Reliability & Preventive Maintenance Planner

farmerfocus; Harrisonburg (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

weekly payroll

paid time off and sick leave

semi-subsidized medical coverage

dental and vision plan options

401(k) plan with company match

education reimbursement opportunities

employee assistance programs (EAP)

internal learning, development, and0c

career growth programs

Job summary

Farmer Focus is seeking a Maintenance Planner for our Annex plant on-site. This role focuses on reliability-based maintenance, planning, scheduling, and tracking work to maximize equipment uptime and support production demands.

Requirements include 2–3 years in a planning role, CMMS proficiency, and strong organizational and communication skills. Compensation is $85,000–$105,000 with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of experience as a Maintenance Planner, preferably in a poultry plant or food manufacturing environment.
• Experience using a CMMS to maintain equipment records, create work orders, schedule maintenance, and generate reports.
• Strong organization, planning, time management, and follow-through skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with cross-functional teams.
• New hires must pass drug, alcohol, and background screening.

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment records, status priorities, and catalog profiles in the CMMS to support repair analysis and data collection.
• Set up, maintain, release, and schedule preventive and predictive maintenance plans and work orders.
• Determine cost-effective preventive and predictive approaches based on equipment criticality.
• Generate PM work orders for the next 14–28 days and monitor completion.
• Plan and schedule corrective work to maximize crew utilization and minimize downtime.
• Create and review work orders with labor, parts, services, and timing requirements.
• Prepare weekly reports and scorecards on PM completion, overtime, and hours.
• Collaborate with QA, HACCP, IT, Production, Safety and others in scheduling.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Time management

Communication

Independent worker

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Farmer Focus is seeking a Maintenance Planner for our Annex plant on-site. This role focuses on reliability-based maintenance, planning, scheduling, and tracking work to maximize equipment uptime and support production demands.

Requirements include 2–3 years in a planning role, CMMS proficiency, and strong organizational and communication skills. Compensation is $85,000–$105,000 with a comprehensive benefits package.