Senior Maintenance Planner

Lonza Biologics, Inc.; Vacaville (CA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) matching plan

Life insurance, short-term and long‑t.

Employee assistance programs

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Lonza in Vacaville, CA is seeking a Senior Maintenance Planner to join the Facilities Maintenance team, ensuring reliable operation of critical facility systems and equipment. This fully site-based role supports high quality and compliant pharmaceutical manufacturing.

The role partners with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering and Quality to plan, schedule and execute work orders in a cGMP environment. Day Shift: 4x10, Mon-Thu or Tue-Fri.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field or experience.
• 5–10 years in maintenance planning, reliability, or technical operations in manufacturing or pharma.
• Experience with CMMS, preferably SAP, and GMP-regulated environments.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and develop comprehensive maintenance plans.

Responsibilities

• Review, prioritize, and validate maintenance requests based on safety, compliance, and production impact.
• Convert requests into scheduled work orders with complete scopes, labor, materials, permits and safety needs.
• Collaborate across Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, EHS, Scheduling and Materials to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime.
• Maintain accurate planning master data in SAP and support shutdowns, changeovers and projects.
• Use data to identify opportunities to improve planning efficiency and maintenance performance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and mentor team members on investigations and CAPAs.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

Location: Vacaville, California

This is a fully site based role. Working together in person supports close, real time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

Join Lonza in Vacaville, CA, as a Senior Maintenance Planner and become part of our Facilities Maintenance team supporting the production of innovative biotherapeutic medicines. In this role, you will work closely with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality teams to ensure reliable operation of critical facility systems and equipment. At Lonza, we operate in a highly regulated environment and follow strict cGMP and SOP standards, ensuring our processes consistently meet the highest quality and compliance requirements.

What You Will Get

The full-time base annual salary for this position is expected to range between $93,000 to $155,000. In addition, below you will find a comprehensive summary of the benefits package we offer:

• Performance-related bonus
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching plan
• Life insurance, as well as short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Paid Time Off

Shift: Day Shift: 4X10 shift ( Mon - Thu OR Tue - Fri)

What You Will Do

• Review, prioritize, and validate maintenance requests based on safety, compliance, equipment reliability, and production impact.
• Develop approved maintenance requests into ready-to-schedule work orders, ensuring complete job scopes, labor, materials, permits, and safety requirements are planned.
• Partner with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, EHS, Scheduling and Materials Management to build executable work orders that maximize efficiency while minimizing equipment/production downtime.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining accurate planning master data in SAP ensuring compliant maintenance plans and task lists to support execution.
• Support plant shutdowns, equipment changeovers, projects, and other planned maintenance activities by ensuring all prerequisites are in place before work is released to scheduling.
• Use metrics and data analysis to identify opportunities to improve planning efficiency, maintenance plan and task list quality and overall maintenance performance.
• Serve as a maintenance planning subject matter expert by leading continuous improvement initiatives, mentoring team members, and providing planning support for investigations, CAPAs, vendor work, and cross-functional projects.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant maintenance planning experience.
• Five to ten years of experience in maintenance planning, maintenance, reliability, or technical operations within a manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology or industrial environment.
• Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), with SAP experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance planning best practices, preventive maintenance and GMP-regulated environments.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical documents, and equipment information to develop comprehensive maintenance work plans.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and build strong partnerships across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills with experience driving continuous improvement, mentoring and guiding others.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.