Givaudan Careers Maintenance Planner

Givaudan•Cincinnati, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Schedule Planner schedules maintenance resources to maximize labor utilization, schedule compliance, and backlog effectiveness while aligning work with production priorities and business objectives. The role is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and reports to the Engineering and Maintenance Manager. The listed salary range is $68,000–$85,000, based on experience. The position develops weekly maintenance schedules, coordinates daily schedule execution, balances labor availability with work priorities, and coordinates shutdown and outage schedules. It maintains backlog health and quality, monitors work order aging, facilitates prioritization and weekly backlog review meetings, preserves backlog priority integrity, and escalates aging work orders. The planner also schedules contractor activities and coordinates access, plant support, and contractor schedule integration. The role supports continuous improvement and compliance by maintaining expertise in One Point Lessons (OPLs) and training mechanics and maintenance leadership team members. It maintains at least one active improvement initiative (ZPM6 / Z09), monitors schedule breaks and their systemic causes, publishes scheduling and backlog metrics, monitors workflow compliance, and identifies work management improvements. Core deliverables include weekly and daily schedules, backlog prioritization and schedule compliance reports, labor utilization reports, a weekly scheduling meeting agenda and action log, and a schedule break analysis report.

Requirements

Vocational diploma in technical engineering or a related discipline at pre-university level.
Forklift operation certification.
Certification in at least one of the following: pipefitting, welding, pump, PLC, electrical, robotics, or equipment repair.
At least 3 years of experience with a mechanical/electrical background in a food- or chemical-related manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Develop weekly maintenance schedules.
Coordinate daily schedule execution.
Balance labor availability and work priorities.
Coordinate shutdown and outage schedules.
Maintain backlog health and quality.
Monitor work order aging.
Facilitate prioritization processes and weekly backlog review meetings.
Ensure appropriate workflow progression and maintain backlog priority integrity.
Escalate aging work orders.
Schedule contractor activities and coordinate access, plant support, and contractor schedule integration.
Maintain expertise in One Point Lessons (OPLs) and train mechanics and maintenance leadership team members.
Maintain at least one active improvement initiative (ZPM6 / Z09) aligned with role responsibilities.
Monitor schedule breaks and identify systemic causes.
Publish scheduling and backlog metrics, monitor workflow compliance, and identify opportunities for work management improvement.
Produce weekly and daily schedules, backlog prioritization and schedule compliance reports, labor utilization reports, a weekly scheduling meeting agenda and action log, and a schedule break analysis report.