Reporting to the Maintenance Manager at our Fort Madison facility, you will plan, schedule, and coordinate all plant maintenance activities, including preventive, planned, and unplanned work. You will analyze planned change parts, recommend preventive maintenance improvements, and ensure functional standards are maintained across maintenance, accounting, and production. You will guide communication between production, engineering, and maintenance teams while ensuring accountability of external vendors.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule all maintenance activities to support production and drumbeat operations
• Lead pre‑ and post‑drumbeat meetings and manage all drumbeat activities
• Ensure parts inventory supports production needs while maintaining the lowest possible inventory levels
• Process and prioritize work orders and determine the most effective completion approach
• Create and maintain equipment numbers, tasks, and task numbers
• Add parts to preventive maintenance tasks
• Verify accurate tagging and notifications within maintenance systems
• Support breakdown analysis review activities
• Requisition parts and materials for work order packages and non‑stocked items
• Review work order backlog and rework to identify root causes and recommend improvements
• Identify and support continuous improvement and reliability initiatives across the department and plant
• Collaborate with other planners to update preventive maintenance programs based on hours, functionality, and recommendations
• Provide direct oversight of assigned teams, administer discipline, and ensure consistent application of policies and procedures
• Provide supervisory coverage during absences, including off‑shift and weekend coverage

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• High school diploma or GED required

• Experience with SAP or a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)

• Previous planner experience

• Background working with Allen‑Bradley programmable logic controllers (PLC) preferred

• At least one year of experience in a maintenance role within a manufacturing environment

• Experience in food manufacturing

• Computer‑aided design (CAD) experience preferred

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.

### 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.