize available labor and minimize delays, coordinating resources, materials, parts, contractors, and equipment access; Review and prioritize work requests, convert requests into planned work orders, manage short- and long-term backlog, and use completed work-order feedback to improve future planning; Develop and optimize preventive maintenance programs using OEM recommendations, root-cause analysis, and maintenance team learnings; Serve as the CMMS Super User, maintain asset hierarchy and critical-asset BOM information, and train other team members on the system; Provide guidance to maintenance personnel and contractors during planned downtime, PM activities, work orders, and machine-specific maintenance activities; Act as a liaison between Operations and Maintenance and lead the weekly Maintenance Scheduling Meeting; Support parts acquisition, MRO inventory management, and organization; Back up the MRO Buyer for issuing POs during vacation; Estimate labour, material, and contractor costs; identify cost-saving opportunities; analyze maintenance costs; and recommend corrective actions when appropriate; Create and track maintenance KPIs in Excel using CMMS reporting and maintain work orders, requisitions, activity reports, and daily logbooks; Develop standard work-order plans for recurring repairs to improve planning efficiency and consistency; Support the project engineering team with new asset updates in the CMMS

Requirements

5+ years of proven experience in maintenance or plant operations; High school diploma or GED; Strong understanding of maintenance planning and scheduling principles; Experience training, coaching, and leading groups; Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge; Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills; Ability to work both tactically and strategically, independently making informed decisions; Strong organizational, interpersonal, and situational leadership skills, with the ability to influence across levels of the organization; Ability to build effective working relationships with Operations leaders and maintenance employees; Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook; Progressive, adaptable, flexible, high-energy, and self-motivated approach to work

Nice to have

2-year technical degree; Experience with SAP S/4HANA

Benefits

Medical; Dental; Vision; RRSP with Match; Life Insurance; Tuition Reimbursement; EAP; Additional bonus potential