Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Materials Supervisor

Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Materials Supervisor

Position:  Full Time, Salaried, (Exempt role with annual bonus incentive)

Schedule: Days - With possible on call for troubleshooting 

Location: Spruance Manufacturing Plant Site

5401 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, Virginia 23234

www.ARCLIN.com 

Job Overview and Summary:

Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Materials Supervisor - Leads the work process. Builds team capability. Enables reliable execution.

The role

The Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Materials Supervisor leads the site processes and team responsible for planning maintenance work, building executable schedules and ensuring material readiness. This role serves as the site subject matter expert for the Maintenance Work Process across planning, scheduling and materials coordination. The supervisor aligns site practices with Arclin strategies, standards and best practices; provides technical coaching; strengthens cross-functional execution; monitors supplier and process performance; and leads high-value improvements that increase safety, reliability, schedule performance and workforce productivity.

What you will own

TEAM LEADERSHIP & DAILY DIRECTION

• Lead, coach and develop maintenance planners, schedulers and material coordination resources, establishing clear priorities, expectations and accountability.
• Coordinate daily and weekly work across planning, scheduling and materials functions to support safe, job-ready and executable maintenance work.
• Build team capability through technical coaching, knowledge exchange, standard work, feedback and development planning.
• Create a service-oriented environment that encourages disciplined execution, constructive challenge and cross-functional problem-solving.

MAINTENANCE WORK PROCESS GOVERNANCE

• Serve as the site subject matter expert for maintenance planning, scheduling and materials processes.
• Align site practices with Arclin strategies, standards, work processes and leading practices, and represent the site on applicable discipline or emphasis teams.
• Promote consistent use of approved standards, systems, job plans, scheduling practices, material-status controls and performance routines.
• Partner with Maintenance, Operations, Reliability, Procurement, Warehouse and Engineering leaders to maintain clear work-process ownership and effective handoffs.
• Support maintenance procedure governance by providing technical reviews during procedure creation and revision and supporting approved procedure exceptions.

PLANNING, SCHEDULING & MATERIAL READINESS

• Ensure work orders are appropriately scoped, planned, estimated and prepared with the labor, materials, tools, equipment, permits, procedures and supporting information required for execution.
• Oversee backlog management, job-plan quality, weekly schedule development, craft-capacity balancing, resource leveraging and schedule communication.
• Ensure materials, tools, equipment and services are identified, requisitioned, tracked, expedited, received, staged and reconciled in support of scheduled work.
• Lead planning and scheduling meetings and ensure work is selected based on readiness, risk, priority, available capacity and operating commitments.
• Monitor schedule risks, material constraints, emergent work and supplier issues; establish ownership and escalate barriers that threaten safety, reliability, cost or execution.

PERFORMANCE & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• Monitor planning, scheduling and materials measures, including backlog health, job-plan quality, schedule loading, schedule compliance, break-in work, material availability, receipt backlog, supplier performance and material-related delays.
• Use data, field feedback and root-cause analysis to identify and prioritize process, technology and capability improvements.
• Lead local implementation of high-value, enterprise-supported improvements and Most Effective Technology where applicable.
• Network across the technical community to exchange knowledge, benchmark performance and apply improvements with quality and consistency.
• Serve as a technical resource in monitoring supplier performance and recommend corrective actions and improvement opportunities.

What you bring to the role

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Journeyman experience or 2-year technical degree preferred.
• Seven to ten years of maintenance or related experience required.
• Demonstrated experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, materials coordination or maintenance work-process leadership.
• Previous team leadership, supervisory or technical coaching experience required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Subject matter expertise in maintenance planning and scheduling, with strong working knowledge of materials coordination and the broader Maintenance Work Process.
• Ability to align site practices with organizational strategies, standards, systems and work processes.
• Proficiency with a Computerized Maintenance Management System, including applicable SAP Plant Maintenance functions, and site-approved planning and scheduling tools.
• Ability to coach technical disciplines, facilitate knowledge exchange and develop consistent application of standards.
• Ability to identify, prioritize and implement technology and process improvements.
• Working knowledge of supplier-performance monitoring, procurement interfaces, warehouse processes and maintenance material readiness.
• Strong analytical, critical-observation, facilitation, written communication and verbal communication skills.

How you will work

FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Apply deep maintenance work-process expertise to set direction, coach the team and improve planning, scheduling and material readiness.

COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS

Create purposeful engagement, simplify handoffs and bring Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Procurement and Warehouse partners together around shared outcomes.

RESILIENT EXECUTION

Stay focused through changing priorities, organizational pressure and execution barriers while maintaining standards, objectivity and accountability.

ACTIVE LISTENING & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILL

Welcome input, seek clear understanding and use knowledge of Arclin systems, procedures and culture to identify issues and increase business impact.

Success in this role looks like

• The planning, scheduling and materials team has clear priorities, strong capability and consistent standard work.
• Maintenance work enters the schedule with sufficient scope, job-plan quality, labor capacity and material readiness.
• Operations and Maintenance are aligned on priorities, schedule commitments, constraints and execution risks.
• Planning, scheduling, materials and supplier-performance measures are visible, reviewed and converted into corrective actions.
• Site work processes remain aligned with Arclin standards while improving safety, reliability, productivity, cost and schedule performance.

VITAL BEYOND MEASURE  |  This role turns maintenance strategy into coordinated, job-ready work through strong people leadership and disciplined work-process execution.

With ~4,000 team members across more than 30 global manufacturing facilities, we operate with the scale to make a global impact and the agility to solve complex challenges at the molecular level. Rooted in scientific discovery and innovation, Arclin’s materials redefine performance across industries—from Firepoint®’s patented intumescent technology that helps stall flames and save lives to the iconic Kevlar® and Nomex® brands trusted to protect those who serve, strengthen aerospace and industrial systems, and perform where reliability and safety are top of mind.

As we expand our mission-critical materials portfolio and shape the next era of performance technologies, we’re looking for people who want to grow, lead, and solve the challenges others can’t. Together, we’ll advance the innovations that keep the world moving. Because at Arclin, our people are truly Vital Beyond Measure.

Arclin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please contact our Talent Acquisition team for additional information.

Learn more about Nomex, Kevlar and Kevlar EXO by clicking on these links. www.Arclin.Com 

Arclin offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package and is proud to offer a comprehensive, integrated total rewards package, which includes competitive pay and benefits.