Maintenance Planner

Craft Your Career with Champion Foods – A Slice of Opportunity Awaits!

Champion Foods, a pizza trailblazer, is expanding, and we're looking for dynamic talents to enhance our innovative and quality-driven team. We produce products cherished by families nationwide and pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to quality, and a warm workplace culture that feels like family. If you're passionate, eager to grow, and want to work for a company that values each voice and champions personal development, your next career adventure starts here. Join us, and let's craft great things together, one delicious slice at a time.

Your Mission:

Responsible for all phases of planning and scheduling of activities, routines and repetitive tasks for the Maintenance department in accordance with state and federal regulations, company policies and procedures, including policies related to food safety and quality. Purchases parts, supplies and any services required to keep the facility and equipment operating properly.

What You'll Do:

• Complete all required AIB food safety and quality modules on an annual basis or within one year from start date.

• Adheres to all company safety and quality standards and procedures identified in the areas covering GMP’s HACCP, FDA, OSHA, AIB and BRC.

• Participate in weekly plant inspections and audits, Investigate and issue corrective actions for any food safety, quality, or process deviation as outlined in the BRC manual.

• Plans and schedules work orders, preventative maintenance, routines or other work required to maintain the plant and or equipment.

• Assigns work tasks from a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

• Schedules outside contractors for annual inspections, calibrations, verifications as needed to keep equipment in compliance with programs or regulating agencies.

• Plan and coordinate with all departments on projects and other planned work orders to ensure maximum production efficiencies.

• Meet regularly with maintenance supervision for task planning, scheduling and open times.

• Responsible for purchasing, receiving and properly inventorying parts and supplies for maintenance.

• Provide support and information through leadership and strategic planning to ensure efficient use of labor and materials.

• Maintain a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) with updated and useful information.

• Assist and understand departmental budget including equipment, parts, labor, training and supplies.

• Assists in planning and organizing work and/or projects; assigns and checks work of and/or assists and instructs others. Leading does not involve the level of authority found in a supervisory position.

• Makes moderate use of independent action to determine choices based on the integration of diverse and indirectly related practices and procedures.

• Makes recommendations in the budget process. Administers actions and/or has the responsibility for authorizations that have a direct impact on budgeted costs subject to VP approval.

• Coordinates the research, analysis and interpretation of data to refine and improve on established practices.

• Requires intermittent use of independent thought in refining new solutions to complex loosely defined problems.

• Responsible for communicating and monitoring compliance with existing practices.

• Requires frequent contact with customers or vendors requiring provision of services, explanations, decisions or the obtaining of routine approvals.

• Requires frequent contact within own department on routine matters and/or intermittent contact with employees in other departments to obtain and supply information.

• Frequent visual/auditory attention or intermittent standing, lifting or moving of average weight material.

• Intermittent involvement in discussions requiring the reconciliation of adverse points of view.

What You'll Bring:

• 4 - 7+ years experience in specific and/or related areas.

• Requires specialized skills and/or certification in a particular field such as normally acquired through continuing education in drafting, refrigeration, business administration, data processing, etc.

• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft office programs (Word, Excel, etc.) for reports and charts.

• At least 4 years working experience of industrial machine repair or advanced education in electrical, mechanical or electronics engineering.

• Must be able to learn and utilize a Computerized Maintenance Management Software system (CMMS).

• Must be able to understand machine prints and parts identification documents for proper ordering of equipment parts and supplies.

• Must be able to communicate with outside suppliers of parts and services to ensure efficient pricing and availability.

• Ability to see clearly at from range of 20 inches or less to 20 feet or more.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Where You'll Work:

Welcome to the heart of pizza innovation! At our 144,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art bakery, you'll be part of a dynamic and fast-paced environment where bakery innovation meets cutting-edge technology. Imagine walking into a vibrant atmosphere where the aroma of freshly baked crusts and spices fills the air, and every day is an opportunity to craft mouth-watering pizzas.

Our bakery boasts the latest in food production technology, ensuring that our pizzas are not only tasty but also consistently high in quality. You'll work alongside passionate and dedicated team members. Our collaborative atmosphere encourages idea-sharing and innovation, making it the perfect place for those eager to make an impact.

Located in Gaffney, South Carolina, our bakery has many amenities that will make your workday enjoyable and convenient. You'll find that our bakery is more than just a workplace – it's a place where your contributions genuinely matter, and you can grow your career in the food industry.

All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive.  They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Champion Foods LLC.

Champion Foods LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.                                   
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.  

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