About this role
*Job Description:*
_*Maintenance Planner & Scheduler *_ in our food manufacturing facility oversees the strategic planning, scheduling, parts inventory and coordination of maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and minimal production downtime.
*Key Responsibilities Include:*
*Maintenance Strategy & Planning*
- Develop and manage preventive, predictive, corrective and condition-based maintenance plans.
- Create and maintain long-term maintenance schedules (up to 18 months) aligned with production goals.
- Develop and manage work orders and job plans using CMMS (CMMS experience is a must, Maintain X is a preferred CMMS).
*Regulatory & Safety Compliance*
- Ensure all maintenance activities meet food safety standards (e.g., HACCP, SQF, GMP).
- Maintain maintenance documentation for audits and inspections.
- Collaborate with QA, and safety teams to uphold hygiene, personnel and food safety protocols.
*Resource Management and Coordination*
- Manage and schedule technicians, contractors and equipment access to minimize production disruption in coordination with Production and QA.
- Order, maintain and manage spare parts inventory.
- Optimize labor, material usage and inventory to improve cost-efficiency.
*Cross-Functional Collaboration*
- Liaise with production, engineering, quality departments to align maintenance with operational and other business needs.
- Lead maintenance planning meetings and communicate priorities to stakeholders.
*Continuous Improvement*
- Analyze work center performance data and predict trends for servicing needs.
- Enter data into the CMMS and develop PM plans for equipment.
- Work with departments to ensure sufficient spares are available. Order parts if and when needed.
- Ensure the system is updated to include all required info.
- Develop a PM schedule for new and existing machines/equipment.
- Send out requests for PM and order spare parts for any outstanding work found during the PM.
- Ensure PMs are completed on time and reschedule if or when needed.
- Establish and maintain suitable inventory levels for spare parts.
- Create spare part list and organize by machines in order to easily track where parts are being used most.
- Analyze daily stock movement and establish visuals for min and max stock quantities.
- Support capital projects, as well as equipment repairs and upgrades.
*Qualifications & Skills*
* *Experience*: 3-5 years in food manufacturing maintenance planning, preferably in a large or medium-size food manufacturing facility. * *Education*: Bachelor?s Diploma or degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or industrial maintenance is an asset. * *Systems*: Proficiency in CMMS software (Maintain X preferred, but not a must) and Microsoft Office (especially Excel & Word). * *Knowledge*: Strong understanding of maintenance best practices and food safety regulations. * *Analytical skills*: including troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, effective in quickly identifying issues, causes and sustainable corrective actions. * *Detail & Technically Oriented*: Ability to read/understand and analyze Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics & other Equipment / Machinery / Facilities Drawings and Schematics to plan out maintenance programs * *Soft Skills*: Excellent communication, problem-solving, time management, organizational and team building abilities.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to a dynamic team dedicated to quality, apply now?your expertise could be the missing piece in our success story!
Pay: $80,000.00-$90,000.00 per year
Benefits: * Casual dress * Extended health care * Life insurance * On-site parking * Paid time off * Vision care
Work Location: In person