Maintenance Reliability Planner

Job Description

Job Description

Maintenance Planner
Full-Time 1st Shift
Milwaukee, WI

Do you look at downtime and immediately start asking why?

• Do you enjoy solving equipment and reliability problems before they become bigger issues?
• Are you energized by working directly with technicians on the plant floor instead of sitting behind a desk all day?
• Can you combine planning, data, and operational insight to improve maintenance performance and equipment reliability?

If so, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

Palermo’s Pizza is a family-owned company built on passion, quality, and innovation. As a leader in private label pizza and contract manufacturing, we operate in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where operational reliability and continuous improvement are critical to our success.

Our Maintenance team plays a key role in keeping production running safely, efficiently, and reliably. The Maintenance Planner serves as a highly visible operational partner focused on improving maintenance execution, reducing downtime, and strengthening equipment reliability across the facility.

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) and Roth with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Career growth and development opportunities
• Opportunity to drive reliability and maintenance improvements in a highly automated manufacturing environment
• Exposure to predictive maintenance technologies and continuous improvement initiatives
• Fast-paced, collaborative manufacturing culture
• And yes… 20 free pizzas a month

Located in Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley, Villa Palermo is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility supporting high-volume food production operations.

This role is highly engaged on the manufacturing floor and works closely with:

• Maintenance Technicians
• Operations Leadership
• Engineering
• Production Teams

The Maintenance Planner is not just a scheduler — this role serves as a hands-on operational partner focused on improving reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and equipment performance.

As the Maintenance Planner, you will support maintenance planning, scheduling, reliability initiatives, and CMMS management across manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities include:

• Building and managing maintenance schedules aligned with production priorities
• Planning maintenance work including labor, parts, timelines, and scope
• Improving preventive maintenance effectiveness and schedule compliance
• Supporting predictive maintenance and reliability initiatives
• Analyzing downtime trends, PM compliance, OEE, MTBF, and MTTR data
• Leading root cause analysis and corrective action efforts
• Serving as the primary owner of CMMS planning and data integrity
• Developing maintenance reports, dashboards, and planning tools
• Partnering directly with maintenance technicians and operations teams on the shop floor
• Identifying opportunities to improve maintenance processes, reliability, and operational performance

You’re both analytical and operationally minded.

You enjoy:

• troubleshooting and solving equipment issues
• using data to improve performance
• organizing and prioritizing maintenance work
• collaborating directly with technicians and operations teams

You also know how to:

• balance planning with operational urgency
• identify process improvement opportunities
• maintain strong attention to detail
• drive accountability and follow-through

Most importantly, you’re energized by improving how maintenance gets done.

• 3–7+ years of maintenance planning, maintenance coordination, or reliability experience within manufacturing environments
• Strong CMMS/EAM experience (Aptean, Maximo, TabWare, or similar systems)
• Experience supporting preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of manufacturing equipment and maintenance best practices
• Strong planning, scheduling, and organizational skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technicians, operations, and engineering teams
• Strong communication and reporting skills

Preferred:

• Experience within food manufacturing or packaging environments
• Exposure to predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis, thermography, or condition monitoring
• Experience supporting continuous improvement or reliability initiatives