Maintenance Planner

California Dairies, Inc. is the leading dairy processing cooperative in California. As a farmer-owned cooperative, we operate several processing facilities located throughout California. CDI employees are highly valued and are provided with competitive benefits packages and career growth plans.

 We offer a generous total rewards package that includes: 

• Salary Range  - $77,642 - $110,202 
• Family medical/dental/vision
• Generous company contributions to 401k
• Relocation Assistance
• 10 Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Tuition reimbursement

Job Summary

The Maintenance Planner will work cross functionally with the planning department to organize and schedule preventive maintenance items on plant equipment. They will ensure parts are inhouse and ready when needed. In addition, they will work closely with the maintenance team to order parts and manage inventories.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for developing and managing the maintenance schedules for the factory.
• Reviews weekly PM schedule and kits consumable parts for next day.
• Directs the repair, maintenance, and modification of plant equipment.
• Manage parts ordering and kits for upcoming maintenance projects.
• Manage the parts inventory system. This includes entering or supervising the entry of all parts transactions such as purchase orders, issues, returns, and inventory adjustments. This also includes managing blocked invoices.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and perform or manage periodic cycle counts and physical inventories. Provide management with the required reports.
• Structures the catalog of critical spare parts required for PM plans and adds them to their corresponding machines.
• Work with maintenance group and vendors to ensure necessary parts are on hand while minimizing overall inventory value.
• Help develop and maintain procedures for parts and work orders and ensure the plant compliance with these procedures.
• Manage the work order system. This includes entering or supervising the entry of all work order transactions and providing the required reports to management and maintenance.
• Review inventories and analyzes relationship to the production plan.
• Communicate all schedule changes timely and effectively.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must work in a safe and efficient manner and follow all safety procedures including the use of safety equipment.
• Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Must have the ability to troubleshoot problems and be persistent until a solution is found.
• Must be willing to ask for assistance when the process, goals or objectives are unclear.

Education and/or Experience

• 3 to 5 years of experience in managing maintenance schedules, improvement of maintenance plans.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, as well as planning software/tools (i.e. Microsoft D365).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of employees and subject matter experts.
• Strong analytical, project and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into operational requirements.

Language Skills

English is required as the spoken language. A well-modulated tonal volume is required with excellent diction skills needed.

Reasoning Ability

Must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions given in written, oral, or diagram form. Must have the ability to discern when issues may require input from levels of authority within the corporation.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Must possess or be able to acquire a California Driver’s License.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The company will make reasonable accommodations that do not cause an undue hardship to the company if such accommodation enables individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• Sitting/Standing/Walking: During the course of an 8-hour workday, will do all three. They will walk several hundred feet over uneven surfaces checking production areas as needed.
• Lifting/Carrying: May lift up to 60 pounds on an in-frequent basis.
• Pushing/Pulling: Occasional pushing/pulling is done.
• Bending/Stooping: Both are done regularly during the course of a workday.
• Squatting/Kneeling/Crawling: Squatting, kneeling and crawling are done occasionally.
• Twisting/Turning: Twisting and kneeling are done while doing regular duties.
• Climbing/Balancing: Some vertical ladder climbing required. Balancing on ladders and machinery sometimes is required if assistance is needed in troubleshooting production or mechanical issues.
• Reaching: Frequently reaching from floor level to shoulder level done during 8-hour workday.

• Grasping/Manipulating: Frequent use of hands and fingers while using hand tools and positioning of machine parts.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The company will make reasonable accommodations that do not cause an undue hardship to the company if such accommodation enables individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. Employee will be subject to temperatures from 34 to over 100 degrees. An employee may come into contact with some chemicals, fumes and hazardous gases. Personal protective equipment including, but not limited to: hearing protection, bump caps, hair and beard nets, gloves and eye protection must be used in the performance of some duties. Proper lifting techniques must be employed at all times.

ADA/FEHA: The Company will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act.

EEO: The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.