Maintenance Planner

Job Description

A highly automated food manufacturing facility is seeking a Maintenance Planner to lead maintenance scheduling, parts coordination, and preventive maintenance planning in a modern production environment. This is a key role supporting plant reliability, maintenance efficiency, and continuous improvement initiatives across a fast-paced operation with advanced automation technology.


This facility recently completed a major expansion and features advanced PLCs, VFDs, robotics, and modern manufacturing systems. The company offers competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a promote-from-within culture in a team-driven environment.


Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance work order backlog and develop execution schedules that minimize downtime
• Create daily and weekly maintenance schedules for technicians and contractors
• Generate purchase orders for parts and supplies while managing purchasing coordination
• Maintain maintenance inventory accuracy and oversee parts room operations
• Develop and improve Preventive and Predictive Maintenance programs
• Maintain equipment manuals, prints, schematics, and maintenance system data
• Lead maintenance planning and scheduling meetings
• Assign and distribute work orders through the PM system
• Support cost estimation, labor planning, and maintenance backlog calculations
• Partner with maintenance leadership, procurement, operations, and contractors to ensure maintenance priorities are met
• Serve as the maintenance system Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on proactive maintenance strategies

Qualifications

• Two-year technical degree or higher preferred
• 7+ years of maintenance supervision and/or maintenance planning experience
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude
• Experience in manufacturing or highly automated production environments
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with CMMS systems, inventory management, and maintenance scheduling

What’s Offered

• Competitive compensation
• Full benefits package
• Modern, highly automated facility
• Strong promote-from-within culture
• Team-oriented environment
• Long-term growth opportunity within a growing organization

If you have experience leading maintenance planning in a manufacturing environment and enjoy building efficient systems that keep operations running at peak performance, this could be an excellent opportunity to explore.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.