Maintenance Master Planner/Scheduler

AdvanSix plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for our customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people’s lives, such as building and construction, fertilizers, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. Our reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of our three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. AdvanSix strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients, guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect.

Please view a short video about our company here, AdvanSix Video. For more information on AdvanSix, please visit our website at http://www.advansix.com


Why work at AdvanSix?


• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being


• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program


• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development


• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences


Position Summary: The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler is responsible for developing and integrating all in-house and contractor routine maintenance activities into a single schedule for execution on a weekly basis in addition to ensuring all maintenance and capital activities are appropriately planned and integrated into a single schedule for optimal utilization before and during the turnaround/outage execution.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for leading a consistent integrated outage planning and scheduling process for Turnaround / Outage to include driving accountability through detailed milestone tracking and resource loaded plans during pre-Turnaround and Turnaround execution.
• Develop and maintain integrated planning and scheduling documentation for turnarounds utilizing SAP, Microsoft Project Web Add (PWA), and Power BI development for reporting and tracking progress.
• Work closely providing direction as needed to Maintenance Planners to develop and maintain the portfolio resource scheduling for the integrated Large TAR activities to enable TAR managers to make decisions on in-sourcing and out-sourcing needs. Lead project activities in conjunction with site planners and operation’s partners to ensure assigned resources are followed through in their entirety, and adhering to all time constraints outlined in project package design.
• Oversight and maintenance of master planning database(s), including ensuring all TAR schedules are accurately and timely entered by cross functional partners.
• Prepare monthly reports in detailing TAR preparation activities, work in process, and post TAR accounts/summaries. Presenting to Plant Leadership and Senior Leadership as needed.
• Follow established Turnaround Milestone plans and work practices, whilst controlling schedule impacts and complying with planning and scheduling of overall TAR executions at all three AdvanSix sites.
• Ability to collaborate across three sites ensuring effective TAR execution, schedule compliance, and planning continuity to support maintenance and operational efficiency.
• Champion safety across all job functions. Work closely with site planners and TAR managers to schedule appropriate internal and external resources with Risk and mitigation for assigned plant Turnaround both small and large outages.
• Lead resource coordination between site capital engineering and maintenance planners’ developed schedule and assist in determining the key execution integrated milestones schedule.
• Comply with AdvanSix, Quality policy, safety principles, and the corporate values and strategies.
Basic Qualifications:
• 8+ years of planning, execution, and scheduling for maintenance or capital construction experience in chemical or similar industries,
• Must have initiative, self-organization and ability to tactfully deal with peers and superiors.
• Possesses strong financial and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to communicate to all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to use influencing skills to accomplish goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, handle multiple/varied assignments and to manage conflicting priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively utilize SAP/ERP, MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Exc