Maintenance Scheduler / Planner

Materion; Leesport (Berks County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion in Leesport, United States, is searching for a Maintenance Planner – Scheduler to oversee all maintenance planning and scheduling in their manufacturing area. This position involves creating work details, scheduling tasks, and ensuring the delivery of preventive and predictive maintenance plans to optimize operational efficiency.

Successful candidates will have at least 5 years of experience as a maintenance mechanic or electrical technician, familiarity with industrial environments, and effective communication skills to engage with multiple stakeholders. Join Materion to grow and contribute to their mission!

Qualifications

• 5 years as a maintenance mechanic or electrical technician, or 2 years as a maintenance supervisor.
• Experience in industrial manufacturing or military environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and streamline maintenance planning and scheduling activities.
• Create and maintain work procedures and documentation for quality purposes.
• Schedule daily and weekly maintenance work for internal staff.
• Add details to turn ad-hoc work notifications into planned work orders.
• Schedule outage work and lead critical path discussions with stakeholders.

Job description

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us! The Maintenance Planner – Scheduler owns and streamlines all maintenance planning and scheduling activities within their manufacturing area.

Responsibilities

• Define, create, update, or modify work procedures and maintain documentation for administrative and quality purposes. Place special emphasis on maintaining on‑time delivery of preventive / predictive maintenance plans to ensure optimum operation of the company’s assets in the short and long term, reducing unplanned equipment downtime and lowering total cost of ownership.

• Plan Preventive / Predictive Work: Creates the appropriate work details (instructions, safety precautions and PPE, spare parts needed, tools needed, number and type of craft resources, duration and sequence of work tasks, whether equipment is energized or de‑energized, drawings and manuals, etc.) for repetitive preventive and predictive work using standard work templates. Develop and maintain PM/PdM/overhaul/replacement strategy for every asset that complies with operations schedule strategy.

• Schedule Daily/Weekly Work: Sets the daily and weekly schedules for internal maintenance staff for all jobs (preventative, predictive, corrective, rebuilds, etc.) except emergency calls. This includes creating schedules, adjusting priorities, rescheduling unfinished jobs, and ensuring PM and PdM work completes on time within appropriate windows. Communicate schedules via weekly meetings and distribute them in paper or electronic format.

• Plan Corrective Maintenance Work: Adds appropriate work details to turn ad‑hoc and PM follow‑up work notifications into fully planned work orders, standardizing tasks when possible. Ideal turnaround: 3‑5 business days. Physically stage parts and tools for specific jobs and/or return unused items to storage.

• Schedule Outage Work: Schedules outage work (site‑wide or specific equipment outages), including support from operators. Communicates outage plan and critical path jobs, daily outage update strategy/format, and leads multiple meetings prior to outage to ensure all stakeholders are aware of the timeline. Works jointly with project leaders on installations/modifications, providing input on project schedule and taking over scheduling responsibilities.

Experience Required

• 5 years as a maintenance mechanic or electrical technician, or 2 years as a maintenance supervisor.
• Experience in industrial manufacturing or military environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years as a technician or 3+ years as a supervisor.

EEO Statement

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company.