Maintenance Scheduler at Ashland in Texas City, TX

ISP Technologies Inc.

Maintenance Planning Administrative Support

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Planning Administrative Support role

to join our ISP Technologies, Inc., Ashland, Inc., business at our Texas City, Texas manufacturing plant. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Maintenance and Reliability team. This position will report to Maintenance and Reliability Manager.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Review planned work orders and confirming job readiness, including labor, duration, priority, permits, equipment availability, materials, tools, contractors, and operating constraints.

• Develop, publish, and maintain daily and weekly maintenance schedules for preventive, predictive, corrective, inspection, and project-related work.

• Facilitate schedule review meetings with Maintenance and Operations, resolve resource conflicts, and communicate changes, risks, and production impacts.

• Coordinate schedule execution, track break-in work and delays, update work order dates and status, and support continuous improvement of schedule compliance and wrench time.

• Maintain an accurate backlog of ready-to-schedule work and identify work orders blocked by materials, engineering, access, permits, or operational conditions.

• Coordinate materials for planned work by verifying parts lists, stock availability, reservations, staging, kitting, delivery dates, and return of unused materials.

• Create or support purchase requisitions and purchase orders for non-stock materials, repair services, rentals, and contractor support in accordance with site procedures and approval limits.

• Expedite critical orders, follow up with suppliers, resolve discrepancies, and communicate material risks that could affect the maintenance schedule.

• Partner with maintain inventory accuracy, min/max levels, reorder points, critical-spare coverage, obsolescence controls, and cycle-count follow-up.

• Coordinate repairable spares and vendor repairs, including shipment, quotation follow-up, expected return date, documentation, and warranty tracking.

• Maintain accurate CMMS records, including work order schedules, material requirements, purchase references, lead times, job status, and completion information.

• Monitor and report relevant metrics such as schedule compliance, ready backlog, material availability, stockouts, emergency purchases, overdue orders, inventory accuracy, and repair turnaround time.

• Support planned shutdowns and turnarounds by coordinating schedule integration, material readiness, staging, and supplier commitments.

• Perform all activities in accordance with site safety, environmental, quality, Management of Change, Process Safety Management, procurement, and financial-control requirements.

• Actively contribute to the organizational goals by taking initiative, executing on goals and focusing on performance and safety

• Improve the organization capacity and capabilities through building collaborative relationships, optimizing diverse talent and utilizing positive communications and influence with others

What This Role Is Not:

• Not a management position – while you will collaborate with other team members, this is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.
• Not a work from home position – assignments require face-to-face daily interaction with plant management and team members.

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree in maintenance, engineering technology, supply chain, business, or a related field preferred.

• Three or more years of experience in industrial maintenance scheduling, maintenance planning, MRO materials, storeroom operations, procurement, or a closely related role.

• Experience in a chemical, petrochemical, refining, pharmaceutical, or other process-manufacturing environment preferred.

• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and rotating-equipment maintenance terminology and parts.

• Practical understanding of maintenance work management, preventive maintenance, backlog management, material staging, purchasing, and inventory controls.

• Proficiency with a CMMS/EAM system such as IBM Maximo and with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams; experience with ERP or procurement systems is preferred.

• Ability to read equipment bills of material, drawings, manuals, vendor quotations, and technical specifications.

• Strong organization, prioritization, analytical, supplier-management, and cross-functional communication skills.

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and make timely decisions in a changing plant environment. Work is performed in office, warehouse, maintenance shop, and operating plant environments.

• Regular use of required personal protective equipment and compliance with site access and safety requirements are mandatory.

• Ability to walk through operating areas, climb stairs and ladders, and occasionally lift or move materials weighing up to 25 lb.

• Ability to respond to urgent maintenance or material issues outside normal working hours when business needs require.

• Demonstrate responsible and ethical behavior at all times

• The ability to help the Company drive greater value through understanding the business, making complex decisions and creating the new and different

The following skill sets are preferred by the business unit:

• Formal maintenance planning and scheduling, MRO inventory, procurement, or supply-chain training or certification.
• Experience with weekly scheduling, kitting and staging, critical-spare analysis, contractor coordination, shutdowns, and repairable-spare programs.
• Knowledge of OSHA and Process Safety Management expectations applicable to maintenance work in a chemical facility.
• Experience working in a unionized manufacturing environment.

Perks of working at Ashland:

• Team recognition rewards, and monetary incentives based on performance.
• Eligible for annual bonus based on personal and Company performance.
• Comprehensive Benefit package, Medical, Dental and Vision starting on Day 1 for you AND your family.
• 401(k) plan with company match.

Third party recruiters and agencies (“Agency”) should not contact employees of Ashland or its subsidiaries directly. Any resumes sent by an Agency to a hiring manager, recruiter or submitted to Ashland’s career portal are considered unsolicited and property of Ashland. Ashland will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, unless the Agency has a signed contract with Ashland’s Human Resources/Procurement department in advance of submitting a candidate for consideration. Verbal and written approvals will not be considered a valid contract for service.

• Position is based at the Texas City, Texas manufacturing plant.
• Schedule M-F, 7:30A – 3:30P.

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.