Maintenance Planner

A pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Bloomington, Indiana is seeking a proactive and experienced Maintenance Planner to help establish and standardize preventive maintenance and reliability planning processes. This role is ideal for candidates with strong planning experience in regulated environments and a hands-on, behavior-driven approach to problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities of the Maintenance Planner:

• Collaborate with internal teams and leverage external resources to build preventive maintenance (PM) processes.
• Adapt successful practices from other sites to fit local systems and infrastructure.
• Transition from ad hoc planning (e.g., whiteboard tracking) to structured, system-driven workflows.
• Clean and update PM data within Maximo CMMS.
• Ensure PMs include spare parts lists and relevant documentation.
• Create and manage work orders aligned with PMs and planning tools.
• Develop SOPs for maintenance activities, shift handovers, and post-intervention testing.
• Establish clear ownership, prioritization, and timelines for PM tasks.
• Work closely with supervisors, technicians, and engineers to drive process adoption.
• Act as a change agent to influence behaviors and promote accountability.
• Support syringe line optimization and help scale reliability practices across additional lines and shifts.

Qualifications of the Maintenance Planner:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in maintenance planning within pharmaceutical or aseptic environments (non-negotiable).
• Strong initiative and soft skills; must be proactive and behavior-driven.
• Familiarity with grade C cleanrooms, VHP processing, SIP cycles, and isolator filling is highly desirable.
• Experience in 24/7 operations preferred.
• Ability to work independently within a newly forming reliability team.
• Comfortable adapting solutions to evolving infrastructure and low process maturity.

Compensation of the Maintenance Planner:

Pay range: $55-$65/hr

Benefits: Cigna Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, Holidays, and sick leave as required by law

Applications are now being accepted as of 8/19.

If you're ready to help build and scale reliability processes in a fast-paced pharmaceutical environment, apply today!

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