Maintenance Planner Lead

Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and food service customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive.
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Drive reliability, efficiency, and operational excellence across our manufacturing environment. As a Maintenance Planner Lead, you will play a key role in ensuring maintenance activities are planned, scheduled, and executed safely and effectively to maximize equipment performance and plant reliability. You will develop detailed work packages, coordinate labor, materials, tools, permits, and resources, and create time-phased maintenance plans that support Reliability Excellence processes.

Partnering closely with maintenance, operations, and engineering teams, you will help optimize maintenance strategies, improve work execution, and maintain accurate equipment and job plan data. This role is ideal for a proactive, detail-oriented leader who enjoys solving complex challenges, collaborating across teams, and driving continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Schedule:

1st Shift: Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

• Develop plans for all maintenance activities, including maintenance of Maximo and preventive maintenance system data and reporting.
• Analyze data for use in maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Maintain and develop best practices for preventive maintenance.
• Ensure continuous review of preventive maintenance work orders as they relate to equipment history.
• Recommend modifications to optimize equipment reliability and maintenance labor utilization.
• Learn universal maintenance standards to develop reasonable expectations for the time required to complete maintenance tasks.
• Identify and label all new equipment in accordance with company standards and keep records current.
• Use key performance indicators to provide fact-based feedback to management.
• Plan maintenance work with regard to the skill level and safety training required to complete tasks.
• Review SAP and Maximo data from other locations with similar equipment and report findings and recommendations.
• Administer maintenance shift scheduling, work order backlog, and planning for scheduled downtime work, including parts availability.
• Interface with Engineering, local management, Operations Support, corporate departments, and outside entities on special projects as necessary.
• Coordinate with Operations Support regarding reports used to develop, track, and communicate results to management.
• Develop a time-phased plan of activities indicating what is to be done, when, by whom, and with what equipment.
• Make decisions regarding the allocation of available capacity and resources, including equipment, labor, and space, to jobs, activities, and tasks over time.

• College degree or equivalent experience.
• 6-8 years of experience.
• Estimate and initiate work orders for maintenance notifications and provide maintenance support for equipment reliability…