Plant Maintenance Planner — Optimize Uptime & Safety

Ingredion Incorporated; North Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 84,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingredion Incorporated is seeking a Maintenance Planner to drive plant reliability by planning and scheduling maintenance activities across the North Kansas City, MO site. You will collaborate with operations, engineering, and procurement to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective maintenance aligned with production goals.

Responsibilities include managing work orders, backlog, spare parts, and BOMs in SAP, creating standard job plans, and reporting on maintenance performance while supporting

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance planning and scheduling in a manufacturing environment (e.g., food, pharma, refinery).
• Familiarity with SAP, Prometheus, or similar maintenance systems.
• Knowledge of Microsoft tools (e.g., MS Project) preferred.
• Experience using KPIs for performance tracking and decision-making.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule maintenance activities, including defining scope, safety requirements, materials, labor, and timelines.
• Manage the full maintenance planning process, including work orders, backlog prioritization, and scheduling.
• Coordinate with operations and engineering to align maintenance plans with production and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and manage spare parts, Bills of Material (BOMs), and requisitions within SAP systems.
• Facilitate planning and scheduling meetings and provide reporting on maintenance activities.
• Create and improve job plans, ensuring standardization and continuous improvement through feedback and RCPE participation.
• Support budgeting activities and act as backup to the Maintenance Manager when needed.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SAP

Prometheus

MS Project

Job description

Ingredion Incorporated is seeking a Maintenance Planner to drive plant reliability by planning and scheduling maintenance activities across the North Kansas City, MO site. You will collaborate with operations, engineering, and procurement to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective maintenance aligned with production goals.

Responsibilities include managing work orders, backlog, spare parts, and BOMs in SAP, creating standard job plans, and reporting on maintenance performance while supporting