Maintenance Planner

B&G Foods; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

B&G Foods in Ankeny, IA is seeking a Maintenance Planner to drive preventive maintenance programming, plan work orders and coordinate with Maintenance and Production teams. The role focuses on reliability, safety, and efficient changeovers to keep the plant running smoothly.

You will manage the planner library, review schedules daily, prepare materials, and deliver reports on labor and parts usage. Candidates should have an Associate degree and CMMS/Office knowledge, plus a valid driver’s

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of CMMS systems and related software.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Improve preventive maintenance planning and prioritize work orders.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Production teams daily.
• Review daily production schedule with managers to optimize changeovers.
• Assess work orders, determine scope, assign tasks and prep materials.
• Maintain planner library for recurring jobs and equipment data.
• Conduct post-job reviews and adjust PM programs accordingly.
• Provide labor, parts usage and trend reports to Maintenance Manager.
• Ensure food safety/quality policies are followed and escalate issues.
• Advise on safety and promote a safe work environment.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Reliability improvement

Organizational & analytical skills

Troubleshooting & multitasking

OSHA safety knowledge

Valid driver’s license

Education

Associate degree in a technical field or equivalent experience

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for continuous improvement of preventive maintenance planning and prioritizing work order completion. Advise Maintenance Manager of all critical issues and assists in advance planning to prevent issues.
• Routinely interacts, communicates and collaborates with Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Purchasing, Maintenance Forepersons, Maintenance Technicians, Production Manager and/or Production Supervisors to meet needs of plant operations on daily basis.
• Review production schedule daily with Maintenance Manager, Supervisor and Leads to ensure lines are changed over, setup and tested at the earliest opportunity.
• Receives and examines all work orders to be done and determines scope and best way to accomplish workload and assign accordingly, ensuring safety work orders take precedence. Identifies and obtains materials required on the work orders and has prepared for assigned technician.
• Develops and maintains planner reference systems (library) including a file of planned job packages for recurring jobs. Equipment and process specific labor and material information within the library are used to simplify the planning of new jobs.
• Performs post job reviews to ensure actual work performed and post maintenance testing was adequate; identify changes needed to PM program (based on activity results) and/or changes to equipment design and/or inventory management practices to optimize the overall maintenance process.
• Provides Maintenance Manager with supporting reports of labor usage, parts and material usage, trending documentation, etc.
• Ensures food safety/quality polices are followed, report all food safety/quality problems out of his/her realm of responsibility to proper authority to initiate corrective actions.
• Reports all unsafe acts and unsafe working conditions to supervision/management immediately. Promotes a safe working environment.

Skills & Abilities

• Possess strong written, verbal and people skills.
• Ability to support the improvement of plant reliability and the move from reactive to proactive maintenance work.
• Possess strong organizational skills and analytical skills with proficiencies in data analysis and trend analysis.
• Fast troubleshooting and resolution skills with ability to manage multiple tasks with shifting priorities.
• Strong understanding of OSHA safety practices and procedures.
• Possess a valid driver’s license.

Education

• Associate degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge of CMMS systems and related systems/software.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, Outlook)

Equal Employment Opportunity

B&GFoods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process should contact Human Resources. For more information on your federal rights, please review the EEOC’s Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination Is Illegal poster at https://www.eeoc.gov/poster .