Maintenance Planner

About the role

Arcadia Beverage is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Maintenance Planner to support our continued growth, new mixing initiatives, and onboarding of exciting new customer partnerships in 2025. This role is critical to ensure our equipment and maintenance systems are running efficiently and reliably as we expand our production capabilities in a fast-paced beverage manufacturing environment.

Arcadia is a people-first organization with over 80 years of beverage co-packing experience. We are a pasteurized cold fill scale contract packager of non-alcoholic / non-carbonated beverages for major retailers and food service distributors.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance schedules to ensure equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
• Track work order completion, analyze maintenance metrics, and identify root causes of equipment failures to improve performance and reduce costs.
• Maintain records and prepare reports for the maintenance function as required.
• Ensure maintenance technicians have the tools, parts, and information needed to perform their tasks.
• Work with external contractors and OEMs to schedule maintenance resources to accomplish critical work.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering on planning and execution of new mixing systems and line upgrades.
• Assist in the integration of new equipment and technologies that support innovative beverage formulations.
• Analyze work order data and trends to improve equipment uptime and reduce reactive maintenance.
• Coordinate contractor/vendor schedules and ensure compliance with safety and sanitation standards.
• Support cross-functional project teams for scaling production capacity and facility enhancements.
• Ensure safety, quality, and food safety by following company rules and standards, enforcing the requirements, and communicating violations or concerns to the leadership team.

Requirements

• Experience in a manufacturing or food/beverage production environment—beverage industry preferred.
• Strong planning, time management, problem solving, and communication skills with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, growing operation.
• Proven experience working with CMMS systems to schedule and track maintenance activities.
• Mechanical and electrical aptitude with the ability to understand mixing, blending, and filling systems (previous experience as a maintenance technician or supervisor is preferred).
• Team player with excellent communication skills to collaborate across departments.
• Eagerness to support growth-oriented projects and contribute to long-term strategic improvements.
• Commitment to living out Arcadia’s core values in everyday interactions and decisions.

Core Values

• Care Deeply
• Respect & Support the Whole Person
• Grow & Learn Everyday
• Celebrate & Have Fun
• Do What We Say We’re Going to Do

Benefits

• Generous PTO & Holidays
• 401(K) plan available with employer match
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Company-funded Direct Primary Care
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Professional development opportunities