Senior Maintenance Planner

Lonza Biologics, Inc. in; Vacaville (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Lonza in Vacaville, CA is seeking a Senior Maintenance Planner for our Facilities Maintenance team. This fully site-based role will review requests, develop ready-to-schedule work orders, and coordinate with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering and Quality to keep critical systems reliable.

The role requires 5–10 years in maintenance planning within a manufacturing or biotech setting, a Bachelor's degree, and CMMS/SAP experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in maintenance planning or related field.
• 5–10 years in maintenance planning, reliability, or technical operations in manufacturing/biotech environments.
• Experience with CMMS; SAP experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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 with complete scopes, labor, materials, permits, and safety requirements.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, EHS, Scheduling and Materials to build executable work orders that maximize efficiency and minimize downtime.
• Create and maintain accurate planning master data in SAP to support compliant maintenance plans and task lists.
• Support plant shutdowns, equipment changeovers, projects, and other planned maintenance activities with prerequisites in place before scheduling.
• Use metrics and data analysis to identify opportunities to improve planning efficiency and maintenance performance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and provide planning support for investigations, CAPAs, vendor work, and cross-functional projects.

Skills

Maintenance planning

GMP awareness

Cross-functional teamwork

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

CMMS

Job description

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

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.