Maintenance Planner and Scheduler

Ingredion

Winston-Salem, NC

Pay: $84,400-$112,533/yr

Shift: Full time

**Maintenance Planner and Scheduler**

**About Ingredion:**

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

TITLE

Maintenance Planner and Scheduler

LOCATION

Winston-Salem, NC

REPORTS TO

Manager, Maintenance & Reliability

The **Maintenance Planner/Scheduler** is responsible for ensuring that the maintenance department's workforce is efficiently utilized to resolve technical issues with equipment and assets in both field and workshop settings. This role involves monitoring weekly schedules related to planned corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance activities, as well as responding to emergency maintenance needs. The Planner and Scheduler will collaborate with the PCM (Planning, Control, and Maintenance) team to set priorities for maintenance actions, negotiate with production teams for equipment shutdowns, and manage the availability of spare parts and resources to sustain continuous production operations. will provide leadership and technical solutions to crew supervisors, process operations, and field operations. Provide guidance to operations staff, manage department tasks, and develop and deliver projects to meet Plant safety, quality, production, cost, and customer delivery goals. Serve on task forces, cross-functional teams, and committees.

**What you will do:**

• Develop and maintain comprehensive maintenance schedules, ensuring timely execution of corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance tasks.
• Monitor and adjust weekly maintenance schedules to accommodate both planned activities and unplanned emergencies, ensuring minimal disruption to production.
• Collaborate with the execution team, technicians, and operations to prioritize maintenance activities based on equipment criticality, risks, PMs, spare parts availability, and process needs. Gatekeeper support.
• Debriefing with maintenance technicians of the job completion on SAP and working on the root cause of schedule deviations.
• Maintenance Cost management support for unit maintenance manager.
• Creating job plans and standard job plans utilizing template and maintaining them in the system
• Planning and scoping maintenance activities to an appropriate level of detail required for execution and identification of critical paths, parts and skill sets.
• In conjunction with operations, coordinating delivery time of scheduled activities, materials, and kitted parts to execute the maintenance job plan.
• Negotiate production line shutdowns with stakeholders to facilitate major maintenance activities, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and sustainability goals.
• Create and maintain Bills of Material (BOM’s) in SAP following corporate standards
• Providing proper documentation to Procurement for support bidding or requisitions
• Medium- and Long-term strategy execution and facilitate meetings of planning & scheduling related.
• Maintain and update maintenance plans (PM’s) within the SAP system, ensuring accuracy and relevance to current operational needs.
• Manage and report on maintenance KPIs and dashboards, providing actionable insights to the maintenance and production teams.
• Ensure the compliance with all plant regulatory, ISO, Quality, Food Safety systems, GMP policies, guidelines, standards, and requirements.
• Proactively monitor maintenance activities, adapting plans as necessary to address unforeseen issues while minimizing production downtime.
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging new technologies and best practices to enhance maintenance efficiency and equipment reliability.
• Develop and foster relationships with suppliers, staying informed about the latest technologies, repairs, and innovations to improve maintenance practices.
• Lead and participate in PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycles to continuously refine and improve maintenance plans and processes.
• Act as a liaison between the maintenance department, production teams, and other stakeholders to ensure clear communication and alignment of maintenance activities.
• Provide technical guidance and support to maintenance teams, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and technical standards.
• Train and mentor maintenance technicians on the use of SAP-PM and MM modules, enhancing their ability to interpret and analyze data for informed decision-making.
• Participate in the selection, evaluation, and development of maintenance personnel, ensuring that team members have the technical an