Maintenance Planner

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About This Opportunity:

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager the Planner is the quarterback of the Maintenance department and plays a key role in managing Work Management Asset Lifecycle Management and Asset Reliability activities at the plant.

The Planner is responsible for developing comprehensive maintenance plans in alignment with the Asset Reliability Strategy as well as managing optimizing coordinating and scheduling required resources to execute the plans with minimal disruption to production.

This position is responsible for improving work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through balancing the availability of internal labor external contractors parts & material and equipment.

This position will drive proactive and effective maintenance planning and scheduling that is critical for a well-functioning organization and improved production.

This role has a high degree of visibility where focus and attention are on avoiding unnecessary production delays while optimizing trades wrench-time is key for success. This role requires frequent interactions negotiation and direct engagement with Maintenance Managers Plant Managers/Site Leads Operations Production and management in cross-functional groups such as food and health safety as well as external contractors and OEMs to advance the relationship and needs of all departments regarding planning and avoid unnecessary downtime.

The position requires strong communication technical organization project management and problem-solving skills for precise planning management and analyses of the competing priorities of each department. Decision making negotiation and stakeholder management skills will have significant impact on prioritizing work that is critical for optimizing trades utilization to increase productivity maximizing asset lifecycle and reduce equipment downtime.

Any Canada Packers team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by April 20 2026. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive and thorough maintenance job plans for routine or repetitive preventive condition based and predictive maintenance activities that facilitate the safe and effective execution of work.

• Review optimize and update 5% of the PM routes registered in SAP every quarter.

• Manage asset bill of material (BOM) supporting job plans review and update 5% of the BOMs registered in SAP every quarter.

• Create a scheduling horizon for short mid and long-term activities including annual overhauls and new equipment installations; Develop extended maintenance schedules that facilitate the 3-year Plan.

• Review risk assess and rout non-emergency work orders for approval at the correct organizational level against defined acceptance criteria based on the business risk.

• Determine and recommend the scope and maintenance strategy (repair/overhaul/replace) of key maintenance work; document work plan and manage required resources to full execution of the of preventive or corrective work.

• Manage assets history technical manuals OEM support contracts and other technical files for inclusion in job plans to anticipate and avoid delays.

• Develop condition-based monitoring routes load levels and seed dates.

• Plan and schedule work using Visual Scheduling tool PowerBI and SAP using in depth analytics and advanced techniques.

• Track and analyze Maintenance KPIs; improve the lagging KPIs using insights from SAP and PowerBI.

• Visit the floor with the goal of increasing team productivity by removing all obstacles to executing the work safely correctly and with minimum downtime and effort. Adopt the concept of eyes on the job and eyes on the parts.

• Optimize maintenance labor availability vs. workload to minimize production disruptions.

• Prioritize maintenance work using criticality analysis; schedule work through proactive communications with Maintenance & Production to ensure the highest value and/or most critical work is being scheduled and completed in a timely manner.

• Lead maintenance planning/scheduling meetings where maintenance interventions are synchronized with Production.

• Develop schedule loading with the understanding of resource availability operational requirements and a knowledge of time cost and quality estimating.

• Lead PM Optimization activities Root Cause Failure Analysis PM/overhaul postmortems and work order quality reviews.

• Understand the risks and timing variances that may occur and adjust as necessary to ensure schedule and cost compliance this includes early start and late finish dates as well as asset criticality.

• Review and regularly update all maintenance backlogs.

• Provide technical assistance as required for maintenance personnel in executing the work.

• Strongly collaborate with the stores and the MRO staff to ensure the availability of parts / materials to execute work.

• Monitor parts/materials from point of order until staging.

• Seek approval to expedite parts for late jobs.

• Work on maintenance capital projects.

Skills & Experience:

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

• Minimum 5 year of related experience.

• Minimum college diploma; university degree in is preferred; Journeypersons ticket is a significant asset.

• Project Management Professional and/or related technical diploma preferred.

• Must be highly competent and thrive on using and championing advanced technology such as Asset Reliability Mobility Visual Scheduler PowerBI and Intelligent Enterprise Asset Management systems.

• Extensive experience in applying proven Maintenance best practices in industrial environment (5 years).

REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience with implementing and in-depth knowledge of maintenance and reliability concepts.

• Experience in client facing or site support roles including technical consulting.

• High degree of competency in performing in-depth analytics drawing insights and continuous improvement.

• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environment.

• Highly skilled with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems is a must-have skill (CMMS); SAP is preferred.

• Experience with technology reporting analytical platforms.

• Advanced software skills in Word Excel PowerPoint Visio AutoCAD.

• Self-starter high energy customer oriented with superb communication/interpersonal skills.

• Continuous improvement mindset critical thinker challenging the status quo.

• Highly results oriented extremely organized and capable of working independently while managing multiple priorities.

• Must be highly adaptable to constant change and comfortable in a very fast-paced environment.

• Knowledge of GMPs food safety development and health & safety requirements.

• Knowledge of contract development and execution.

• Proven capability to provide technical leadership to business and operations.

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills at all levels.

What We Offer:

• Values based culture.

• Hybrid work model for eligible roles.

• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.

• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.

• Opportunities to develop your skills and progress your career.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position.

Championing diversity is a critical component of our culture. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Recruitment Team at.

Disclaimer: Please note that salaries posted on sites other than the Canada Packers Careers Page are not a reflection of Canada Packers and are an estimated salary range provided by that particular job board. We offer competitive wages and an attractive total rewards package which will be discussed during an interview with our Recruitment Team.