Plant Maintenance Planner & Scheduler for Reliable Ops

NOVELIS; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental Leave

EAP (Employee Assistance)

Wellness program

Diabetes Management Program

Pet insurance

ID Theft Protection

PerkSpot Discount Program

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Novelis is seeking a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler for its Warren plant in northeast Ohio to coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance using CMMS, ensuring safety and reliability with minimal disruption. This role reports to the EMRA Leader, requiring 2–4 years of manufacturing experience, supervisory background, SAP and CMMS familiarity, and strong leadership and communication skills.

The position offers competitive benefits and a chance to support continued plant reliability in a

Qualifications

• Trade school certificate or equivalent experience.
• 2 to 4 years of continuous experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Computer proficiency (MS Office Suite)
• Ability to multitask.
• Self-motivated and possess excellent reading, writing, listening, and verbal skills.
• Ability to respond to trouble calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal relationship skills.
• Ability to maintain direction and focus while working alone for extended periods.
• Ability to successfully represent the Company and act as onsite management representative during normal conditions, and as plant Emergency Coordinator during emergency conditions and with external parties.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe working environment and address unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors, prioritizing safety in work planning.
• Review maintenance work requests for scope, priority, dates, coding, and detail.
• Plan work steps, labor and skill requirements, estimated hours, materials, tools, and safety inspections.
• Coordinate requisitions, ordering, kitting, and availability of parts and materials with Storeroom.
• Estimate direct labor, material, and total costs for work orders and compare with actual usage.
• Develop and publish maintenance schedules matching available workforce capacity and preventive deadlines.
• Manage maintenance backlog and ready-to-execute work for unscheduled outages.
• Coordinate planned outage windows with Operations and support outage execution.
• Develop standard job plans and preventive maintenance procedures for recurring work.
• Communicate critical or abnormal conditions to leadership and notify requesters when deadlines cannot be met.
• Collaborate with maintenance, engineering, Storeroom, contractors, and vendors to improve reliability.

Skills

MS Office Suite

Multitasking

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Trade school certificate or equivalent experience

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP

CMMS programs

Job description

Novelis is seeking a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler for its Warren plant in northeast Ohio to coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance using CMMS, ensuring safety and reliability with minimal disruption. This role reports to the EMRA Leader, requiring 2–4 years of manufacturing experience, supervisory background, SAP and CMMS familiarity, and strong leadership and communication skills.

The position offers competitive benefits and a chance to support continued plant reliability in a