Reporting to the Maintenance Manager at our Oakdale facility, you will plan, schedule, and coordinate all plant maintenance activities to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations. You will partner closely with production, engineering, accounting, and external vendors to ensure preventive, planned, and unplanned maintenance activities are executed effectively while maintaining accurate system data and strong cross‑functional communication.
A Taste of Your Responsibilities
Plan and schedule all plant maintenance activities, including preventive, planned, and unplanned work.
Coordinate and lead all drumbeat activities, including pre‑ and post‑drumbeat meetings.
Ensure parts inventory supports production requirements while maintaining the lowest practical inventory levels.
Process, prioritize, and review work orders to determine the most effective approach for completion.
Create and maintain equipment numbers, task lists, and task numbers within the maintenance system.
Add required parts to preventive maintenance tasks.
Maintain accuracy of master data within the computerized maintenance management system.
Support breakdown analysis reviews and identify reliability improvement opportunities.
Requisition parts and materials for work order packages and non‑stocked items.
Review maintenance backlog and rework trends, identify root causes, and provide improvement recommendations.
Identify and support continuous improvement projects across maintenance and plant operations.
Partner with other planners to update preventive maintenance strategies based on hours, functionality, and recommended changes.
Provide direct oversight of maintenance teams, including administering discipline and ensuring consistent application of policies and procedures.
Provide supervisory coverage during absences, including off‑shift and weekend rotation coverage.
Ingredients Required for Your Success
High school diploma or GED.
One or more years of experience in a maintenance or maintenance planning role within food manufacturing or a comparable manufacturing environment.
Experience working with enterprise maintenance systems such as CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) such as SAP, etc.
Physical Requirements
More information about essential tasks and the facility will be shared during the hiring process. This role may require you to be in our manufacturing facilities. When visiting these sites, the physical requirements below may apply: You may be required to walk around the facility, climb stairs/ladders, kneel, or perform repetitive tasks that require hand-eye coordination. You may be required to lift or carry materials that can vary in weight and size. This is a manufacturing environment with large, moving equipment. Noise levels can be high, and temperatures may vary.
Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.
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Compensation
Pay Range:$63,000-$93,000
The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.
Our Benefits
We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:
Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities
Our Company
At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.
Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.
Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.
