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Maintenance Scheduler

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 May 2025

💰 $162,140/yr($117,920/yr – $162,140/yr)

About the role

LyondellBasell is a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary MoReTec recycling technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come. LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. We're addressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.

Basic Function

The Maintenance Scheduler is responsible for creating and managing daily and weekly maintenance work schedules and arranging for manpower and materials that are required for our maintenance work plans. The scope of work includes scheduling planned maintenance activities for Lyondell and resident contract personnel for both daily maintenance and mini-maintenance outages. The Scheduler utilizes a list of required work provided by production (PMC) and the list of available maintenance resources to construct daily and weekly schedules that fully utilizes the resources available in the most efficient way possible. This position verifies work process and procedure compliance while resolving issues. The Scheduler provides input to the Planners for scheduled jobs in advance and forecasts any maintenance resources needed. The Scheduler solicits feedback on executed jobs and then makes necessary changes to ensure work efficiencies continue to improve. The function is critical to the success of the Maintenance and Operations Work Process (MOWP).

Roles & Responsibilities

Creates outage maintenance work schedules (excluding plant turnarounds) based on backlog of planned maintenance jobs provided by the Lyondell and resident contractor planning groups
Provides reports on resource utilization and recommends any staffing changes that may be necessary based on historical trends and forecasts
Coordinates with "owning" groups to ensure that all necessary preparations are made to allow for planned maintenance activities to proceed as scheduled
Adjusts and re-communicates schedules and redirects resources as necessary to accommodate changing production priorities or available resources
Sets up and levels weekly schedules based on associated production unit priorities and current business environment to optimize the use of site wide available resources.
Accountable for transmitting "work packages" developed by planners for non-routine maintenance work to appropriate Maintenance Supervisors according to maintenance schedule at daily HDIG meeting
Conduct daily "How did it go" meetings with PMC's, and Maintenance Supervisors
Accountable for maintaining a Capital/Routine combined schedule
Accountable for maintaining a 3-month (Long Range) schedule of Resource Utilization
Accountable for keeping the PM's, environmental, and higher priority work in the schedule
Run Monthly KPIs and report out to management
Must have good negotiation, communication (written, verbal, and presentation), organization, and interpersonal skills and the ability to make effective decisions and manage conflicting priorities
Must be self-motivated and customer oriented
Must have strong computer skills particularly in SAP, Windows applications, and e-mail
Must stay current with maintenance practices and technology
Provides coaching to planners on quality of job plan logic

Min. Qualifications

High School diploma or equivalent.
SAP planner experience in support of petrochemical maintenance process, and/or a minimum five (5) years’ experience as a maintenance craftsperson/technician in at least one of three primary skill areas (fitter/boilermaker/welder, machinist/millwright, or instrument/electrical/analyzer) in a petrochemical or refining environment will be considered.