Planner - Maintenance (Maintenance)

Who We Are

At Freshpet, our goal is to change the way people nourish their pets forever.  We strive to strengthen the bond between people and our pets so that we both live longer, healthier, and happier lives while being kind to the planet. We believe that if we can create fresh, real foods that pets love and help them live healthier lives, that their pet parents will also enjoy the many benefits of a rich life shared with a pet.

We started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility.  IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH!

What You Will Do  

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for scheduling preventive and regular maintenance with minimal interruption to production operations. This role is the principal contact and liaison between maintenance, production and other supporting departments in relation to determining the timing for execution of planned maintenance work. This position works to ensure that Production units balance their need for daily output with their need of equipment reliability through proactive maintenance practices. This is role is also responsible for effectively providing direction, plan, schedule, and prioritize work orders by allocating resources and managing multiple tasks.  

How You Will Make an Impact  

• Organize and coordinate the Maintenance Department to repair and maintain the equipment in a cost-effective manner which promotes optimal production and operating efficiency  

• Helps identify repetitive problems, troubleshoot equipment and develop and implement solutions  

• Oversees condition-based monitoring to predict required maintenance before failure occurs  

• Coordinates investigations of critical failures and report findings  

• Estimates, plans, schedule and analyze plant maintenance work  

• Prioritizes and enters work orders  

• Assigns work orders to specific departments  

• Develops weekly repair schedules for the Maintenance Department  

• Develops short shutdown repair schedules  

• Prepares and documents preventive maintenance schedules for all equipment  

• Maintains and maximizes the utilization of the CMMS  system  

• Ensures accurate information on work orders, what work is required, and what work was done for proper planning and accurate historical records 

What You Will Bring  

• In-depth knowledge of packing and filling equipment  

• Demonstrated organization and delegation ability  

• Ability to organize and lead a team  

• Ability to physically inspect plant properties where climbing steps, ladders and physical exertion is a primary responsibility  

• Ability to effectively create and implement a maintenance plan 

Education/Skills 

• Minimum (2) year technical degree  

• Minimum (5) years’ experience in plant maintenance, food industry strongly preferred.  

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”).

Disclaimers

The salary range provided above is the range of the wages that we will pay for the listed position.  A final determination on the wages within this range is based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to the required work location, previous work experience, skill set, and wage rates for comparable positions.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.