Industrial Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Specialist

Industrial Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Specialist

Location:

Canton, NC | Base pay: $25.00/hr – $28.00/hr

Make every minute of uptime count. This role involves planning, scheduling, and dispatching maintenance work to optimize uptime and maintain safety standards across the facilities. Your day starts by reviewing CMMS work orders and aligning priorities with production schedules, then assigning tasks to Maintenance Mechanics, coordinating preventive maintenance, and ensuring repairs fit production rhythms.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Administer and prioritize the Maintenance Work Order system; dispatch assignments to Maintenance Mechanics based on plant needs.
• Plan and schedule Preventive Maintenance using manufacturer guidance and equipment history.
• Coordinate repairs and PMs with departments to minimize downtime and maintain throughput.
• Oversee shop equipment care; submit purchase requisitions for parts, tools, and supplies.
• Support Mechanics to meet and elevate quality and workmanship standards.
• Issue prints, documentation, and clear instructions; verify work against specifications.
• Champion plant safety schedules and requirements; ensure required safety equipment is available.
• Deliver training and create standard repair procedures to drive consistency.
• Provide project planning based on job specifications and material requirements.
• Adjust machinery and equipment using appropriate test and measurement instruments.
• Troubleshoot operating issues to diagnose process problems or equipment malfunctions.
• Inspect all incoming equipment per Engineering’s specifications to confirm proper operation.
• Maintain the equipment inventory and location data; log new assets and update changes.
• Partner with the Technical Services Manager and Maintenance Foreman to coordinate repairs and modifications with production teams and external contractors/vendors.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree in a Technical/Engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of related experience in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong computer proficiency and CMMS savvy.
• Proven project management capability.
• Experience creating SOPs and training others.
• Keen mechanical aptitude: identify part/machine issues; follow written, oral, and diagrammed instructions; respond appropriately to safety factors.
• Ability to read micrometers and blueprints and follow detailed instructions.

About Con Met

Con Met, part of Amsted Industries, supplies wheel hubs, structural castings, and structural plastics to OEM and aftermarket customers across the commercial vehicle sector. Since 1964, our engineering and manufacturing innovations have helped transform trucks and trailers. Today, most heavy‑duty vehicles in North America rely on Con Met components—and our global presence continues to expand. Our vision is to develop products, processes, and technologies that help customers run and maintain vehicles more efficiently.

Benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision
• Life and disability coverage
• Paid vacation accrual and holidays
• 100% company‑paid participation in the Con Met/Amsted ESOP
• 401(k) company match
• Wellness reimbursement

Equal Employment Opportunity & Pay Equity

Con Met provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws (“Protected Characteristics”). Ensuring fair wages is an important Company value.

Accordingly, the Company will not pay wages to any employee at a rate less than the Company pays to other employees for work that is substantially equivalent and requires comparable skills unless a bona fide factor justifies a pay differential. The Company prohibits pay disparity based on Protected Characteristics or prior salary history. The Company prohibits retaliation against employees for discussing compensation.

Seniority level
:
Entry level

Employment type
:
Full‑time

Job function
:
Management and Manufacturing

Industries
:
Truck Transportation

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