Maintenance Planner

Summary

Champion Petfoods is expanding! We are excited to announce we are looking for a Maintenance Planner to join our rapidly growing company. Champion Petfoods is an award‑winning pet food maker with a reputation of trust spanning 35+ years. Founded in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Champion – with its ORIJEN® and ACANA® brands – is a key player in the global premium pet food industry across three major geographic regions.

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about personal and professional growth and see yourself as a key player contributing to our continued success as an award‑winning company.

This position is responsible for improving workforce productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through balancing the availability of internal labour, external contractors, parts & material, and equipment. The role has a high degree of visibility, focusing on avoiding unplanned breakdowns and increasing equipment availability and performance. It requires frequent interaction with management in cross‑functional teams such as Production, Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety, and Maintenance planning.

• Develop comprehensive maintenance job plans for Preventative, Lubrication and Predictive maintenance activities.
• Create a scheduling horizon for short, mid, and long‑term activities, including annual overhauls and new equipment installations.
• Determine and recommend the scope and maintenance strategy (repair/overhaul/replace) of key maintenance work.
• Manage assets history, technical manuals, OEM support contracts and other technical files for inclusion in job plans.
• 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 labour 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.
• Review and regularly update all maintenance backlogs.
• Provide technical assistance as required for maintenance personnel in executing the work.
• Monitor parts/materials from point of order until staging.

• Minimum of five years of Maintenance Scheduler / Planner experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Highly skilled with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) – Red Zone is preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent time management, planning, and prioritization skills.
• Continuous Improvement mindset.
• Advanced computer skills and knowledge of the MS Office suite.
• Must possess either a journeyperson ticket (Millwright or Electrical) and/or a technical diploma in a related field.
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Maintenance Planner / Scheduler (CMPS) certification considered an asset.

• Working inside a clean, modern, state‑of‑the‑art pet food manufacturing facility with brand‑new equipment.
• Working on business hours from 8am – 4:30pm.

• Safety: a strong commitment to ensure all people are provided with a safe, healthy and respectful environment.
• Earnings: competitive wages that give financial peace of mind, RRSP with Company, and donation matching.
• Industry‑competitive benefits:
  Medical, Dental, Vision and Employee Assistance Programs to meet your individual or family needs.
• Continuing
  
  Education:
  
  In‑House & Online Learning & Development, as well as an Education Assistance Program.
• Quality: a dedication to uphold the highest standards of authenticity, nutritional integrity, and food safety, to earn the trust of Pet Lovers everywhere.
• Other perks:
  Free Bag of Premium Pet Food each month, Free Parking and more!

What are you waiting for? Join the pack! Come as you are. We value diversity in all forms and know the power it can bring. Workplace equality allows for creative ideas to bloom, diverse points of views to be heard, and increases overall happiness. That sounds pretty good to us.

Champion is an equal opportunity employer. Regardless of your race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identi