Maintenance Planner​/Scheduler

Zoetis is the world’s largest Manufacturer and Supplier of Animal Pharmaceuticals.

Are you looking for your chance to work for the #1 Animal Health company in the world? Zoetis is looking for the next amazing colleague to join our family as a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler.

• $500 Sign on Bonus
• 4 weeks accrued paid vacation and 13 paid holidays
• 401(k) match with company profit sharing
• Tuition reimbursement and Student Loan repayment program
• Great Health, personal, and family benefits starting day 1

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler will act as the primary point of contact and manager resources to execute work efficiently. Assist in budgeting, including financial transactions and reports.

Hours: 1st shift, 7:00am – 3:30pm (typical). Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required.

Looking for a detail-focused technical expert who takes pride in a job well-done. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the success by planning and driving all necessary day-to-day activities.

• Plan and Schedule Maintenance Work: Organize and schedule tasks for Maintenance Technicians, ensuring equipment availability, labor, skills, materials, and tools are accounted for.
• Estimate Costs: Provide labor, duration, and material cost estimates for maintenance work orders.
• Financial: Obtain quotes, create Purchase Order requests, process invoices, and resolve payment issues.
• Prepare Documentation: Compile and gather necessary documentation for planned work, including identifying special tools and obtaining blank work permits and parts.
• Maintain CMMS: Enter and maintain planned information in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Review Metrics: Provide or review planning and scheduling metrics, understanding their impact on processes.
• Coordinate Parts Availability: Ensure parts are available before scheduling work for all major PMs.
• Change Control: Ensure GMP-related work orders and required work permits are approved.

• Develop Work Schedules: Create schedules that include PMs, corrective work orders, and work schedules.
• Resource Allocation: Ensure appropriate labor, skills, tools, and materials are available to match the proposed schedule.
• Assign Work: Assign tasks to technicians, ensuring all available labor hours are utilized.
• Coordinate with Teams: Work with Maintenance Team Leaders and other team members to ensure resource availability, adjusting labor or reassigning tasks as needed.
• Adjust Schedules: Assist Maintenance Team Leaders in making schedule adjustments to accommodate emergencies and unexpected work.

You’ll need to have:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• A technical aptitude
• Good communication skills and demeanor

Even better if you have:

• Associate degree in a technical field such as Electro-Mechanical.
• Relevant experience in Pharmaceutical or Food manufacturing.
• Experience with planning, scheduling, and financial transactions.

Highly motivated with effective leadership skills.

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written. Demonstrated ability to interact with and positively influence internal and external work groups.
• Capable of maintaining poise and even temperament within a fast-paced environment with frequent changes.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong computer skills in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, Adobe, and SAP.
• Ability to gather, sort, and analyze data for various purposes related to work organization and budgetary issues.
• Ability to interpret maps, blueprints, and schematics.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including work week, weekend, holiday, and overtime.

• SAFELY work in an industrial environment using approved procedures, i.e., Lockout/Tagout, confined space, line break, right to know, PPE, etc.
• Have experience with hand and power tools… it’s Maintenance after all.
• Occasionally lift to 50 lbs… never more.
• Work in areas that may be hot, cold, stinky, noisy, ultra-clean, or require additional PPE. May be exposed to temperature variations, prolonged standing, or walking.
• Valid drivers’ license may be required.

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