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Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Job Description

The maintenance planner is responsible for planning maintenance activities and providing administrative support to the Sr Facility Engineering Manager. This role involves managing the preventative maintenance program, work orders, special projects, and general departmental activities. The position requires a commitment to continuous improvement within the maintenance department.

Responsibilities

+ Work independently or as a team member with minimal supervision.

+ Maintain confidentiality of all interactions and communications while working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

+ Interact comfortably with personnel at all levels of the organization.

+ Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness in daily tasks and projects.

+ Monitor and schedule preventative maintenance activities through the CMMS based on due dates and production needs to enhance customer satisfaction through increased uptime.

+ Collaborate with production scheduling, maintenance supervisors, and operations to schedule equipment availability for preventative maintenance and work order activities.

+ Act as the system administrator for the plant CMMS, ensuring work and parts information remains accurate and up to date.

+ Supervise parts room clerks and manage parts kitting for planned work.

+ Establish spare parts needs for preventative maintenance activities.

+ Facilitate a safe work environment.

+ Monitor PM due dates through CMMS to ensure timely completion, driving uptime improvement.

+ Gather information to evaluate current work processes, determining flow of work, time requirements, costs, and duration.

+ Develop strategies and programs to improve productivity and efficiency of work processes.

+ Formalize PM programs including tasks, frequency, time budgets, and materials required.

+ Optimize downtime by scheduling PMs on production days whenever possible.

+ Maintain all PM records and order necessary parts.

+ Review completed work orders for accuracy and close upon successful review.

+ Maintain stockroom organization each shift and assist in maintaining a critical parts inventory.

+ Participate in special projects to ensure product quality and company success.

+ Fill in as needed for the Maintenance Shift Supervisor.

+ Send periodic reports on PM completion.

Essential Skills

+ Five years of experience in a similar role, with food industry experience preferred.

+ Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize workload.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

+ Self-managed and highly motivated.

+ Good problem-solving skills and sound judgment.

+ Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office, CMMS (MP2, SAP, etc.), and Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.

+ In-depth experience with the SAP preventative maintenance system is strongly preferred.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ High School Diploma or GED required.

+ Five years of maintenance experience in a high-speed production environment is required.

+ Proficiency in troubleshooting, blueprint reading, electrical and mechanical repair.

+ Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, and welding.

+ Three or more years of experience in mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.

+ Three or more years of experience in preventative maintenance.

Why Work Here?

This is a growing company that promotes internally, offering opportunities for career advancement and professional development. The company values its employees and fosters a supportive work culture.

Work Environment

The company is a GMP food manufacturing facility with refrigerated areas maintained at 30-40 degrees. The management team boasts over eighty years of high-level experience in the custom foods business, emphasizing quality custom meats for well-known restaurant chains and food companies since 1985.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Pleasant Prairie, WI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60320.00 - $60320.00/yr.

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Pleasant Prairie,WI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 24, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.