Maintenance Planner/Scheduler - Berkeley, CA

Bayer; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayer in Berkeley, CA, seeks a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to organize and optimize maintenance activities, ensuring equipment availability and compliance. You will plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance, calibration, and repairs, interfacing with maintenance, engineering, and production teams to improve safety and efficiency.

The role requires an Associate or Bachelor’s degree with extensive planning experience, proficiency in SAP and MS Office, and strong project management and

Qualifications

• Associate degree with extensive work experience, or a Bachelor’s degree with significant experience in maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Expert knowledge of maintenance, calibration, repair procedures, pharma plant operations, and P&ID drawings.
• Knowledge of cGMPs and ISO standards; strong project management and scheduling experience.
• Proficiency in SAP and MS Office suite including MS Project and MS Access; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and schedule maintenance, repair, and calibration work with estimates for labor, duration, materials, and tools.
• Coordinate spare parts readiness and BOM maintenance with the Spare Parts group.
• Develop and communicate plant shutdown plans and schedules with the Turnaround Manager.
• Coordinate and balance maintenance resources across crafts and vendors.
• Ensure safety integration in planning with safe work procedures, PPE, tools, and area requirements.
• Collaborate with Maintenance Operations, Technical System Owners, Production, Engineering, and vendors.
• Lead cross‑functional meetings to set priorities and resolve conflicts.
• Maintain SAP data for parts, labor, duration, and work history for continuous improvement.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

SAP

MS Project

MS Office

MS Access

Project management

Communication

Turnaround coordination

Vendor coordination

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

MS Project

MS Office

MS Access

Job description

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Maintenance Planner/Scheduler - Berkeley, CA

As a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler, you focus on organizing and scheduling maintenance activities to optimize equipment availability and performance; you prioritize maintenance tasks, coordinate resources, and ensure that necessary materials and spare parts are available; you work closely with maintenance and production teams to develop preventive maintenance strategies and use data analysis to enhance overall maintenance effectiveness; you plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance, repair, and calibration activities on site to ensure work is executed safely, reliably, and efficiently in compliance with standard operating procedures; you improve workforce productivity and quality through effective coordination of work scope, duration, parts, materials, equipment, suppliers, maintenance resources, production, and engineering.

Your Tasks And Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and schedule maintenance, repair, and calibration work by researching, scoping, and estimating labor, duration, materials, parts, tools, equipment, and external supplier requirements; prepare work order packages and maintain related SAP records;
• Coordinate spare parts and material readiness for planned, unplanned, and shutdown activities in close collaboration with the Maintenance Spare Parts group, including requisition creation and maintenance of BOMs and component lists;
• Develop, coordinate, track, and communicate plant shutdown and turnaround plans and schedules together with the Turnaround Manager, including progress updates and identification of critical path impacts, delays, acceleration, and compression opportunities;
• Coordinate and level maintenance resources across all site crafts and external vendors to support effective execution of planned work and alignment with site priorities;
• Ensure safety is fully integrated into maintenance planning and scheduling by defining safe work procedures, best practices, PPE, tools, equipment, and area requirements;
• Partner with Maintenance Operations, Technical System Owners, Production, Engineering, and vendors to prioritize, plan, and schedule preventive, corrective, repair, and calibration maintenance activities;
• Lead regular cross-functional meetings to establish short- and long-term priorities, coordinate routine maintenance and repair activities, and resolve resource or schedule conflicts;
• Maintain complete and accurate SAP data for parts, labor, duration, notifications, maintenance plans, and work history to support execution excellence and continuous improvement of planning and scheduling accuracy.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent certification with extensive work experience, or Bachelor’s degree with significant work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in maintenance planning and scheduling;
• Expert knowledge of maintenance, calibration, and repair procedures, pharmaceutical plant operations, equipment schematics, manuals, procedures, and process and instrumentation diagrams to support effective maintenance planning, work scoping, scheduling, and plant shutdown execution;
• Documented knowledge of cGMPs, ISO standards, and industry best practices;
• Experience in maintenance planning, work scoping, scheduling, turnaround coordination, and project management, including defining materials, labor, duration, tools, equipment, supplier, and area requirements for maintenance activities;
• Proficiency in SAP and strong computer skills, including MS Office, MS Project, and MS Access;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and influence effectively across manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, and production functions;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills combined with strong planning, scheduling, organizational, and prioritization skills;
• Ability to shift priorities, manage multiple activities simultaneously, and perform effectively under pressure while meeting schedule commitments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification in a planning/scheduling field (for example, PMI-SP, AACE-CST, AACE-PSP, IFMA-CFM, IFMA-FMP).

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $96,480.00 - $144,720.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.

This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 10/3/2026.

To all recruitment agencies: Bayer does not accept unsolicited third party resumes.

Bayer is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

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Location

Location: United States : California : Berkeley

Division

Division: Pharmaceuticals

Reference Code

Reference Code: 886804

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