Maintenance Planner: Maximize Uptime & Efficiency

Farmers Pride Inc; Fredericksburg (PA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-Time

Weekly Pay

Full Benefits

Job summary

Bell & Evans is seeking a highly organized Maintenance Planner and Scheduler to support our Maintenance Department. This role coordinates with Maintenance leadership, Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, Sanitation, Production Scheduling, and outside service providers to ensure maintenance work is properly planned, scheduled, resourced, and completed.

The position involves planning preventive and corrective maintenance, creating and updating work orders, and aligning maintenance activities with

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced production environment.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, vendors, and leadership.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritize, and schedule preventive and corrective maintenance work.
• Create, maintain, and update maintenance work orders in Business Central or the applicable maintenance management system.
• Develop daily, weekly, and longer-term maintenance schedules.
• Coordinate maintenance activities around production schedules and planned downtime to minimize operational disruptions.
• Review work requests to determine scope, priority, labor requirements, parts, tools, safety considerations, and scheduling needs.
• Coordinate with MRO, Purchasing, Maintenance, and vendors to ensure parts, materials, tools, and services are available before work begins.
• Coordinate outside preventive maintenance and service work and maintain appropriate vendor documentation.
• Maintain accurate equipment records, asset information, preventive maintenance schedules, work histories, and work order documentation.
• Monitor maintenance backlog, schedule compliance, work order completion, labor utilization, downtime, and other maintenance metrics.
• Support reporting related to maintenance labor hours, completed and open work, delayed work, and maintenance activity.
• Communicate schedule changes, priority conflicts, parts delays, downtime requirements, and work status to Maintenance leadership and affected departments.
• Identify opportunities to improve maintenance planning, preventive maintenance effectiveness, equipment reliability, cost control, and workflow efficiency.
• Support maintenance staffing and resource planning by reviewing workload, backlog, downtime trends, and labor requirements.
• Promote a safe, clean, organized, and efficient work environment while following all Bell & Evans safety, food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Multitasking

Communication

Coordination

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bell & Evans is seeking a highly organized Maintenance Planner and Scheduler to support our Maintenance Department. This role coordinates with Maintenance leadership, Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, Sanitation, Production Scheduling, and outside service providers to ensure maintenance work is properly planned, scheduled, resourced, and completed.

The position involves planning preventive and corrective maintenance, creating and updating work orders, and aligning maintenance activities with