Asset Care & Maintenance Planner (Maximo)

General Mills Operations, LLC.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $5,000

Job summary

General Mills Operations, LLC. in Buffalo, NY seeks a Maintenance Planner to strengthen equipment reliability, maintenance execution, and long-term asset performance. You will own maintenance planning, scheduling, and CMMS data accuracy, partnering with maintenance, operations, engineering, quality, and safety teams.

You will lead asset care strategies, develop high-quality work plans, and mentor others while driving cost-efficient maintenance and reliability improvements across the platform.

Qualifications

• High school diploma.
• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing technical field.
• Demonstrated leadership experience and success working in a highly collaborative environment.
• Experience driving results through process discipline and teamwork.
• Proven success reducing losses and improving performance in a manufacturing setting.
• Demonstrated technical capability and knowledge of unit operations and machinery within at least one production platform.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across maintenance, operations, engineering, quality, safety, and other plant teams.
• Foundational knowledge of maintenance data systems and decision-making tools, such as Maximo or SAP.
• Practical knowledge of maintenance planning and scheduling and CMMS use.
• Broad knowledge of materials, fabrication methods, engineering fundamentals, fastening methods, and lubrication principles.
• Craft worker experience or very strong knowledge of craft duties, capabilities, and skill levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety through disciplined maintenance practices.
• Support a culture that reduces risk by helping drive regular, documented equipment safety assessments.
• Help cultivate a food safety culture committed to producing safe food in compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Lead implementation of asset care strategies across the platform, with a focus on critical A and B assets, to improve reliability, cost performance, and schedule attainment.
• Communicate clearly with platform teams and plant leaders about performance vs cost and asset health.
• Own CMMS data accuracy, Maximo standards, and effective system usage for the team.
• Use advanced data analysis to support problem solving and proactive maintenance improvements.
• Maintain technical documentation for the team.
• Participate in weekly, monthly, and quarterly direction-setting routines and help advance daily plans when needed.
• Develop, implement, train, and execute maintenance planning and scheduling processes.
• Create high-quality preventive maintenance tasks and job plans with documented labor, materials, tools, and work instructions.
• Build work schedules that balance equipment needs, labor availability, and plant priorities.
• Partner with production planning and platform teams to optimize equipment access and labor utilization.
• Lead the development of a robust work prioritization process with input from operations, engineering, quality, safety, and other stakeholders.
• Support implementing LMS, shutdown planning, emergency maintenance processes, and predictive maintenance aligning with site strategy.
• Mentor others and build capability in maintenance processes and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Maintenance data systems

CMMS

Maintenance planning & scheduling

Maximo or SAP

Problem solving

Craft knowledge

Engineering fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical, science, engineering, or mechatronics-related field

2+ years of experience in a manufacturing technical field

High school diploma

Professional certifications such as CMRP or MLTI

Tools

Maximo

SAP

Job description

General Mills Operations, LLC. in Buffalo, NY seeks a Maintenance Planner to strengthen equipment reliability, maintenance execution, and long-term asset performance. You will own maintenance planning, scheduling, and CMMS data accuracy, partnering with maintenance, operations, engineering, quality, and safety teams.

You will lead asset care strategies, develop high-quality work plans, and mentor others while driving cost-efficient maintenance and reliability improvements across the platform.