Senior Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Lead

Afton Scientific, LLC; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Afton Scientific, LLC is seeking a Senior Facilities Maintenance Planner-Scheduler to lead maintenance planning and scheduling for our Virginia facility. You will coordinate with Operations, Engineering, and Facilities to minimize downtime and ensure reliable manufacturing of injectable products.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, spare-parts strategies, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced GMP environment. A strong background in preventive/predictive maintenance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, Industrial Technology, or related field.
• Eight years of maintenance planning and scheduling experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Experience with rotating equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, utilities, or process equipment.
• Experience supporting major shutdowns, turnarounds, and maintenance projects.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Understanding of maintenance workflows, equipment reliability, and planning practices.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed maintenance plans for preventive, predictive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance activities.
• Review maintenance requests and convert approved work orders into executable work packages.
• Identify and coordinate required labor, materials, tools, equipment, permits, and contractor resources.
• Develop and maintain weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance schedules.
• Partner with Operations to coordinate maintenance activities while minimizing production disruptions.
• Prioritize maintenance activities based on safety, reliability, regulatory requirements, and operational needs.
• Lead planning and scheduling for major plant shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages.
• Develop shutdown schedules, identify critical-path activities, and coordinate cross-functional planning meetings.
• Monitor schedules and implement recovery plans when necessary.
• Manage maintenance backlogs and ensure work orders are properly prioritized, planned, and completed.
• Maintain CMMS data and support KPI tracking.
• Forecast future maintenance workloads and resource requirements.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies and regulatory requirements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for equipment reliability and performance.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree or technical diploma in relevant field

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Afton Scientific, LLC is seeking a Senior Facilities Maintenance Planner-Scheduler to lead maintenance planning and scheduling for our Virginia facility. You will coordinate with Operations, Engineering, and Facilities to minimize downtime and ensure reliable manufacturing of injectable products.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, spare-parts strategies, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced GMP environment. A strong background in preventive/predictive maintenance is required.