Maintenance Planner

Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Maintenance Planner! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since. 

Ocean Spray Cranberries is looking for a Maintenance Planner to join our Sulphur Springs TX Plant team! In this role, you will be responsible for developing effective maintenance plans for manufacturing operations, in addition to performing all activities involved with purchasing maintenance parts and supplies.

A Day in the Life...

• Supports the alignment of maintenance and technical systems activities to ensure maintenance activities are planned and executed to meet facility goals and metrics. Ensures maintenance job plans remain current.
• Responsible for purchasing activities including researching, ordering, and stocking of parts to ensure availability to execute work orders and other maintenance activities. Establishes excellent rapport with vendors to gather/review quotes and compares pricing and process purchases as required.
• Leverages computerized maintenance system (Maximo) to ensure relevant and accurate information is available for scheduling and monitoring maintenance activities.
• Works in conjunction with the Operations Manager, PE Manager, Maintenance Manager/Supervisor, Operations Supervisors, and other pertinent personnel in day-to-day maintenance related issues.
• Analyzes W.O.’s issued versus time to complete to ensure constructive use of time.
• Leverages computerized maintenance system (Maximo) to ensure relevant and accurate information is available for scheduling and monitoring maintenance activities.
• Generates and distributes maintenance work orders, PM’s, inventory control, purchase orders, etc. Tracks and monitors maintenance and repair schedule of equipment. Provides training in Maximo, as necessary.
• Works with a team mindset to improve equipment reliability, optimize PMs, root cause failure analysis, condition monitoring, etc.
• Participates in the planning and implementation of capital, extraordinary maintenance, and routine maintenance budgets.
• Supports and promotes food safety and quality program initiatives within the plant environment.
• This role supports a 24/7 manufacturing operation and requires flexibility to occasionally work outside a traditional Monday–Friday schedule, including holidays, evenings or weekends as business needs require. The incumbent must be able to work scheduled shutdowns.

What We Are Looking For:

Bachelor degree or equivalent experience
3 years of experience in a formal maintenance supervisory or planning role
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to work constructively in team environment
Organizational and multi-tasking skills

Demonstrated attention to detail
Strong communication and presentation skills (written and verbal)
High level computer skills including MS Office, Maximo, SAP, etc.

Education:

Associates Degree (Preferred)

Work Experience:

At least 3 Years of Experience

Benefits:

• Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs

• • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

  • Health savings account

  • Flexible spending account

  • Life and accident insurance

  • Employee assistance program

  • Telehealth services

  • 1:1 health coaching

  • Supportive benefits for all the stages of your life

• 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end

• Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses

• Flexible scheduling options

• Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)

• Holiday pay for 12 holidays

• Career development and growth opportunities

• Tuition/Education assistance programs

• Access to LinkedIn Learning

• Scholarship programs for children of employees

• Parental leave

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.

• Adoption assistance

• Bereavement leave

• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement

• Up to $300 massage reimbursement

• Employee appreciation events

• Employee discounts

• Charitable giving

Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.

• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.

• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other

• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.