Maintenance Planner

Description

 About RED’s® Named after the trusted dog of our Founder, RED’s® is one of the fastest growing natural food companies in the US. In 2009, RED’s® was launched in pursuit of making the best burritos, period. We have discovered a broader passion for making a whole bunch of tasty and convenient items. This journey continues to evolve, and the most important lessons have been always using the highest quality ingredients, combine those with proven traditional cooking methods and lastly, anything less than an amazing experience for the customer is unacceptable. As part of the RED’s® organization, you’ll be an integral part of a fast-moving team that drives excellence. You’ll have the opportunity to put your best ideas to work and drive the growth of the brand.  

Scope of Role 

Red's All Natural is looking for a Maintenance Planner/Analyst to join our team at our North Sioux City, SD facility, a 300-person food manufacturing plant. This role is primarily responsible for planning and analyzing maintenance work for a team of maintenance technicians, with additional responsibility for supporting raw and packaging material inventory accuracy. This is a great fit for someone who is detail-oriented, analytical, and energized by keeping equipment reliability and planning tight in a fast-paced food production environment. 

Requirements

Principal Accountabilities 

Maintenance Planning & Analysis 

• End to end creation and management of the maintenance workflow process. 

• Develop, schedule, and prioritize preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work orders for the plant's production and facility equipment. 

• Coordinate with the Maintenance Manager and maintenance team to align work order scheduling with production plans and downtime windows. 

• Maintain the CMMS with accurate equipment records, work history, and PM schedules. 

• Forecast parts and materials needed for upcoming maintenance work to ensure availability without overstocking. 

• Track maintenance KPIs (PM compliance, work order backlog, downtime, MTTR/MTBF) and report trends to plant leadership. 

• Support root cause analysis on recurring equipment failures and help translate findings into planning adjustments. 

• Assist in coordinating maintenance activities with outside contractors and vendors as needed. 

• Support inventory accuracy for spare parts including cycle counts and discrepancy resolution as needed. 

 Inventory Support 

• Support inventory accuracy for raw and packaging materials including cycle counts and discrepancy resolution as needed. 

• Partner with Production Planning and Purchasing to help ensure MRO and production materials are available when needed. 

 Key Functional Skills/Knowledge Required: 

• 2+ years of experience in maintenance planning or a related manufacturing role — food manufacturing strongly preferred. 

• Experience with ERP/CMMS systems (NetSuite experience a plus). 

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities. 

• Comfortable reading and interpreting data to support decision-making (spreadsheets, basic reporting/query tools). 

• Clear communicator able to work effectively with maintenance technicians, production staff, and leadership. 

• Ability to work on the plant floor and in an office/computer-based setting as needed.