Maintenance Scheduler

Ashland Inc.; Texas City (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team recognition rewards

Annual bonus potential

Comprehensive benefits starting Day 1

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Ashland Inc. seeks a Maintenance Scheduling professional at our Texas City plant to plan and coordinate maintenance work across preventive, predictive, and project activities. You will verify readiness, publish daily/weekly schedules, and resolve conflicts with operations and vendors.

You will maintain CMMS records, monitor backlog and material readiness, and support shutdowns. Strong organization, analytical, and cross-functional communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Three+ years in industrial maintenance scheduling or planning.
• Experience with CMMS/ERP and inventory management.
• Knowledge of maintenance work management and backlog control.
• Ability to read BOMs, drawings, and vendor quotes.
• Strong organization, analytical, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Willingness to work in office, warehouse, shop and plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Review planned work orders for readiness: labor, duration, permits, and tools.
• Develop and publish daily/weekly maintenance schedules.
• Facilitate schedule review meetings and resolve resource conflicts.
• Coordinate schedule execution and monitor backlogs and material readiness.
• Prepare purchase requisitions/POs for non-stock materials and services.
• Expedite critical orders and communicate material risks affecting schedules.
• Maintain CMMS records and track key metrics like schedule compliance.
• Support shutdowns and turnarounds with schedule integration and materials.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

MRO inventory

Procurement

CMMS/Maximo

Excel

Safety compliance

Cross-functional coordination

Education

High school diploma

Associate or bachelor’s in maintenance/engineering/supply chain

Tools

IBM Maximo

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

## Maintenance SchedulerApply: US-TX-TEXAS CITY: Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: 2026 - 0544ISP Technologies Inc.**Maintenance Planning Administrative Support**Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?Are you always solving?Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Planning Administrative Support roleto join our ISP Technologies, Inc., Ashland, Inc., business at our Texas City, Texas manufacturing plant. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Maintenance and Reliability team. This position will report to Maintenance and Reliability Manager.**The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:*** Review planned work orders and confirming job readiness, including labor, duration, priority, permits, equipment availability, materials, tools, contractors, and operating constraints.* Develop, publish, and maintain daily and weekly maintenance schedules for preventive, predictive, corrective, inspection, and project-related work.* Facilitate schedule review meetings with Maintenance and Operations, resolve resource conflicts, and communicate changes, risks, and production impacts.* Coordinate schedule execution, track break-in work and delays, update work order dates and status, and support continuous improvement of schedule compliance and wrench time.* Maintain an accurate backlog of ready-to-schedule work and identify work orders blocked by materials, engineering, access, permits, or operational conditions.* Coordinate materials for planned work by verifying parts lists, stock availability, reservations, staging, kitting, delivery dates, and return of unused materials.* Create or support purchase requisitions and purchase orders for non-stock materials, repair services, rentals, and contractor support in accordance with site procedures and approval limits.* Expedite critical orders, follow up with suppliers, resolve discrepancies, and communicate material risks that could affect the maintenance schedule.* Partner with maintain inventory accuracy, min/max levels, reorder points, critical-spare coverage, obsolescence controls, and cycle-count follow-up.* Coordinate repairable spares and vendor repairs, including shipment, quotation follow-up, expected return date, documentation, and warranty tracking.* Maintain accurate CMMS records, including work order schedules, material requirements, purchase references, lead times, job status, and completion information.* Monitor and report relevant metrics such as schedule compliance, ready backlog, material availability, stockouts, emergency purchases, overdue orders, inventory accuracy, and repair turnaround time.* Support planned shutdowns and turnarounds by coordinating schedule integration, material readiness, staging, and supplier commitments.* Perform all activities in accordance with site safety, environmental, quality, Management of Change, Process Safety Management, procurement, and financial-control requirements.* Actively contribute to the organizational goals by taking initiative, executing on goals and focusing on performance and safety* Improve the organization capacity and capabilities through building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent and utilizing positive communications and influence with others**What This Role Is Not:*** Not a management position – while you will collaborate with other team members, this is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.* Not a work from home position – assignments require face-to-face daily interaction with plant management and team members.**In order to be qualified for this role, you *must possess* the following:*** High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree in maintenance, engineering technology, supply chain, business, or a related field preferred.* Three or more years of experience in industrial maintenance scheduling, maintenance planning, MRO materials, storeroom operations, procurement, or a closely related role.* Experience in a chemical, petrochemical, refining, pharmaceutical, or other process-manufacturing environment preferred.* Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and rotating-equipment maintenance terminology and parts.* Practical understanding of maintenance work management, preventive maintenance, backlog management, material staging, purchasing, and inventory controls.* Proficiency with a CMMS/EAM system such as IBM Maximo and with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams; experience with ERP or procurement systems is preferred.* Ability to read equipment bills of material, drawings, manuals, vendor quotations, and technical specifications.* Strong organization, prioritization, analytical, supplier-management, and cross-functional communication skills.* Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and make timely decisions in a changing plant environment. Work is performed in office, warehouse, maintenance shop, and operating plant environments.* Regular use of required personal protective equipment and compliance with site access and safety requirements are mandatory.* Ability to walk through operating areas, climb stairs and ladders, and occasionally lift or move materials weighing up to 25 lb.* Ability to respond to urgent maintenance or material issues outside normal working hours when business needs require.* Demonstrate responsible and ethical behavior at all times* The ability to help the Company drive greater value through understanding the business, making complex decisions and creating the new and different**The following skill sets are *preferred* by the business unit**:* Formal maintenance planning and scheduling, MRO inventory, procurement, or supply-chain training or certification.* Experience with weekly scheduling, kitting and staging, critical-spare analysis, contractor coordination, shutdowns, and repairable-spare programs.* Knowledge of OSHA and Process Safety Management expectations applicable to maintenance work in a chemical facility.* Experience working in a unionized manufacturing environment.**Perks of working at Ashland:*** Team recognition rewards, and monetary incentives based on performance.* Eligible for annual bonus based on personal and Company performance.* Comprehensive Benefit package, Medical, Dental and Vision starting on Day 1 for you AND your family.* 401(k) plan with company match.Third party recruiters and agencies **(“Agency”)** should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter or submitted to Ashland’s career portal are considered unsolicited and property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland’s Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.* Position is based at the Texas City, Texas manufacturing plant.* Schedule M-F, 7:30A – 3:30P.