Maintenance Planner

Shaw Bakers is an industry-leading food manufacturing company focused on innovation and cutting-edge

technology. We’ve been making delicious, high quality baked goods like for friends, family, neighbors, and

visitors since 1996. Since our humble beginnings on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, we bake everything with

love and joy, and the very best of French tradition. Our goal has always been to bring great food, at an

affordable price, to as many people as possible.

JOB OVERVIEW:

Shaw Bakers is seeking an experienced Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to join our winning team. The

Maintenance Planner/Scheduler is responsible for supervising the efficient and effective use of planning and

scheduling resources to conduct maintenance activities to maintain, improve, and build the manufacturing

infrastructure with minimal interruption to production operations. The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler is the

principal contact and liaison between Maintenance and Production and other supporting departments in relation

to determining the timing of execution of planned maintenance. The Maintenance Planner/Scheduler works to

ensure that Production units balance their need for daily output with their need of equipment reliability through

proactive maintenance practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for developing the daily and weekly maintenance workplan for all maintenance technicians

across 3 shifts.

• Manage work priority, developing job plans, defining parts and materials, determining crafts and skills

and engaging the proper resources to execute the maintenance plan through collaboration with

technicians.

• Work with equipment vendors (OEM) to understand frequency of rebuilds based on equipment hours of

operation.

• Provides equipment-related expertise and technical guidance for improving Preventative Maintenance

activities.

• Attend meetings with technicians to exchange feedback on work order content.

• Issue scheduled work orders and PMs to maintenance team

• Manage storeroom MRO personnel and assist in assembling kits containing required parts to perform

overhauls, repairs and work order tasks.

• Mange storeroom MRO personnel in cycle counts, critical spare parts inventory and issuing of parts.

• Estimate, document and track required hours on work order tasks, total work order duration and skill

required to perform the tasks and compile KPI’s to relevant documentation.

This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. The

description is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skill required of personnel so assigned.JOB DESCRIPTION – MAINTENANCE PLANNER/SCHEDULER

Effective: 8/22/2025

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• Manage backlogged work orders which require a major or significant portion of the facility to be shut

down.

• Follow up with Supervisors and Leads, to ensure that completed work orders are turned in with

instruction improvement comments in a timely fashion.

• Determine and coordinate vendor delivered services.

• Directly oversee and manage all outside contracted services and regulatory services and audits.

• Become knowledgeable on the Shaw Bakers CMMS and be able to train others on how to use it.

• Participate in the process improvement teams as a team member in other Continuous Improvement

initiatives as needed.

• Attend and participate directly in weekly operations planning meetings.

• Ensure equipment is up to date on food safety, preventive care and calibrations and documentation is

stored correctly.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• AS Degree in a technical field and minimum 3 years of related experience/or training; or equivalent

combination of education and experience.

• Strong foundations in maintenance philosophy and approach, such as Reliability Engineering

• Ability to effectively collaborate on all levels, functions, and departments

• Food process background preferred

• Possess knowledge about EHSS (environment, health, safety, security) requirements in a food

production plant.

• Computer literacy in MS Office and CMMS

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong leadership capabilities

• Strong project management skills

• Ability to build partnerships across and between functional groups and lead projects

• Clear oral and written presentation skills

Other Duties:

• As assigned by Maintenance Manager