Dairy Plant Maintenance Planner & Reliability Focus

Lactalis USA; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Education Reimbursement

Paid Time Off from Day One

Job summary

Maintenance Planner at Lactalis USA in Buffalo, NY, will plan, coordinate, and prepare maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability and plant performance.

The role covers PM administration, CMMS data management in IBM Maximo, spare parts readiness, and cross-functional collaboration across maintenance, operations, reliability, engineering, procurement, and storeroom teams. Some travel is minimal.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of maintenance planning and scheduling experience.
• Experience in food/dairy is preferred.
• Familiar with CMMS and preventive maintenance practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance plans including labor, parts, tools and safety requirements.
• Maintain backlog and support weekly maintenance scheduling.
• Review and plan maintenance work requests.
• Prepare work packages for shutdowns and planned maintenance.
• Create and maintain PMs, job plans, inspection tasks, orders and BOMs in Maximo.
• Support root cause analysis and reliability initiatives.
• Coordinate spare parts, contractor services and materials readiness.
• Monitor PM and schedule compliance and KPIs.
• Ensure safety requirements are included in work plans.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

CMMS

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

IBM Maximo

Excel

Job description

Maintenance Planner at Lactalis USA in Buffalo, NY, will plan, coordinate, and prepare maintenance activities to improve equipment reliability and plant performance.

The role covers PM administration, CMMS data management in IBM Maximo, spare parts readiness, and cross-functional collaboration across maintenance, operations, reliability, engineering, procurement, and storeroom teams. Some travel is minimal.