Maintenance Planner & Scheduler — Food Manufacturing

Canada Bread - Bimbo; Hannon; Remote; CAD 61,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Bimbo Canada is seeking a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler to improve maintenance effectiveness, backlog management, and schedule optimization across multiple departments. You will coordinate labor, materials, tools, and work instructions to ensure safe and efficient execution of planned maintenance.

The role emphasizes planning, preventive/predictive maintenance, and problem-solving in a fast-paced food-manufacturing environment. Competitive compensation and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Professional training and/or relevant maintenance, planning, scheduling, reliability, or supervisory experience.
• Minimum 3–5 years in maintenance planning, scheduling, reliability, supervision, or industrial maintenance.
• Experience in a unionized food, beverage, or consumer packaged goods environment is an asset.
• Experience with CMMS software, preferably Maximo, Oracle, SAP, or equivalent systems.
• Strong computer skills including Excel.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to identify opportunities for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for maintenance work requests and communicate with stakeholders throughout the work management process.
• Review, prioritize, and plan preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Develop detailed job plans including labour, materials, tools, permits, contractor requirements, durations, and instructions.
• Maintain and prioritize the maintenance backlog to support operational and maintenance objectives.
• Develop and maintain short and long-range maintenance schedules including weekly, monthly, and shutdown planning.
• Coordinate maintenance schedules with Operations, Production, Sanitation, Quality, and other departments to ensure effective execution of planned work.
• Ensure labor, materials, tools, documentation, contractors, and other resources are available prior to scheduled work execution.
• Coordinate material readiness and kitting activities with Stores and Purchasing to support maintenance execution.
• Track schedule compliance, backlog age, work completion, and maintenance KPIs.
• Develop, analyze, and communicate maintenance KPI reports and performance metrics.
• Support development, implementation, and continuous improvement of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Analyze equipment history, recurring failures, and maintenance trends to identify reliability improvements.
• Assist in planning, coordination, and execution of plant shutdowns and capital projects.
• Estimate labor requirements, project durations, and maintenance-related costs to support planning and budgeting.
• Provide technical and administrative support to Maintenance Supervisors and teams to optimize maintenance effectiveness.
• Ensure accurate maintenance records and CMMS data integrity.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, productivity, food safety, quality, and safety.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Reliability

Maintenance supervision

Industrial maintenance

CMMS

Excel

Analytical thinking

Tools

Maximo

Oracle

SAP

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bimbo Canada is seeking a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler to improve maintenance effectiveness, backlog management, and schedule optimization across multiple departments. You will coordinate labor, materials, tools, and work instructions to ensure safe and efficient execution of planned maintenance.

The role emphasizes planning, preventive/predictive maintenance, and problem-solving in a fast-paced food-manufacturing environment. Competitive compensation and benefits offered.