Maintenance Superintendent/Planner

At Pilgrim’s, Safety Is A Condition, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.

Purpose and Scope/General Summary: We are looking for a Maintenance Superintendent/Planner for Pilgrim’s in Marshville, NC.  This role will manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs, ensure equipment reliability, and lead maintenance operations. This role combines technical expertise with planning and leadership responsibilities to keep our plant running efficiently and safely.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and update equipment records in SAP, including installation, deactivation, and attributes.
• Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance plans to ensure equipment reliability.
• Schedule and monitor PM work orders, analyze failure trends, and recommend corrective actions.
• Collaborate with supervisors to improve maintenance strategies and plan corrective work for efficiency.
• Prepare job plans, reusable task lists, and oversee repair teams ensuring safety and quality standards.
• Lead maintenance scheduling meetings, assign tasks, and track performance metrics.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Education – High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• 2+ years of experience in poultry maintenance, planning, or experience as a maintenance coordinator
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Effective communication both orally and in writing, capable of independent decision making
• Proficiency in SAP or similar CMMS, Microsoft Office, and maintenance planning tools.
• Comfortable working in wet, noisy environments

Why Work for Pilgrim’s?

• Schedule: Flexible working shifts and rotating weekends
• Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment.
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule.
• Base salary range of $90,005 - $109,356
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.
• Better Futures

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim’s operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.

Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets

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