Maintenance Scheduler Planner

LIGHTERA has one of the longest and most respectable corporate lineages in American business, which goes back to Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone more than a century ago. We have a proven track record of being first in the industry with application specific fibers, optical connectors, ribbon cables, erbium doped fibers, Raman fiber lasers, fiber gratings and more.

Our mission is to provide leading optical innovations and solutions by designing, manufacturing and supplying the best optical fibers, fiber cable and components and devices for our customers, with exceptional service that creates value for our shareholders, customers and employees. To do so, we must continue shaping the future of communications by applying the best minds to the challenges our customers will continually face.

Position Summary :

The Maintenance Scheduler will promote Safety, Quality, and Reliability, (SQR) in all activities conducted by the maintenance department. The primary role of the Maintenance Planner/Scheduler is to improve work force productivity and work quality by eliminating potential delays and obstacles through proper planning and coordination of labor, parts and materials. This role is responsible for planning and scheduling all maintenance work being performed within all areas.

All records and files will be maintained to permit meaningful analysis and reporting of work done.

MINIMUM

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

Mechanical/Electrical background necessary and tech school background desired .

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED:

3 plus years’ experience in a manufacturing environment

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reports to the Maintenance Manager who is the principal contact and liaison between the maintenance department and the production department.
• The planner receives all work order requests from the requesting areas. All work order requests are reviewed and screened to ensure the work scope is clearly described. Apply realistic priority and provide practical lead-time, cost and other coding is complete and accurate.
• Creates a properly filled out work order for all needed or approved work order request. If need is questioned and not readily resolved with requesting department, refers the work order request to the Maintenance Manager for approval.
• Examine unplanned work orders and determine best way to accomplish the work. Consults with the Maintenance Manager when necessary.
• Obtains blueprints, drawing, instructional manuals, and special procedures, as needed, from files or job packets to clarify the intent of the work order.
• Works closely with the Parts coordinator for timely delivery of parts & equipment.
• Identifies and obtains determinable materials, entering material needs on the work order.
• Ensuring safety needs are given a top priority in work planning.
• Estimates each work order showing sequence of steps, the number of trades and required labor-hours for each step. List any special tools or equipment.
• Estimates cost for each work order in terms of direct labor, materials required and total cost.
• Maintains backlog of work orders awaiting scheduling (
  Ready
  ) and unplanned work orders (
  Hold
  ), which also have delay codes entered on work order.
• Once a job is planned and estimated, prior to scheduling, the Planner verifies the availability of parts, materials and special tools required for its executions.
• Have complete knowledge of PM workload to better schedule work orders.
• Develops a maintenance work schedule from the backlog files of the ready work orders, selects a group of work orders with labor requirements matching the capability of the identified work force, considering any work carry over from jobs previously scheduled. Identifies any known skill requirements.
  
  Allocates labor and coordinates these…