Maintenance Planner

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

Location: North Kansas City, MO

Workplace type: Onsite

Join Ingredion as a Maintenance Planner where you will drive operational reliability by strategically planning and scheduling maintenance activities that balance safety, cost, and performance. This role plays a critical part in ensuring plant efficiency, minimizing downtime, and supporting continuous improvement across operations.

As a Maintenance Planner, you will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities for assigned units within the plant. This role ensures that maintenance work is executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with production goals, while leveraging systems like SAP and working closely with engineering, operations, and procurement teams.

This role reports to the Planning and Control Manager.

What you will do:

• Plan and schedule maintenance activities, including defining scope, safety requirements, materials, labor, and timelines.
• Manage the full maintenance planning process, including work orders, backlog prioritization, and scheduling.
• Coordinate with operations and engineering to align maintenance plans with production and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and manage spare parts, Bills of Material (BOMs), and requisitions within SAP systems.
• Facilitate planning and scheduling meetings and provide reporting on maintenance activities.
• Create and improve job plans, ensuring standardization and continuous improvement through feedback and RCPE participation.
• Support budgeting activities and act as backup to the Maintenance Manager when needed.

What you will bring:

• Experience in maintenance planning and scheduling in a manufacturing environment (e.g., food, pharma, refinery).
• Familiarity with SAP, Prometheus, or similar maintenance systems.
• Knowledge of Microsoft tools (e.g., MS Project) preferred.
• Experience using KPIs for performance tracking and decision-making.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Who you are:

• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate across functions.
• Effective communication at all levels of the organization.
• Problem-solving mindset with ability to drive innovative solutions.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement standards.

Why Join Ingredion? 

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:

• Total Rewards Package – Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success
• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support – Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being
• Career Growth – Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
• Employee Recognition Program – A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally
• Employee Discount Program – Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability—mental or physical—marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant