Maintenance Planner - Ripon

The Wine Group•Ripon, CA

108d•$40 - $60

About The Position

The Technical Maintenance Planner converts approved maintenance requests into safe, technically complete, resource-ready job plans. The position verifies work scope, prepares job packages, estimates labor and duration, coordinates parts, tools, contractors, permits, and equipment access, manages the planning backlog, and supports weekly and outage scheduling. Working across Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, Reliability, EHS, Quality, Procurement, and Storeroom, the Planner maintains accurate JDE and MaintainX information and improves plans using technician feedback, equipment history, and reliability findings. The role supports increased wrench time, schedule compliance, PM/PdM execution, work quality, backlog health, and equipment reliability while reducing emergencies and unplanned work. The position uses JDE as the work-order, asset, costing, labor, material, and history system of record, and MaintainX for technician-ready procedures, checklists, photos, field information, and mobile execution according to site governance. The Planner prepares and coordinates work; the Maintenance Supervisor assigns technicians and controls daily execution.

Requirements

Must be 18 years or older.
High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, PLCs, VFDs, hydraulics, pneumatics, refrigeration, boilers, utilities, processing equipment, and facility infrastructure.
Ability to interpret blueprints, schematics, P&IDs, OEM manuals, specifications, parts diagrams, and maintenance procedures.
Strong CMMS/EAM and Microsoft Office skills.
Knowledge of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; precision maintenance; LOTO; permits; OSHA; and applicable environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements.
Strong communication, organization, facilitation, analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional coordination skills.
Commitment to safety, quality, reliability, continuous improvement, and The Wine Group values.
Ability to conduct field walkdowns and work in offices, shops, production, warehouse, utility, indoor, and outdoor environments.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist, climb stairs, access equipment areas, wear required PPE, and lift or carry up to 50 pounds at varying frequencies, subject to applicable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Technical education, apprenticeship, or maintenance and reliability certification.
Five or more years of progressive industrial or facilities maintenance experience, including planning, scheduling, reliability, supervision, or technical coordination; this experience is preferred.
Experience with JDE and MaintainX.

Responsibilities

Review and screen work requests for clarity, correct asset and location, duplication, priority, work type, and planning requirements.
Conduct field walkdowns to verify scope, equipment condition, access, operating constraints, downtime needs, safety requirements, and the appropriate repair method.
Develop standardized, step-by-step job plans containing labor, skills, crew size, duration, parts, materials, tools, contractors, permits, procedures, drawings, safety controls, cost information, and completion criteria.
Apply precision maintenance requirements, including alignment, balancing, torque, lubrication, cleanliness, calibration, measurement, and tolerances where applicable.
Identify, reserve, order, kit, and stage required parts and materials; coordinate special tools, rental equipment, contractors, and external services.
Maintain a prioritized, risk-based backlog with accurate status, constraints, ownership, aging, target dates, and next actions.
Confirm that work meets the ready-to-schedule standard for scope, safety, labor, parts, tools, access, downtime, completion criteria, and feedback requirements.
Build the proposed weekly schedule from fully planned work and load it against available labor by craft and skill, PM/PdM commitments, production windows, absences, and contractor availability.
Coordinate the weekly work-management cadence, including backlog screening, detailed planning, parts review, prioritization, schedule freeze, kitting, handoff, and daily blocker review.
Maintain accurate JDE and MaintainX information, using each system according to site governance.
Review completed work orders for actual labor, parts used, completion notes, cause information, photos, follow-up needs, and lessons learned before closure.
Participate in RCA, RCM, PM optimization, bad-actor review, OEE improvement, defect elimination, equipment criticality, and other reliability initiatives.
Monitor and communicate planning coverage, schedule loading, schedule compliance, emergency work, PM compliance, ready backlog, backlog aging, parts readiness, rework, and closure quality.
Prepare and coordinate work while leaving technician assignments and daily execution control to the Maintenance Supervisor.
Provide occasional off-shift, weekend, shutdown, and emergency support.