Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Lead (SAP)

The Swan Food Company; Pasadena (TX); Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

CJ Schwan’s in Pasadena, TX, is seeking a maintenance professional to manage work orders, review blueprints, and coordinate parts and tooling across plant machinery. The role emphasizes preventive maintenance and accurate documentation.

The ideal candidate has a two-year trade degree or equivalent, at least two years of related experience, and solid collaboration and communication skills for cross-functional teams, plus mechanical, electrical, and automation aptitude.

Qualifications

• Two-year degree in a specialized trade or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of two years of related experience.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Candidate should possess intermediate mechanical, electrical, and automation aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes work to be completed, feasibility of work orders and receives approval to pursue.
• Obtains blueprints and/or electrical schematics for review.
• Organizes all pertinent parts and tooling; verifies equipment availability for all maintenance work requested; utilizes kitting process to increase effectiveness.
• Estimates maintenance labor hours and allocates material to work orders.
• Coordinates work and follows up with originating department.
• Schedules preventive maintenance and maintains work order documentation on all machinery in plant and surrounding areas and maintains history of parts and accurate records of work done.
• Establishes preventive maintenance schedules and schedules preventive maintenance on all machinery and recommends equipment changes.
• Maintains scheduling documentation including date completion time and cost of project.
• Schedules safety checks of all micro switches and emergency stops and maintains records to meet OSHA requirements.
• Maintains machinery history files on all machinery in plant and surrounding areas.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical aptitude

Automation aptitude

Education

Two-year trade degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

CJ Schwan’s in Pasadena, TX, is seeking a maintenance professional to manage work orders, review blueprints, and coordinate parts and tooling across plant machinery. The role emphasizes preventive maintenance and accurate documentation.

The ideal candidate has a two-year trade degree or equivalent, at least two years of related experience, and solid collaboration and communication skills for cross-functional teams, plus mechanical, electrical, and automation aptitude.