Maintenance Planner

Mondelēz International•Richmond, VA

3d•$77,600 - $106,700

About The Position

The Maintenance Planner brings technical expertise in manufacturing processes and equipment to lead maintenance planning, process development, and implementation of planned maintenance in a continuous-improvement manufacturing environment. The role partners with line leaders and teams across maintenance, operations, engineering, and contractors to support stable processes and achieve safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability, and morale targets. The position owns line-level preventive and time-based maintenance plans, progressive maintenance systems and KPIs, centerline management, and the line’s repairs and maintenance budget. It builds technicians’ maintenance capabilities, supports reliability improvements and special maintenance tasks, coordinates change management and spare-parts localization, and contributes to breakdown analysis and maintenance cost reduction. The planner also supports new initiatives, benchmarking, and maintenance training. The job includes detailed maintenance planning and scheduling, SAP equipment and materials data upkeep, project coordination, and oversight of work documentation and closeout. The schedule must be flexible to accommodate any shift, including weekends and holidays.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent.
Minimum 2 years of experience in manufacturing maintenance planning.
Strong working knowledge of SAP maintenance systems, including work orders, equipment master data, and parts lists (BOMs).
Advanced knowledge of Autonomous Maintenance Step 4 systems and Progressive Maintenance Step 3, including independently maintaining dedicated equipment at basic conditions and executing Autonomous and Progressive Maintenance standards.
Knowledge of breakdown maintenance, planned maintenance, TPM Phase 3 and 4, and problem-solving tools.
Capability to lead a role for the line and qualify and coach the next level of Standard Work Process owners.
Capability to develop and align a line’s goals and master plan, manage individual development plans, and coach team members on performance and career development.
Proficient in reading, writing, and speaking English.
Must be flexible to work any shift, including weekends and holidays.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

Partner with line leaders to deliver safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability, and morale targets and ensure process stability.
Participate in Daily Management System meetings at shift and line level.
Own the technology, process, equipment centerline settings, progressive maintenance systems, maintenance work processes, and related KPIs for assigned lines.
Own the repairs and maintenance budget for assigned lines.
Develop, own, and execute preventive and time-based maintenance systems and plans; build the team’s capability to carry them out.
Spend at least 50% of time building the technical and maintenance skills of shift technicians so they can operate and maintain their equipment.
Participate in the Progressive Maintenance Pillar, own line-level systems and processes, and lead some at department level.
Partner with Asset and Reliability teams on system improvements and special maintenance tasks.
Manage line change management, spare-parts localization, breakdown analysis, and repairs and maintenance cost reduction.
Represent the department or lines as the site technology owner in regional and global technology forums.
Assist with new-initiative VSU activities and enable the VSU team.
Support internal and external benchmarking and reapplication; serve as a subject-matter expert in a component category and train plant staff on maintenance topics.
Develop and maintain detailed maintenance plans, including work scopes, labor, materials, and estimated durations.
Plan, coordinate, and track maintenance improvement projects from identification through execution and completion.
Coordinate project resources and schedules with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and external contractors.
Identify and prioritize maintenance work to improve equipment reliability, eliminate recurring failures, and restore equipment to basic conditions.
Support daily and weekly Maintenance Planning and Scheduling for preventive, corrective, and planned-downtime activities.
Maintain equipment specifications, master data, equipment hierarchies, and bills of materials in SAP.
Develop, plan, and manage time-based, condition-based, and calibration maintenance plans.
Develop and maintain preventive maintenance standards and procedures.
Monitor work execution, follow up on outstanding work, and ensure completed work is documented and closed.
Lead a role for the line; qualify and coach the next level of Standard Work Process owners and address common opportunities using a Plan-Do-Check-Adjust approach.
Develop and align line goals and master plans, deploy and manage individual development plans, and coach team members on performance and career development.