Strategic Maintenance Planner & Scheduler

Smurfit Westrock Company; Ohio; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock Company is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to optimize the use of personnel, materials, and equipment downtime. You will plan, schedule, and report preventive maintenance and repairs to keep production equipment available and performing at target levels.

The role requires coordinating scopes, schedules, and risk assessments, ensuring safety through JHA processes, and aligning plans with operations to minimize downtime and costs.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and scheduling preventive maintenance and repairs.
• Ability to manage multiple work orders and prioritize resources.
• Strong understanding of safety requirements and JHA processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain backlog of work orders and move them to ready-to-schedule phase.
• Develop job plans, define parts and materials, engage resources for safe, efficient plans.
• Coordinate planning activities including scope, scheduling, risk assessments, and improvements.
• Collaborate with Operations to align plans with equipment availability.
• Oversee end-to-end planning and execution of work orders; resolve issues.
• Maintain equipment BOMs in CMMS and track parts and changes.
• Schedule preventive maintenance and maintain records in CMMS.
• Compile work order packets to analyze hours and resources needed.
• Lead reliability efforts for maintenance budgeting and planning.
• Work cross-divisionally to enhance plant efficiency.
• Facilitate daily core team meetings to prioritize and schedule.
• Perform other duties as assigned and comply with safety requirements.
• Overtime is required.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Work order management

CMMS data entry

Safety compliance

JHA (Job Hazard Analysis)

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Maintenance, or related field

Tools

J.D. Edwards CMMS

Job description

Smurfit Westrock Company is seeking a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to optimize the use of personnel, materials, and equipment downtime. You will plan, schedule, and report preventive maintenance and repairs to keep production equipment available and performing at target levels.

The role requires coordinating scopes, schedules, and risk assessments, ensuring safety through JHA processes, and aligning plans with operations to minimize downtime and costs.