Maintenance Planner & Scheduler

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2024 revenue of approximately $9.4 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

 

Responsibilities

The Maintenance Scheduler manages and controls the scheduling processes for daily work execution in area maintenance crews and/or a portfolio of smaller shutdowns annually.  The primary responsibility of the Maintenance Scheduler is to schedule resources in a manner that provides optimal utilization of people and equipment on the highest priority work.  

 

• Focal point for within their area of responsibility for PMD Resources and allocation of those resources with other schedulers.  This is done in consultation with the Maintenance Team Manager. 
• Create daily and weekly resource loaded work schedules and issue by 3:00 p.m. each day for Daily Schedules, and by Thursday afternoon for Weekly Schedules. 
• Optimize schedule resource loading to support maintenance productivity goals. 
• Lead daily and weekly scheduling meetings with Operations Supervision, Operations Work Execution Coordinator, Maintenance Planner, and Maintenance Team
• Manager, and all support contractors in each of your assigned areas.
• Communicate as often as necessary throughout the day/week, with Maintenance Team Manager, Support resources, and Operations to account for any changes that affect the daily/weekly schedule.
• Communicate with Team Manager early in the week to determine/verify resource availability (in available hours) for the following week, accounting for upcoming vacations, known illnesses, training events, meetings, etc. 
• Maintain up-to-date list of available flex jobs, resource requirements, and resource availability.
• Become comfortable at looking forward for resource conflicts and can resolve those conflicts. Manage schedule changes.
• Make arrangements with all work execution groups when jobs are delayed or moved up.
• Obtain additional resources when jobs turn out to be larger than expected.
• Determine if jobs are going to carry over and manage schedule via communication with our Operating Partners and Team Manager regarding changes in daily scheduling.
• Be available for rotational on-call duties, overtime or alternate schedules and work rotating shift as required.
• Perform other related duties as designated by supervision and as described in department SOPs related to Planning and Scheduling.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications / Candidates Must Have the Following:

 

• Have a Passion for Safety and Keeping your Co-workers Safe – ZERO Incident Mindset is a must!!!
• Have a passion for Eastman Core Values (i.e. – Eastman Advantage, Fair Treatment Policy, Basic Safety Expectations, Responsible Care, Leadership Expectations, and Environmental Policy)
• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED)
• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• Valid motor vehicle Driver’s License 
  Maintenance Experience:
• Completion of the TXO General Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship Program, OR
• Minimum five (5) years of industrial experience and knowledge in maintenance related work execution in the refinery or petrochemical industry.  
   Desirable / Preferred Skills/Qualities:
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in an associated field
• Preference for minimum of 2-years planning and/or scheduling of refinery or petrochemical equipment.  
• Computer skills/ proficiency with multiple software packages, including corporate systems (currently: SAP Plant Maint. module, Viziya, Microsoft Office products,
• PowerBi, Intranet, Adobe Acrobat, other Scheduling Software Tools, etc.)
• Knowledge of process industry related safety and environmental policies and programs
• Knowledge of job estimating and productivity evaluation methods for maintenance and construction crafts
• Basic ma