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Sr. Maintenance Planner

City: Zeeland

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

The Sr. Maintenance Lead is a hands-on leader responsible for ensuring a robust maintenance planning and scheduling process, enabling high performance across mechanics and electricians, and building team capabilities to sustain safe, reliable, and efficient operations. This role actively supports troubleshooting on critical equipment, drives disciplined root cause elimination, and provides insights that shape the site’s future maintenance strategies (e.g., preventive, predictive, and condition-based programs). The ideal candidate is a strong planner and an even stronger coach who can balance day-to-day execution with longer-term reliability improvements within a regulated, food-grade environment.

Your responsibilities

Own the maintenance planning and scheduling process to maximize asset availability and labor productivity (weekly schedules, look-aheads, backlog management, kitting, permits/LOTO readiness).
Partner with production to create an integrated plan aligned to production windows, CIP and sanitation, and quality requirements; manage schedule adherence and rapid re-prioritization when needed.
Ensure accurate work scoping, parts readiness, job plans, and documentation in the CMMS (e.g., SAP/Maximo), including history capture and closeout quality.
Provide day-to-day leadership and coaching for mechanics, electricians, and planners; enable safe, effective troubleshooting and standardized work execution.
Run analysis and propose / build technical capabilities through skills matrices, training plans, and certification pathways (electrical safety/Arc Flash, instrumentation, PLC fundamentals, vibration/thermography basics).
Reinforce a culture of safety, quality, and compliance (OSHA, cGMP, HACCP/SQF, LOTO, hot work, confined space, contractor control).
Lead/coach structured problem solving (5-Why, Fishbone) to address chronic losses and repeat failures.
Support frontline teams in diagnosing mechanical, electrical, and controls issues
Ensure effective countermeasures, standardization, and verification of effectiveness (WO follow-ups, control plans, PM optimization).
Lead analysis for top MTBF contributors and propose action plans
Propose/ implement activities to improve MTTR
Provide insights to evolve maintenance strategy from time-based PMs to predictive/condition-based maintenance where appropriate (vibration, ultrasound, thermography, oil analysis).
Partner with Engineering and Operations on equipment lifecycle planning, obsolescence risk, critical spares strategy, and capital replacement recommendations.
Leverage data to prioritize work and investments (asset criticality, MTBF/MTTR, maintenance cost, OEE loss trees).
Support TPM/Lean practices (Autonomous Maintenance, centerlines, basic care, quick-change standards) and sustainment.
Lead implementation of RPS 2.0 (Preventive Maintenance, 5S, RCM, BDE, Work Order Management, Spare Parts Management, ABC Equipment Ranking)
Ensure maintenance work practices comply with food safety and quality standards (cGMP, HACCP/SQF), and audits are met with strong documentation.
Maintain high-quality CMMS data: work orders, BOM accuracy, equipment hierarchies, failure codes, and job plans.
Track and communicate performance via KPIs and visual management.
Schedule compliance & schedule attainment
Breakdown/urgent work % vs. planned work %; backlog health
MTBF/MTTR on critical assets; OEE impact from equipment downtime
Workshop 5S Assessment score
Right-first-time work order closeout quality; CMMS data integrity
Safety leading indicators

The experience we're looking for

Required:

7+ years of industrial maintenance experience, including 3+ years in a lead/leadership or planner/scheduler role.
Knowledge of maintenance planning & scheduling, CMMS usage, and spare parts/materials coordination.
Proven expertise in mechanical and electrical systems within a manufacturing environment (preferably food, pharma, or CPG).
Demonstrated experience with structured problem solving and root cause analysis.
Working knowledge of OSHA, LOTO, cGMP, HACCP/SQF, and maintenance safety practices.
Ability to read electrical/mechanical drawings and P&IDs; comfortable with PLC/VFD fundamentals and instrumentation basics.
Excellent communication, prioritization, and coaching skills.
This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

Preferred:

Experience in nutrition/food-grade operations or dairy/thermal processing and packaging lines.
Familiarity with TPM/Lean, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), and condition-based technologies (vibration, IR, ultrasound).
CMMS proficiency (SAP PM) and basic data analytics (Excel/Power BI) for reliability insights.
Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Engineering, Industrial Maintenance, or related technical discipline; relevant certifications (e.g., CMRP/CRL).

The skills for success

Customer service skills, Technical skills, Health and safety awareness, Attention to detail, Financial management skills, Decision-making skills, Analytical and problem-solving skills, Leadership skills, Organizational skills, Communication and influencing skills.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

USD $95,000.00 - $143,000.00

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays; a 401(k) plan; 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; discounts; and much more. Our compensation and benefits packages aim to give our talent the reward, protection, and peace of mind they deserve. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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