GB MAINTENANCE PLANNER

JBS Foods; Tolleson (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

JBS Foods in Tolleson, AZ is seeking a Maintenance Planner to coordinate daily maintenance work with supervision and production teams. You will convert requests into work orders, manage parts, and prioritize tasks based on equipment availability.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills, experience with maintenance planning and MS Office, and a willingness to work with cross-functional partners. Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; Associate degree or technical training in Maintenance, Industrial Technology, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Previous experience in maintenance planning or related roles preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with maintenance, production, and vendor partners.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate daily with maintenance and production supervisors to plan work.
• Assign work based on equipment availability and daily schedules.
• Order parts for jobs not in stock.
• Evaluate each work request for scheduling and parts needs.
• Review backlog and prioritize with maintenance supervisors.
• Convert work requests into work orders.
• Run weekly PM printouts for the upcoming week.
• Assign PM tasks and track open PM work orders.
• Monitor downtime and adjust PM frequency as needed.
• Maintain daily report of critical un scheduled work.
• Coordinate with department heads to adjust priority.
• Ensure parts are on hand before issuing work orders.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Strong organizational skills

Verbal and written communication

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

High school diploma or GED; Associate degree or technical training preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Job description

Maintenance Planner

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Work with the maintenance supervisors, maintenance leads and production supervisors on a daily basis on work that needs to get done that day, or on the weekend.
• Assigns work based on the equipment availability schedule and give the work orders to the maintenance supervisors for the tasks to be performed on that day.
• Orders parts for all jobs that we do not have the parts in stock to carry out.
• Visits every work request that crosses their desk to determine schedule, and parts needs.
• Reviews the backlog report on a daily basis and is working with the maintenance supervisors that we are prioritizing properly.
• Turns work requests into work orders.
• Run weekly printout of all pms for the upcoming week.
• Assigns pm tasks and tracks the pm work orders that are open that need to be a priority.
• Monitors the downtime report and determines if we need to look at the frequency of pm on a certain piece of equipment.
• Maintains a daily report of critical work that has yet to be scheduled.
• Visits each department head daily and goes through the open work and determines if something should be moved up on the priority list. Ex Continuous, Filter room, WWTP, Hide and then schedules said work accordingly.
• No work order to be given to a maintenance supervisor unless all parts are on hand to carry out the task.

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; Associate degree or technical training in Maintenance, Industrial Technology, Business Administration, or a related fieldpreferred.
• Previous experience in a maintenance planning, maintenance clerk, parts coordinator, or administrative support rolepreferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with maintenance, production, and vendor partners.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

EOE, including disability/vets