Maintenance Planner Scheduler

Job Details

Location:

Valley Milk, LLC – Turlock, CA 95380
Position:
Full Time
Salary: $85,000 - $92,000
Shift: Day

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate all preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities within the food manufacturing facility
• Ensure maximum equipment reliability, minimal downtime, compliance with food safety standards, and efficient use of maintenance resources
• Collaborate with production, quality, sanitation, and maintenance teams to support safe and continuous plant operations

• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance (PM) schedules for all plant equipment and utilities
• Plan and schedule corrective and predictive maintenance activities to minimize production disruption
• Coordinate downtime planning process and milestones, including commitments, pre‑outage forecasts, outage milestones, and internal/external resource assignments
• Prioritize work orders based on safety, food safety, production impact, and asset criticality
• Ensure all work orders are properly documented, scoped, and resourced before scheduling
• Train and support maintenance team members on planning and scheduling best practices
• Perform all other related duties as assigned

• Manage and maintain the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Ensure accurate entry of asset data, PM tasks, parts usage, and labor hours
• Generate and analyze maintenance reports (downtime, MTBF, MTTR, backlog, etc.)
• Maintain equipment records in compliance with food safety and regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, USDA, HACCP, SQF, BRC, MOC’s)

• Coordinate with the storeroom to ensure critical spare parts availability
• Help identify minimum/maximum stock levels for maintenance parts
• Support parts procurement and vendor coordination when necessary

• Analyze equipment failure trends and recommend reliability improvements
• Support root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective action implementation
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment uptime and efficiency
• Collaborate with maintenance, engineering and outside contractors on equipment modifications and capital projects

• Ensure maintenance activities comply with food safety (SQF), GMP, and OSHA standards
• Coordinate lockout/tagout (LOTO) planning and documentation
• Support internal and external audits related to maintenance programs
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Strong knowledge of industrial equipment (mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic systems)
• Understanding preventive and predictive maintenance practices
• Familiarity with food safety standards and regulatory compliance requirements
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional coordination ability
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced production environment
• Problem‑solving and decision‑making skills

• PM compliance rate
• Emergency work vs. planned work
• Maintenance backlog levels
• Equipment uptime and downtime reduction
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
• Work order completion rate
• Spare parts availability

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial maintenance, or related field preferred
• 3–5 years of maintenance planning or maintenance experience in a food manufacturing or regulated environment
• Experience with CMMS systems (e.g., SAP, Sage, Dimo)
• Qualified candidates must understand, read, write, and speak English
• Candidates must demonstrate current US work status eligibility

Position type: full‑time, exempt/salaried; regular schedule M–F 8:00am–5:00pm with flexibility for variable hours including occasional evening and weekend work.