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This role partners closely with the Maintenance Manager and plant teams to plan, schedule, track, and continuously improve maintenance work that maximizes equipment reliability, supports production needs, and strengthens maintenance team effectiveness.\nKey Responsibilities\nMaintain accurate equipment records, status priorities, and catalog profiles in the CMMS to support repair analysis and part failure data collection.\n\nSet up, maintain, release, and schedule preventive and predictive maintenance plans and work orders to maximize equipment reliability.\n\nDetermine cost-effective preventive and predictive maintenance approaches based on equipment criticality.\n\nGenerate PM work orders for the next 14-28 days and monitor completion to support ongoing equipment reliability.\n\nPlan and schedule corrective work to maximize maintenance crew utilization, reduce downtime, and minimize scheduled overtime.\n\nReview work requests, collaborate with other departments as needed, and create work orders that clearly define labor, parts, services, and timing requirements.\n\nCreate purchase requisitions for parts and services, organize department requisitions, and submit them daily to the Maintenance Director for review and approval.\n\nCalculate available crew hours for the following week, review backlog, and develop weekly schedules based on priorities, labor availability, and operational needs.\n\nLead weekly maintenance scheduling meetings and incorporate requests from QA, HACCP, IT, Production, Safety, and other departments into maintenance planning.\n\nPartner with maintenance supervisors to improve PM work orders based on equipment performance, part performance, and failure trends.\n\nPrepare weekly scorecards and maintenance reports, including PM completion, overtime, planned versus actual versus scheduled hours, downtime, and weekend work lists.\n\nTrack equipment downtime weekly by event, duration, equipment, time, and mechanic.\n\nCreate and maintain staffing reports categorized by name, shift, and department.\n\nAssist the Maintenance Director and maintenance leadership team with additional department work as needed.\n\nCompensation: $85,000 - $105,000\nBenefits: Farmer Focus offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support team members’ health, financial well-being, and professional growth. Available offerings may include weekly payroll,paid time off and sickleave, semi-subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, education reimbursement opportunities, employeeassistanceprograms (EAP), and internal learning, development, and career growth programs.\nAll benefits, programs, and offerings are subject to eligibility requirements, plan terms, and company policies, and may be changed, amended, ordiscontinuedby Farmer Focus at any time.\nQualifications\n2-3 years of experience as a Maintenance Planner, preferably in a poultry plant or food manufacturing environment.\n\nKnowledge and understanding of plant equipment, general maintenance practices, preventive maintenance, and predictive maintenance.\n\nExperience using a CMMS to maintain equipment records, create work orders, schedule maintenance, and generate reports.\n\nStrong organization, planning, time management, and follow-through skills.\n\nAbility to work independently, remain flexible, and adjust priorities in a fast-paced plant environment.\n\nExcellent communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams and departments.\n\nStrong attention to detail and a self-motivated approach to improving maintenance processes and equipment reliability.\n\nPreferred qualifications include experience creating purchase requisitions and knowledge of industrial maintenance and electrical functions.\n\nNew team members must be able to pass a drug,alcoholand background screening post-offer and prior to the start of their employment.The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work.\nWork Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel\nThe Maintenance Planner works in a plant maintenance environment and regularly collaborates with maintenance, production, QA, HACCP, IT, Safety, and other departments. This role uses the CMMS, reports, schedules, purchase requisitions, and maintenance performance data to support equipment reliability and maintenance planning. Minimal travel may be required as needed.\nThis position does not have an application deadline. Farmer Focus will recruit until the roleisfilled.\nRecruiter and Agency Disclaimer\nUnsolicited resumes or candidate profilessubmittedby staffing agencies, recruiters, or search firms to any Farmer Focus employee without a current written agreement and an active, role-specific request from theRecruitingteam will be considered the property of Farmer Focus. 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