Maintenance Planner Scheduler

This contingent role is being posted in anticipation of potential new scope and future full-time openings.

Amentum is seeking a Maintenance Planner Scheduler (MPS) to support our team of multi-skilled technicians in a manufacturing facility.

The Maintenance Planner Scheduler (MPS) is responsible for the effective execution of all maintenance work controls processes. The primary role is to improve work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning and coordination (scheduling) of labor, parts and material, tools and equipment, required permits, specialized documentation and equipment access.

This position is empowered to manage work priority, develop job plans, define parts and materials, define crafts and skills, and engage the proper resources to develop a safe, effective and efficient work control plan.

The Maintenance Planner Scheduler (MPS) coordinates with our operations and maintenance management team in developing the scheduled maintenance activities and processes; pre-evaluates the need for replacement parts and places orders; and anticipates interruptions in plan and develops backup plans to minimize the impact on the facility’s overall functionality or production schedule.

• Upholds safety, health, and environmental procedures; communicates directly; and supports the EHS policies to ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA and Company and Site Specific rules and regulations at all times.

• Acts as the principal liaison between the maintenance department and operation planning.

• Maximizes resources by identifying parts, materials, special tools, external services, rentals and documentation by establishing, maintaining and improving the maintenance planning and scheduling flow and process tasks.

• Receives and reviews all planned work orders from the requesting departments. Reviews and screens each work order to verify proper completion with all required information.

• Examines planned work orders and determines scope and best practices to accomplish work. Identifies work requiring engineering and design and reviews with proper entities.

• Escalates issues to the Reliability Manager for work that requires special tools, personnel or special approvals.

• Develops full scope and extent of work required, including cost and time required, to conduct the relevant repair, preventive, predictive, and improvement maintenance activities of the plant equipment, buildings and grounds.

• Prepares job plans for scheduling, detailing parts, materials, special tools and external services and documentation with planned costs. Job plans to include the sequencing of associated tasks.

• Performs root cause analysis for continuous improvement.

• Initiates and implements best practices with emphasis on planning/scheduling the preventive and predictive work.

• Analyzes unplanned work orders and occurrences for incorporation into corrective and preventive actions.

• Ensures that all maintenance personnel understand the work instructions using a procedures-based maintenance strategy and best practices for all maintenance tasks.

• Ensures maintenance personnel update and close each work order when completed.

• Prepares reports, collects and analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance related and operation related problems.

• Maximizes equipment reliability and availability through effective use of planned maintenance to quickly return equipment to design capacity, and develops effective and applicable procedures to ensure defect free quality maintenance work.

• Develops maintenance work schedule for affected area including PM, PDM and SWO.

• Develops and adheres to prioritization of work tasks.

• Performs post job reviews to ensure actual…