Maintenance Planner - 1st Shift

Maintenance Planner

Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and foodservice customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals. We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we're committed to helping our team members thrive. That's Perdue.

Drive efficiency, reliability, and performance across our facility by keeping maintenance operations planned, organized, and one step ahead. As a Maintenance Planner, you will coordinate manpower, materials, parts, and equipment access to ensure maintenance work is completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to production. You will partner closely with Production and Maintenance teams to plan, schedule, and track all preventative and planned maintenance activities while maintaining accurate records that support data driven decisions and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on organization, enjoys solving problems before they happen, and takes pride in keeping operations running at their best.

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Principal Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop plans for all maintenance activities, including maintenance of Maximo and PM System data and reporting.
• Analyzing data for use in maintenance planning and scheduling; maintaining and developing Best Practices for preventive maintenance.
• Ensuring a continuing review of P.M. work orders as they relate to equipment history; making recommended modifications to optimize equipment reliability and maintenance labor utilization; Learning universal maintenance standards to develop reasonable expectancies for the time to complete maintenance tasks.
• Identify and label all new equipment in keeping with company standards and keeping records current; use Key Performance Indicators to provide fact-based feedback to the Manager.
• Plan maintenance work with regard to level of skill and safety training required to complete task; review SAP/Maximo data from other locations with similar equipment and report findings and recommendations.
• Administering maintenance shift scheduling, work order backlog, and recommended planning for scheduled downtime work, including scheduling availability of parts; Interfacing with engineering, local management, Operations Support, and various other corporate departments as necessary (and outside entities when working on special projects).
• Interface with Operations Support concerning appropriate reports to develop, track and report to management.
• Develop a Time-phased plan of activities.
• The time-phased plan indicates what is to be done, when, by whom, and with what equipment.
• Proper Scheduling achieves multiple objectives: high efficiency, low inventory, and excellent customer service.
• The setting of order and time for planned events.
• Taking decisions regarding the allocation of available capacity or resources (equipment, labor and space) to jobs, activities and tasks over time.

Minimum Education and Experience

• College degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience.
• Specialized training or education (post-high school) in maintenance.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Factors

• Work environment includes, but is not limited to, a normal office environment and construction site as well as climate extremes found in a poultry processing operation and a wastewater treatment facility.
• This position requires an associate to have the ability to move throughout the complex and all facilities.
• This position requires an associate to be able to be exposed to all chemicals found in a poultry processing operation and a wastewater treatment facility.
• This associate must wear and/or use protective safety equipment required for the job and for various locations.
• This associate must be able to travel to remote facilities and/or offices for meetings.

Perdue Farms Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.