CMMS Planning and Scheduling Specialist

ATS - Industrial Maintenance; Jonesville (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS - Industrial Maintenance seeks a CMMS Planning and Scheduling Specialist to turn maintenance requests into actionable plans, coordinate with supervisors, and keep production moving in a high‑volume factory environment.

You will estimate labor, parts, and tools, pull drawings and BOMs, ensure parts availability, and publish a weekly schedule that aligns with four weeks of backlog. Strong communication and teamwork are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical discipline is required, plus relevant maintenance planning experience.
• 3+ years as a machine repair technician or equivalent mix of education/experience.
• Experience in industrial/manufacturing settings and strong electro-mechanical skills.
• Proficiency with maintenance systems (CMMS) and MS Office tools.
• Clear, confident communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Meet daily with supervisors to validate, clarify, and prioritize incoming work.
• Estimate labor, parts, materials, and tools to complete work safely and on time.
• Pull drawings, schematics, specs, and spare parts from histories and manuals.
• Verify parts availability and arrange special tools or equipment.
• Publish a weekly technician schedule that uses 100% of available hours.
• Create and refine reusable job plans from technician feedback and lessons learned.
• Train users on CMMS usage and maintain data integrity.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Electro-mechanical aptitude

Clear communication

Facilitation

Team coordination

Relationship building

Education

Associate degree in technical discipline

3+ years as machine repair technician

Tools

CMMS software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you the planner who turns requests into flawlessly executed work?Do you thrive on organizing complex maintenance activities, ensuring safety, and keeping production moving? Do you enjoy translating rough requests into clear, resource-ready job plans? As our CMMS Planning and Scheduling Specialist, you’ll advance the ATS Beyond Zero Safety culture while orchestrating site-level Work Execution Management.What you’ll doMeet daily with supervisors/Crew Leads to validate, clarify, and prioritize incoming work.Is the task urgent? If not, you will scope it thoroughly, survey the job site, and lock in constraints and access needs.How many hours? Which crafts? You’ll estimate labor, skills, parts, materials, and special tools to complete work safely and on time.Need documentation? You’ll pull drawings, schematics, specs, and spares from equipment histories, OEM manuals, and the Knowledgebase.Ready to schedule? Only after you verify parts availability and arrange any special tools or auxiliary equipment.Backlog healthy? You’ll sustain a ready-to-execute backlog sized to at least four weeks of crew capacity.Conflicts emerging? You’ll facilitate weekly production scheduling meetings to align priorities, communicate status, and adapt planned maintenance.Labor fully utilized? You’ll publish a weekly technician schedule that fills 100% of available hours with priority planned work.Continuous improvement in action? You’ll create and refine reusable Job Plans using technician feedback.CMMS humming? You’ll train users, reinforce data discipline, and protect the integrity of equipment data and BOMs.Must-haves (Essential KSAs)Associate degree in a technical discipline plus 1+ year in maintenance planning/scheduling; and/or 3+ years as a machine repair technician; or equivalent mix of experience and education.Background in industrial manufacturing environments.Strong electro-mechanical aptitude.Proficiency with maintenance systems and Microsoft Office.Clear, confident communicator and facilitator with strong presentation skills.Relationship builder with a professional, collaborative approach.Nice-to-haves (Desirable KSAs)Interest in growing leadership capabilities.Experience creating job plans, building schedules, and managing work execution.Project management exposure; capital project involvement preferred.CMRP, Green Belt, and/or STS certifications.Competencies you’ll useSafety LeadershipDrive & MotivationInterpersonal SkillsTask ManagementStrategic SkillsCustomer FocusWhere and how you’ll workWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use close vision and color vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. Work is typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud. In the factory environment, the employee may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors.Proficiency areasLeadership / People ManagementMechanical Troubleshooting Skills120/208/240/480 Voltage SystemsTroubleshooting Industrial Automation EquipmentMaintenance and Repair SkillsIndustrial Electrical ExperienceProduction Planning & Scheduling