Maintenance Planner: Plant Reliability & Scheduling

Conagra Brands; Town of Darien (WI); On-site; USD 59,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Bonus opportunity

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Conagra Brands is seeking a maintenance professional to support plant reliability by planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities in a manufacturing setting. The role emphasizes preventive, planned, and unplanned work, inventory control, and collaboration with production, engineering, and accounting teams.

Qualifications include 3+ years in manufacturing maintenance, SAP/CMMS experience, and a background in planning.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP or a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
• Maintenance planning experience or formal planner training.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritize, and schedule preventive, planned, and unplanned maintenance activities.
• Manage maintenance work orders, job packages, and parts requirements to support operational needs.
• Maintain appropriate spare parts inventory while identifying opportunities to reduce excess inventory and standardize materials.
• Lead Drumbeat planning activities, including pre- and post-Drumbeat meetings and associated follow-up.
• Partner with production, engineering, maintenance, accounting, and external vendors to resolve issues and ensure efficient execution of maintenance work.
• Analyze backlog, rework, and equipment history to identify root causes and drive reliability improvements.
• Support preventive maintenance optimization, task development, and maintenance master data maintenance.
• Create reports, communicate planned and unplanned work updates, and support continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives.
• Provide support of standard work processes.

Job description

Conagra Brands is seeking a maintenance professional to support plant reliability by planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities in a manufacturing setting. The role emphasizes preventive, planned, and unplanned work, inventory control, and collaboration with production, engineering, and accounting teams.

Qualifications include 3+ years in manufacturing maintenance, SAP/CMMS experience, and a background in planning.