Senior Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Specialist

Advanced Technology Services, Inc.; Arkansas; On-site; USD 74,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS) seeks a dedicated leader to guide teams in continuous improvement and workforce development.

The role emphasizes accountability, clear communication, and mentoring to elevate site performance in maintenance planning and scheduling. You'll work across plants in a manufacturing setting, applying leadership principles, coordinating weekly planning meetings, and driving backlogs and metrics to ensure 100% utilization of technician hours while fostering a

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in a technical field required.
• Familiar with industrial manufacturing environment.
• Electrical/mechanical aptitude.
• Proficiency with computers, maintenance systems, and applications including Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates non-emergency work requests, develops scope of work, and inspects job location to determine job requirements.
• Estimates labor hours, skillsets, parts, materials, equipment and special tools required to complete proactive jobs in a safe and efficient manner.
• Gathers relevant technical documentation such as drawings, schematics, specifications, spare parts lists from equipment histories, OEM manuals and the Knowledgebase system.
• Verifies the availability of parts prior to scheduling the job. Arrange for special tools and auxiliary equipment when required.
• Maintains an organized and prioritized work order backlog to determine the next highest priority jobs to be planned next and maintains the Ready Backlog at or above 80%.
• Employs the continuous improvement process to update Job Plans for accuracy and effectiveness.
• Conducts weekly planning & scheduling meetings with Production to determine work order priorities, communicate work order status and alter planned maintenance activities if necessary.
• Creates a Weekly Technician Schedule that includes priority planned jobs and preventative maintenance tasks that utilize 100% of the available technician labor hours.
• Improves work order planning and scheduling effectiveness through the review process and use of the maintenance metrics.
• Maintains records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance related matters.
• Trains site employees on CMMS and ensures that it is working with integrity and is being utilized.

Skills

Electrical/mechanical aptitude

Verbal communication

Facilitation

Presentation skills

Team relationship building

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate Degree in technical field

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS) seeks a dedicated leader to guide teams in continuous improvement and workforce development.

The role emphasizes accountability, clear communication, and mentoring to elevate site performance in maintenance planning and scheduling. You'll work across plants in a manufacturing setting, applying leadership principles, coordinating weekly planning meetings, and driving backlogs and metrics to ensure 100% utilization of technician hours while fostering a