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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE.   CUSTOMERS.  PRODUCTS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Job Purpose and Overview

The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler will be responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance activities using the COGZ CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) at Dawn Foods, Louisville. They will leverage their technical knowledge to anticipate and eliminate potential delays by planning and coordinating maintenance resources, parts, materials, and equipment access. The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler shall support and promote EHS procedures and policies and lead plant safety culture initiatives through their maintenance scheduling activities.

What will you do as a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler at Dawn Foods? 

• Utilizing the CMMS, prepare weekly & daily work schedules by working closely with the Production Leaders, Schedulers, Maintenance Supervisor, Shift Supervisor, and contractors.
• Obtain information for materials and equipment required, including lead times, request quotes and order materials. Coordinate and communicate the details of materials, services, and tools to optimize Plan Execution.
• Perform job duties in a manner that follow food safety and quality guidelines including but not limited to HACCP, GMPs, QA Policies, Sanitation, and Pest Control.
• Review work order feedback information to improve future planning efforts.
• Develop and / or modify preventive maintenance programs based on OEM recommendations, root cause analysis results, and learnings from the maintenance team.
• Be the CMMS Super User who understands all aspects of the system and can train other team members.
• Create and track KPI’s by running reports from the CMMS.
• Own the Asset Hierarchy by identifying all assets and children’s assets in the CMMS.
• Manage work order backlog by handling long – and short-term planning.
• In partnership with the Maintenance Manager, assist in the development and optimization of preventive maintenance routines for all areas of the plant.
• Assists maintenance and production management in periodically analyzing costs and, where necessary recommend corrective action needed to reduce maintenance costs. Identify and implement cost saving ideas in maintaining the plant by managing the preventive maintenance program for the production lines and building maintenance.
• Maintain documentation necessary for operations including tracking work orders, requisitions, activity reports and daily logbook.
• Other duties, as assigned.

What Does It Take to be a Maintenance Planner & Scheduler at Dawn Foods?  

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.   

• High School Diploma or GED is required
• Must have 5 years maintenance scheduler experience.
• Strong technical understanding and problem-solving skills.
• Planning capacity for coordination of multidisciplinary work.
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to work well and communicate in a timely manner with staff at all company levels.
• Strong technical IT knowledge with CMMS system experience, preferably SAP.
• Demonstrated ability to read standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings (P&ID, PFD, and Isometrics).
• Must have or meet requirements for a TWIC card.

Physical Demands & Work Environment 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and infrequently lift and/or move 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus on computer and non-computer tasks

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here. 

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.” 

About Our Benefits 

Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.  

Compensation Range:

$58,020 - $87,030

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An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 37132