Maintenance Planner

Maintainance Planner

Dessert Holdings is a premium dessert company seeking a Maintenance Planner at their facility in Newburyport, MA. Key responsibilities include aligning plant standards with corporate standards, ensuring safety, material, people, tools, when, where, and information (SIMPTWWI) are included on all job plans, maintaining assets in the CMMS system, driving equipment reliability, and managing spare parts.

• Review and approve all incoming work orders
• Ensure all assets are maintained and include BOMs, PMS, and critical spare parts
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability through participation in daily direction setting meetings
• Create and publish the plant maintenance work plan for the week
• Collaborate with the Maintenance Manager to set 30/90 actions
• Document all maintenance work activity within the CMMS system
• Support the Preventative Maintenance (PM) program to reduce unscheduled downtime

Qualifications

• 3+ years industrial mechanical experience or a two-year technical degree
• Prior experience with Master Data and CMMS systems
• Solid understanding of mechanical and electrical systems
• Knowledge to identify component failure modes and implement preventive maintenance tasks
• Ability to coach maintenance teams and leaders
• Must achieve HACCP certification and complete forklift training within 90 days of hire
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Prior experience with ovens, bakery, and packaging equipment preferred
• Ability to move about the plant, stoop, bend, kneel, and lift as required
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends

About Dessert Holdings

Dessert Holdings operates multiple brands including The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company, Steven Charles, Dianne's Fine Desserts, Kenny's Great Pies, and Willamette Valley Pie Company. The company is owned by Bain Capital and has over 3,500 employees across ten manufacturing facilities.

EEO Statement

Dessert Holdings and its related entities are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristics protected by law.