Maintenance Coordinator (1st shift)

Schneider Electric; Fairfield (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Maintenance Coordinator to join the Methods and Maintenance Team at our Ohio manufacturing site. You will coordinate maintenance activities, manage work orders and inventory, and support continuous improvement to keep equipment reliable and production running smoothly.

This role emphasizes problem solving, planning, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize maintenance operations and safety.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving abilities to diagnose equipment issues and implement solutions.
• Experience applying continuous improvement in maintenance processes and efficiency.
• Customer-oriented mindset with responsive maintenance service.
• Ability to use maintenance systems to track work orders and data.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance projects, work orders, PMs, and inventory from scheduling to completion.
• Organize and plan maintenance tasks, monitor progress and budget, manage supplier relationships.
• Manage needs/resources balance for equipment, tooling, and spare parts; coordinate inspections and preventive maintenance.
• Analyze maintenance data to identify trends and initiate improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize operations and resolve technical issues.
• Maintain replenishment backlog and backorder portfolio to ensure availability of products.

Skills

Problem Solving

Continuous Improvement

Customer Orientation

Digital Literacy

Drives for Results

Operational Health & Safety

Quality & Inspection

TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Join our maintenance operations team as an Maintenance Coordinator for our Methods and Maintenance Team and play a key role in keeping our equipment reliable and our operations running smoothly. You'll coordinate maintenance activities, manage inventory, and contribute to continuous improvement efforts in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

What will you do?

Manage maintenance projects, work orders, PMs, and inventory through scheduling to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Is responsible for organizing & planning maintenance tasks, monitoring and progress & budget, managing relationship with main suppliers
• Is responsible for needs / resources balance (MRP,...) for equipment, tooling, and spare parts by managing needs of the maintenance department
• Coordinate inspections, repairs, and preventive maintenance tasks to ensure equipment reliability and minimize downtime
• Manage spare parts inventory to support maintenance activities and keep operations running smoothly
• Analyze maintenance data to identify trends and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize operations and resolve technical issues

Main Activity

• Ensure continuous needs/resources balance (MRP…) availability of spare parts inventory.
• Balance (MRP…) availability of equipment, tooling, and spare parts.
• Maintain a positive relationship with the customer and communicate regularly (correspondence, emails, call, meeting).
• Actively participate to SIM cycle 2
• Manage the replenishment backlog (creation and rescheduling of the manufacturing and purchase orders)
• Manage the backorder portfolio (BOL), the shortage and to take actions to insure the availability of product
• Analyze stock discrepancies and perform adjustments.
• Communicate effectively with the project team and the other departments of the plant (Internal Kick off meeting)

Key Systems

• SAP
• MS Office

What are the key skills we are looking for?

• Problem Solving— intermediate level; diagnosing equipment issues and implementing effective solutions
• Continuous Improvement— developing level; identifying opportunities to enhance maintenance processes and efficiency
• Customer Orientation— developing level; supporting internal teams with responsive and reliable maintenance service
• Digital Literacy— developing level; using maintenance management systems to track work orders and data
• Drives for Results— developing level; completing maintenance tasks on schedule to minimize production impact
• Operational Health and Safety Management— developing level; following safety protocols during all maintenance activities
• Quality Control & Inspection— developing level; conducting equipment inspections to maintain quality standards
• Total Productive Maintenance— developing level; supporting preventive maintenance schedules to reduce breakdowns

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow established procedures and guidelines
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across teams
• Proactive approach to identifying and addressing equipment issues before they escalete
• Comfort working in a hands-on environment with both routine and non-routine challenges
• You are aware of safety/electrical safety procedures (LOTO, electrical safety codes etc)
• You are interested in working in a production environment
• You have an education and/or experience in troubleshooting automated test equipment
• You are organized and hands-on in structured de-bugging