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Devon Energy
United States, New Mexico, Carlsbad
4134 7 Rivers Highway (Show on map)
Apr 14, 2026

At Devon, we will offer you a career full of energy and unmatched opportunities to solve today's greatest challenges. Innovation, creative problem-solving and positive change happen when people step out of their comfort zone and think differently. Our values, workplace practices, wellness programs, benefits and compensation are aimed at helping employees manage their unique personal life and care for their families so they can focus on contributing to the fullest.

The Scheduler is responsible for transforming planned maintenance work into executable schedules, ensuring the right resources, materials, and priorities are aligned for safe,efficient, and effective maintenance execution. This role is critical in minimizing downtime,optimizing asset reliability, and supporting continuous improvement in maintenanceoperations.

Key Responsibilities
* Maintain and regularly review the schedule-ready backlog to ensure all work orders arefully prepared for scheduling.
* Work closely with Planners to confirm job packages are complete, materials areavailable, and all prerequisites are met.
* Identify and resolve issues or bottlenecks that may delay scheduling.
* Ensure all required documentation, approvals, and safety measures are in place prior toscheduling.
* Develop, publish, and communicate weekly and daily maintenance schedules.
* Assign work orders to appropriate crews, balancing resource availability, operationalpriorities, and work criticality.
* Sequence tasks to minimize operational disruptions and maximize crew efficiency.
* Adjust schedules as needed to accommodate emergent work, resource changes, oroperational constraints.
* Communicate scheduled work, changes, and priorities to maintenance teams andstakeholders.
* Track progress and follow up on outstanding or delayed work.
* Review completed work orders for accuracy and completeness before closure, ensuringall confirmations and documentation are received.
* Build, maintain, and update preventive maintenance (PM) and turnaround plans in thesystem.
* Schedule PM activities in compliance with regulatory and company requirements.
* Coordinate with operations and other departments for major shutdowns or turnarounds.
* Generate, analyze, and distribute scheduling reports and KPIs, such as schedulecompliance, backlog status, and resource utilization.
* Use data insights to identify trends, drive improvements, and support decision-making.
* Participate in regular meetings to review performance and discuss process optimizationopportunities.
* Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance scheduling
effectiveness and efficiency.
* Stay current with best practices in maintenance scheduling and asset management.

Skills & Qualifications
* Proficient in SAP or similar EAM/CMMS systems
* Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
* Excellent organizational and time management abilities; skilled at managing multiplepriorities and deadlines
* Strong analytical skills for backlog management, scheduling, and KPI reporting
* Effective communicator and collaborator with planners, maintenance teams,
operations, and other stakeholders
* Adaptable and responsive to changing priorities and emergent work
* Solid understanding of maintenance processes, preventive maintenance, and assetmanagement best practices
* Dedicated to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement

Education:
* High School Diploma/General Education Diploma (GED)/Higher Secondary education and/or commensurate work experience is required.

Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.

For more information on Equal Employment Opportunity, please follow these links:
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