AmeriQual Foods - Maintenance Planner

This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all duties, responsibilities, or activities required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

At AmeriQual Foods , we take pride in producing high-quality, safe food products that serve customers across the country. Our success starts on the production floor — and strong leadership makes all the difference.

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Maintenance Planner to support the planning, scheduling, and coordination of maintenance activities within our manufacturing facility. This role plays a critical part in ensuring equipment reliability, minimizing downtime, and supporting efficient production operations.

The ideal candidate will work closely with maintenance leadership, engineers, technicians, and operations teams to ensure maintenance tasks are properly planned, resourced, and executed. This position also plays an important role in maintaining equipment history, managing work orders, and preparing project kits for maintenance technicians so work can be completed efficiently.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and communicate scheduled maintenance activities with Maintenance Managers and Engineers.
• Manage and maintain the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to track equipment history, labor and material costs, and maintenance activities related to facility and production equipment.
• Schedule maintenance and repair work at times that minimize disruption to production operations.
• Ensure maintenance work is properly planned, scheduled, and completed efficiently and on time.
• Coordinate plant outages, long-term maintenance planning, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Work with external contractors to plan and schedule repair and maintenance work as needed.
• Provide technical support and resources to assist in resolving maintenance issues.
• Develop and maintain equipment lists and applicable design criteria codes.
• Conduct timely follow-up on planned maintenance activities to ensure completion and documentation.
• Manage project kits for maintenance technicians by gathering and staging all required parts, tools, materials, and documentation prior to maintenance work.
• Conduct routine plant floor walks to audit maintenance work, GMP compliance, and repair needs.

• Associate’s degree in a technical field preferred.
• 5+ years of production maintenance experience and/or 2+ years of maintenance experience in a food manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of maintenance planning concepts and the ability to anticipate and resolve scheduling conflicts before they impact production.
• Knowledge of operations, mechanical systems, electrical systems, and plant utility support systems.
• Experience working with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Familiarity with predictive maintenance (PdM) technologies and maintenance best practices.
• Strong planning, estimating, and organizational skills with the ability to manage outage planning, corrective maintenance, and long-term projects.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and technical writing skills.
• Effective communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, stand, and walk; talk or hear both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

This position frequently requires time on the production floor and the ability to work in standard seasonal warehouse and food processing plant temperature conditions. The role may require lifting up to 50 pounds, pushing, pulling, or moving objects, and the use of specialized tools, equipment, and machinery. Work is performed in a facility where nuts, fruits, and other allergens are present.