Maintenance Scheduler​/Planner

Responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance activities to optimize labour, materials, parts, and equipment availability. Partners with Operations and Maintenance to prioritize work, manage preventive maintenance and work-order backlogs, maintain CMMS data, and improve equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency.

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:

ON Stoney Creek
Job Type: Production Maintenance

Salary, based on experience and other qualifications: $80,000 to $87,000 annually with additional bonus potential

Hours of Work: 8 hour schedule, Monday to Friday

Work Location:

944 Highway 8, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• RRSP with Match
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• EAP

• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling:
  Plan, prioritize, and schedule maintenance work to maximize available labor and minimize delays, coordinating resources, materials, parts, contractors, and equipment access.
• Work Order Management:
  Review and prioritize work requests, convert requests into planned work orders, manage short- and long-term backlog, and use completed work-order feedback to improve future planning.
• Preventive Maintenance:
  Develop and optimize preventive maintenance programs using OEM recommendations, root-cause analysis, and maintenance team learnings.
• CMMS Management:
  Serve as the CMMS Super User, maintain asset hierarchy and critical-asset BOM information, and train other team members on the system.
• Maintenance Coordination:
  Provide guidance to maintenance personnel and contractors during planned downtime, PM activities, work orders, and machine-specific maintenance activities.
• Operations Partnership:
  Act as a liaison between Operations and Maintenance and lead the weekly Maintenance Scheduling Meeting.
• Parts & MRO Support:
  Support parts acquisition, MRO inventory management, and organization. Vacation back up the MRO Buyer for issuing PO’s.
• Cost & Performance Management:
  Estimate labour, material, and contractor costs; identify cost‑saving opportunities; analyze maintenance costs; and recommend corrective actions when appropriate.
• KPI & Reporting:
  Create and track maintenance KPIs in Excel using CMMS reporting and maintain work orders, requisitions, activity reports, and daily logbooks.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Develop standard work‑order plans for recurring repairs to improve planning efficiency and consistency.
• Capital Projects:
  Support the project engineering team with new asset updates in the CMMS.

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list of all tasks. Additional tasks and duties may be assigned from time to time as necessitated by business needs.

• 5+ years of proven experience in maintenance or plant operations.
• High school diploma or GED required; 2-year technical degree preferred.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning and scheduling principles.
• Experience with SAP S/4
  
  HANA preferred.
• Experience training, coaching, and leading groups.
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work both tactically and strategically, independently making informed decisions.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and situational leadership skills, with the ability to influence across levels of the organization.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with Operations leaders and maintenance employees.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.
• Progressive, adaptable, flexible, high-energy, and self‑motivated approach to work.

• Ability to work in both office and manufacturing/plant environments.
• Ability to walk and stand for periods of time while supporting…