Maintenance Scheduler

Role Overview

This role reports directly to the Maintenance Manager and is responsible for driving long-term asset performance and reliability through data-driven analysis and preventive and predictive strategies. The role leads planning, scheduling, and coordinating preventative, predictive, and regular maintenance work, and performs analysis of work-order information, project demands, and maintenance execution to identify opportunities to improve processes.

What You Will Do

Create integrated maintenance work plans and schedules for supervisors and the maintenance team, ensure all work orders and maintenance log items are reviewed, entered, and closed in SAP, deliver SAP maintenance training for maintenance and operations personnel, conduct field walk-throughs to identify and document job requirements, scope, and procedures, and collaborate with the maintenance manager and supervisor to schedule manpower, resources, and job priorities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This position requires a strong understanding of CMMS/SAP, reliability strategy methodologies, and equipment criticality assessment to support long-term asset performance improvement. The ideal candidate will have experience in a union environment, working in a HPWP, and supervisory experience in a maintenance environment.

Requirements

• Associate in Applied Science degree or a Bachelor's Degree
• 5-7 years of plant maintenance experience with exposure to reliability practices and asset-performance improvement
• 2-3 years of experience as a maintenance planner using CMMS (SAP preferred)
• 2-3 years of supervisory experience preferably in a maintenance environment
• Experience in a union environment preferred
• Experience working in a HPWP
• SAP Super USER desired though a solid understanding of CMMS/SAP is required to be successful in the position
• Experience with reliability strategy methodologies such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), FMEA, Bad Actor management, preventive/predictive optimization, and equipment criticality assessment

Benefits

• Competitive, market-aligned compensation
• Discretionary global bonus scheme
• Discretionary Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – for senior positions
• Company car or car allowance – varies by region and role
• Healthcare – tailored to regional locations
• Parental leave and family support – maternity, paternity, adoption (aligned with regional policies)
• Working options – flexibility where it matters, based on role and business needs
• Learning & development opportunities – training, online platforms, buddy/mentorship programs, Internal Synthomer University with L&D offers
• Wellbeing support – employee assistance program (EAP), mental health resources, wellbeing initiatives
• Retirement / pension contributions – plans vary by country
• Culture of Inclusion – where everyone can thrive
• Performance culture, global reward & recognition programmes