Maintenance Planner (Must Reside Locally)

Winpak Portion Packaging is seeking a detail-oriented maintenance professional to join our Maintenance team in Sauk Village, Illinois. This role focuses on planning and coordinating maintenance work, supporting preventive maintenance, and maximizing equipment uptime and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Review maintenance work orders and ensure all relevant details are captured before work is scheduled.
• Plan maintenance jobs by coordinating labor, materials, parts, and equipment access to reduce delays and improve execution.
• Manage work orders within the maintenance management system, including entry, tracking, and closure.
• Prepare and distribute weekly maintenance schedules and help facilitate weekly scheduling meetings.
• Monitor completed work orders and compare actual results against planned work to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain equipment history, parts catalogs, and storeroom minimum and maximum inventory levels.
• Support the integrity and effectiveness of the preventive maintenance program, including reviewing frequencies and task lists.
• Track maintenance labor and material usage, identify trends, and provide reports and key performance indicators to leadership.
• Partner closely with operations, project teams, and maintenance leadership to support outages, repairs, contractor activity, and continuous improvement.
• Assist with special maintenance programs, technical documentation, purchasing coverage, and time reporting support as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in maintenance planning, maintenance coordination, or a similar role in a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to manage priorities, solve problems, and meet deadlines.
• Effective communication and coordination skills across teams.
• Ability to analyze maintenance issues and support continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting preventive maintenance and reliability programs in manufacturing.
• Experience maintaining equipment records, parts inventory, and technical documentation.
• Familiarity with maintenance reporting and performance metrics.
• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and quality standards in a regulated environment.

Additional Details

This is a full-time, 100% onsite role based in Sauk Village, IL. The position works closely with maintenance, operations, and project teams to support equipment reliability and maintenance execution. May provide back-up support for purchasing and UKG time reporting as needed. The role is based in a manufacturing environment with exposure to machinery, noise, and active production areas.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $80,000 - $95,000, determined based on the candidate's experience and expertise.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Travel coverage
• Disability coverage
• Voluntary life insurance
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Tuition assistance program
• Retirement savings plans
• Comprehensive employee and family assistance program (short-term counseling, wellbeing coaching, financial and legal consultation services)