Maintenance Planner

Shearer's Foods; West Carrollton (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Shearer's Foods is seeking a Maintenance Planner to lead planning in the work management process. You will collaborate with the Plant Technical Team to scope and schedule corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance, update Job Plans, and maintain the CMMS system.

You will also train maintenance staff, manage parts and materials, and generate maintenance metrics to drive continuous improvement and safety initiatives across the facility.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or 3 years planning experience required.
• 2+ years of high-level maintenance technician experience.
• Proficient with CMMS (Maintenance Connection) and Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of Preventative/Predictive Maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of production and manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Respond to facility work orders and plan corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance.
• Build and maintain CMMS data; train maintenance staff on CMMS usage.
• Estimate labor, materials, and costs for maintenance jobs.
• Develop work orders and schedule activities with the plant technical team.
• Generate reports and track maintenance metrics.
• Interface with project teams on capital projects as required.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement and Safety programs.

Skills

CMMS

Planning

Maintenance

Data-driven

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate's degree

Tools

Maintenance Connection

Job description

Overview

Shearer's Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer's is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers.

With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer's has been awarded the food industry's highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.

Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer's is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.

At Shearer's Foods we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti‑exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us.

Responsibilities

Maintenance Planner

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for the planning work stream in the work management process. The Planner will work directly with the Plant Technical Team to scope and plan corrective, preventative and predictive maintenance, including the updating of corrective and preventative Job Plans with input based on feedback from the maintenance team. The planner will also be responsible to build and maintain equipment within the CMMS system and provide CMMS training and coaching to maintenance personnel.

• Respond to facility work orders
• Ensures distribution of parts and materials to meet maintenance deadlines
• Inspects and monitors work areas, and examines tools and equipment
• Requisitions materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts
• Examines objects, systems, or facilities and analyzes information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs
• Utilizes metrics/data to evaluate and improve work processes
• Computes estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors
• Corrective, Predictive and Preventative maintenance job scoping planning and scheduling, including the estimation of labor, materials and cost of maintenance jobs.
• Work Order closeout and CMMS updating based on feedback from the maintenance team.
• Manage and Maintain the Plant CMMS as a Subject Matter Expert and Quality Assurance Officer.
• Train and Coach Maintenance team members on CMMS usage.
• Equipment and repair parts data entry and management.
• Generate reports and track metrics on Maintenance Effectiveness.
• Manage as required Maintenance projects that are not capital funded. Includes developing project scope, costing, timelines and implementation.
• Interface with project teams on new capital projects as required, update CMMS system with removed or new installations and coordinate use of maintenance resources as required.
• Fully participate in all Continuous Improvement and Safety efforts.
• Leverage TPM Tools and Early Management Processes per the plant's master plan including Planned and Predictive Maintenance.
• Participates in plant safety, health and environmental programs.
• Understand and maintain focus on achieving the company financial goals. Continually develop and implement ideas to reduce product‑manufacturing cost, without exceeding budgeted dollar amounts.
• Vendor Management: Source new vendors as required to support business needs.
• Partner with the Production and support teams to develop work order priorities that are aligned with business needs. This role is the key interface to plan the work for the technical teams.
• Ensures the movement of work orders from submission through scheduling
• Examines maintenance documents and monitor maintenance processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards
• Maintains high quality work order documentation and records

Qualifications

• Associate's technical degree, or 3 year's planning experience required.
• 2+ years of high-level maintenance technician experience
• Ability to fully leverage a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), such as Maintenance Connection
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Knowledge of principles involved in Preventative/Predictive Maintenance
• Knowledge of maintenance project implementation
• Strong knowledge of production and manufacturing equipment and processes.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.