Maintenance Planner & Scheduler — Equipment Uptime Leader

Smurfit-Westrock; Olde West Chester (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to optimize planning and scheduling of preventive maintenance and repairs across production equipment. You will manage work orders, define materials, and ensure safe, efficient execution. The role interfaces with Operations and Maintenance to maintain plant reliability.

The position requires coordinating with teams, updating CMMS data, and leading collaborative planning sessions. Overtime is required as needed.

Qualifications

• Requires planning and scheduling maintenance tasks for production equipment.
• Manages backlog and prioritizes work orders for safe, efficient execution.
• Coordinates with operations and maintenance to align plans with equipment availability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain backlog of work orders and move to ready-to-schedule phase.
• Coordinate planning activities including scope, scheduling and risk assessments.
• Lead daily core team meetings to review planned work orders and prioritize viability.
• Maintain real-time equipment BOMs in CMMS and update parts data.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related

Tools

J.D. Edwards CMMS

Job description

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to optimize planning and scheduling of preventive maintenance and repairs across production equipment. You will manage work orders, define materials, and ensure safe, efficient execution. The role interfaces with Operations and Maintenance to maintain plant reliability.

The position requires coordinating with teams, updating CMMS data, and leading collaborative planning sessions. Overtime is required as needed.