Maintenance Planner/Scheduler E&I

Ascend Performance Materials; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascend Performance Materials seeks a Maintenance Planner E&I to develop and prepare E&I job plans for scheduling and work execution at the Pensacola site. This role focuses on routine, preventive, and predictive maintenance, ensuring BOM accuracy and proper materials, tools, and labor estimates.

The position requires extensive planning experience, strong SAP/CMMS skills, and familiarity with environmental, health, and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Ten years minimum experience as a qualified E&I Technician.
• Three to Five years minimum of planning experience.
• Understanding of the Maintenance Work Flow process.
• Knowledge of the Management-of-Change process.
• Experience with ESH requirements and how to meet them.
• Knowledge of equipment throughout the plant.

Responsibilities

• Plans the E&I and soft skills maintenance work (corrective, preventive and predictive) for the operating site.
• Provides effective job plans with material, tool requirements, labor estimates and work instructions.
• Plans mechanical maintenance work with regulatory compliance focus (OSHA, EPA, ISO 9001).
• Identifies the need for outside contractors and secures proposals.
• Reviews submitted work orders for completeness and accuracy with Operations & Maintenance Coordinators.

Skills

E&I maintenance planning

Organizational skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Read prints/schematics

Purchasing and Stores process

SAP Work Order Planning

CMMS usage

Microsoft Excel

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Microsoft Excel

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW

There is a job opening for a Maintenance Planner E&I, salary grade level H6, in the Maintenance and Reliability Department at the Pensacola site.

The base work schedule is 10 hour days, Monday through Thursday with some overtime required. After-hours availability will be required at times. Personnel may be utilized across the site on an "as needed" basis to support shutdowns, emergencies, and specific skills as determined by Maintenance Leadership.

TARGETED OUTCOMES

Develop E&I job plans and prepare them for scheduling and work execution. Includes routine (non-reactive) maintenance jobs, preventive (PM) and predictive jobs (PdM), Compliance and outage jobs. Develops and ensures the accuracy of BOM (Bill of Materials) making edits and additions as needed. Identifies part discrepancies, additional work needed, work task edits, reoccurring problems in area of responsibility through review of complete work orders in order to build standard job packages.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans the E&I and soft skills maintenance work (corrective, preventive and predictive) for the operating site
• Provides effective job plans to accomplish work completion in an efficient and effective manner, including material & tool requirements labor estimates, and work instructions
• Plans mechanical maintenance work with special attention paid to all regulatory requirements that may apply. This includes, but is not limited to, OSHA rules, EPA regulations, and state and local environmental regulations, ISO 9001, etc.
• Provides effective job plans to accomplish work completion in an efficient and effective manner, including material & tool requirements labor estimates, and work instructions
• Identifies the need for outside Contractors and secure proposal to complete the scope of work
• Reviews submitted work orders for completeness and accuracy communicating with Operations & Maintenance Coordinators as needed
• Reviews all completed work orders for completeness and accuracy, updating equipment history data and job plan feedback in the CMMS system as required
• Transitions capital improvement projects from engineering department to the operations and maintenance departments. This includes updating of information in the CMMS database to reflect the improvement, addition, or deletion of equipment and their associated spare parts and maintenance procedures & job plans
• Maintains the PM system for area of responsibility, editing jobs, estimated hours, frequency, adding new PM's as needed
• Assists Material Coordinator with part discrepancies, description cleanup, etc.

TEAM

Reports to: Maintenance Planning Supervisor

Team: Maintenance Planners/Schedulers

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Ten (10) years minimum experience as a qualified E&I Technician
• Three to Five (3 to 5) years minimum of planning experience
• An understanding of the Maintenance Work Flow process.
• Knowledge of the "Management-of-Change" process.
• Experience in the relevant Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH) requirements and how to meet them.
• Knowledge of equipment throughout the plant.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Good organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to define and create good job plan details to include a clear scope, craft / skill level requirements, time completion estimates, the needed tools and equipment, and any additional services or support to perform the work.
• Can read prints/schematics.
• Understanding of the Purchasing and Stores process functions, and how to use them to procure material, outside labor, and/or services.
• Computer skills for effective use of the SAP maintenance program, PC web-based data entry, the Microsoft® suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) programs, and other applications.
• Ability to perform SAP Work Order Planning (Add, Display, Change, Delete) functions, including reserving/requisitioning of parts and materials; the job plan library system; and the document management system.
• Able to make necessary changes to SAP Equipment and Functional Location records.

At Ascend Performance Materials, we value transparency and fairness in our hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters, search firms, or staffing agencies. Any resumes received from such entities will be considered the property of Ascend Performance Materials, and we will not be obligated to pay any fees for such submissions. Our Talent Acquisition Team actively engages with preferred recruitment partners who have established agreements with us. We encourage all interested candidates to apply directly through our official channels to be considered for any open positions.

ABOUT US

Ascend Performance Materials is the premium provider of high quality chemicals, fibers and plastics. With world scale integrated manufacturing facilities we are able to develop new products from our core technologies, and provide flexibility to respond to the expanding needs of customers. Ascend has global sales and distribution facilities across the globe and six manufacturing facilities globally.

As a privately‑held company, our people do big things and make big decisions, often much earlier in their careers than at larger companies. Ascend Performance Materials offers team members the opportunity to contribute in big, meaningful ways—all within a stable and growing business.

WHY WORK AT ASCEND?

Our vision is to be the recognized leader in the nylon 6,6 value chain, creating new possibilities with PA66 for everyone, everywhere, every day. We achieve that through living our Ascend values.

We care. We operate safely with high integrity for our employees, our customers and our communities. Our people are our greatest assets, and our Total Rewards Program extends beyond traditional benefits to include access to on‑site medical clinics at our U.S. facilities, a global wellness rewards program and Performance Matters, an employee‑driven recognition plan.

Our Commitment to Zero demonstrates our belief that is it possible to operate with zero personal injuries, zero process safety incidents and zero environmental releases. And the Ascend Cares Foundation, led by Ascend employees, supports Ascend families in times of need, provides inspiring opportunities for community engagement and facilitates community leadership.

Customer‑focused. We exist for our customers; they drive our actions. Their success is our success.

Our plastics and chemicals are building blocks that help make everyday essentials safer and more sustainable, and we constantly strive to develop new and innovative products to meet the future needs of our customers. And that customer focus doesn’t only apply to the marketplace – it also applies to how we treat our colleagues and our fellow community members.

Better every day. We invest in our people and our processes to improve every day.

A2E, our continuous improvement program, guides the way we do business. And this way of problem solving applies not only to our manufacturing practices but also to our commitment to developing our people. You’ll see it during your career at Ascend in our leadership development, skills training and mentoring programs.

Agile. We think broadly and lead proactively in a constantly evolving organization and industry. Agility doesn’t mean simply working quickly – it means critical thinking, creative problem solving and novel approaches to everyday challenges.

One Ascend. All together, with a common set of goals and an eye toward the future. We don’t accept silos. We look for ways to share across departments, sites and geography. This means you won’t be boxed into a single role at Ascend – you could get the chance to work with teams across the globe to improve the way we serve our people, our customers and our communities.

EEO STATEMENT

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.