Maintenance Scheduler

With over $2B in revenue, 80+ manufacturing facilities across 6 continents and over 9,000 employees worldwide, Signode is a leading manufacturer of a broad spectrum of transit packaging consumables, tools, software, and equipment that optimize end-of-line packaging operations and protect products in transit. Signode brings this extensive product portfolio together under hundreds of trusted brands to offer complete transit packaging solutions to its customers.

We produce strap, stretch and protective packaging. We also manufacture packaging tools and equipment used to apply the bulk packaging materials. These commercial packaging products are used to pack, bundle, unitize, protect and secure goods during warehousing and transit. Our company is a materials, processes and automation technology that have revolutionized the sector.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, we are proud to be the Transit Packaging Division of Crown Holdings, Inc. We are excited to go to market as Signode and to share the portfolio of products, services and capabilities that make us the world’s premier end-of-line packaging company.

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Shift:

• Monday - Friday 8AM - 4:30PM

The hourly wage for this position starts ranges from $36.10 - $45.70 and varies based on specific responsibilities and geographic location. Starting hourly rate within this range will be determined based on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and/or skillset.

Summary:

The Maintenance Scheduler is responsible for planning, coordinating, and scheduling preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to maximize equipment reliability, availability, and operational efficiency. This role works closely with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Warehouse, Purchasing, and EHS teams to ensure maintenance resources, materials, and labor are effectively aligned with production requirements and business priorities. The Maintenance Scheduler develops and manages maintenance schedules, monitors work order execution and compliance, maintains accurate records within the CMMS, and tracks key performance indicators to drive continuous improvement.

This position plays a critical role in reducing unplanned downtime, optimizing maintenance resources, supporting shutdown and turnaround activities, and ensuring all maintenance work is performed safely and in compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.

Essential Functions:

• Develop, coordinate, and maintain preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance schedules to maximize equipment reliability and availability.
• Review, prioritize, plan, and schedule maintenance work orders based on equipment criticality, resource availability, production requirements, and safety priorities.
• Ensure the availability of labor, spare parts, tools, equipment, contractors, and technical documentation required to execute maintenance activities efficiently.
• Monitor preventive maintenance schedules, track completion rates, and follow up on overdue work orders to ensure compliance with established maintenance plans.
• Maintain and analyze the maintenance backlog, ensuring work orders are properly scoped, prioritized, planned, and ready for execution.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Warehouse, Purchasing, and EHS teams to align maintenance activities with production schedules and operational priorities.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, work orders, equipment information, job plans, labor estimates, and spare parts data in the CMMS.
• Support the planning, scheduling, and coordination of equipment shutdowns, major repairs, inspections, and turnaround activities.
• Track KPIs, including schedule compliance, preventive maintenance compliance, backlog aging, work order completion, and equipment downtime. Prepare reports and recommend improvements.
• Ensure maintenance work is planned in accordance with applicable safety procedures, environmental requirements, permit-to-work processes, lockout/tagout requirements, and company standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve maintenance planning processes, reduce unplanned downtime, optimize maintenance resources, and increase equipment reliability.
• Publish and communicate weekly and daily maintenance schedules, monitor execution progress, resolve scheduling…