Maintenance Planner II

About the role

SunOpta delivers customized supply chain solutions and innovation for top brands, retailers, and foodservice providers across a broad portfolio of beverages, broths, and better-for-you snacks. With over 50 years of expertise, SunOpta fuels customers’ growth with high-quality, sustainability-forward solutions distributed through retail, club, foodservice, and e-commerce channels across North America.

Responsibilities

• Works with procurement to support facility buyer.
• Working with maintenance staff on reconciling work orders with part numbers.
• Administration and utilization / Receive in MVPStocks parts on shelves according to indexing system.
• Records and maintains control of all spare parts inventory items purchased.
• Reconciles the inventory.
• Sends out packages as necessary via UPS or USPS.
• Receives incoming parts, supplies into the inventory, and distributes them, as necessary.
• Sets up supplies or parts as needed in the local area.
• Completes weekly, monthly, and quarterly inventories / cycle counting.
• Maintains all electronic records and ensures accuracy of system.
• Accounts for new inventory in the system.
• Ensures compliance with all established internal control procedures.
• Follows company GMP’s (Good manufacturing practices) and all other quality programs.
• Responsible for ensuring the work area is clean and organized.
• Strictly adheres to all safety policies.
• Wears PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) when required.
• Commitment to ensuring that the products produced meet all food safety and quality requirements.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Prior maintenance-related experience.
• 2+ years' experience in purchasing/receiving parts in a manufacturing environment.
• ERP experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical education.
• Experience with Oracle.
• Knowledge of business systems.
• A high attention to detail and strong follow-up skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• The ability to work cross functionally with various internal departments, stakeholders and supplier partners is key.
• Must be able to effectively manage information and communicate effectively internally and externally.
• Must be able to effectively purchase 140+ unique materials.

Additional Considerations

• This role will be at the SunOpta Plant in Omak, WA.
• Shift: This is a day shift role, 6 am to 2:30 pm, M-F.
• Pay Rate: $37.25 / hour.
• Work Environment/Physical Demands Approximately 85% of work is performed in an office environment. 15% of work may involve being in the agricultural or manufacturing/plant floor environment which is not climate controlled and may contain allergens. Ability to lift at least 50 lbs.

Featured Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid Family leave
• Paid maternity leave
• 401(k) with Match
• Voluntary Life, Accident, Critical Illness and hospital indemnity
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability insurance

Equal Opportunity Employer

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER EOE M/W/VET/DISABLED