Senior Maintenance Planner: GMP-Driven Plant Reliability

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

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.