Associate Maintenance Planner

ConAgra Foods•Darien, WI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will support plant reliability by planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities. You will manage preventive, planned, and unplanned maintenance work, prioritize work orders, maintain parts availability, support reliability improvements, and partner with production, engineering, accounting, and maintenance teams to improve equipment performance and plant efficiency.

Requirements

High school diploma required
3+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience with SAP or a computerized maintenance management system.
Maintenance planning experience or formal planner training.
Knowledge of machine repair and programmable logic controller systems.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Experience interpreting technical information and managing competing priorities.
Proven success working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

bachelor's degree preferred
Food manufacturing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Plan, prioritize, and schedule preventive, planned, and unplanned maintenance activities.
Manage maintenance work orders, job packages, and parts requirements to support operational needs.
Maintain appropriate spare parts inventory while identifying opportunities to reduce excess inventory and standardize materials.
Lead Drumbeat planning activities, including pre- and post-Drumbeat meetings and associated follow-up.
Partner with production, engineering, maintenance, accounting, and external vendors to resolve issues and ensure efficient execution of maintenance work.
Analyze backlog, rework, and equipment history to identify root causes and drive reliability improvements.
Support preventive maintenance optimization, task development, and maintenance master data maintenance.
Create reports, communicate planned and unplanned work updates, and support continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives.
Provide support of standard work processes.