Maintenance Planner

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

The Maintenance Planner is responsible for ensuring effective, compliant, and efficient maintenance planning and scheduling to support equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and uninterrupted production.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Maintenance Planning & Scheduling

• Develop and manage planned and preventive maintenance (PM) schedules.

• Prioritize work orders based on criticality, risk, and production impact.

• Coordinate maintenance activities to minimize downtime and production disruption.

• Ensure all work is properly planned with materials, labor, and documentation ready.

• Work/Interact with Production Planning and Manufacturing

2. Compliance & Documentation

• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with GMP, FDA, and BD Quality System standards.

• Maintain accurate, complete, and audit‑ready documentation (work orders, logs, records).

• Confirm that maintenance is executed following approved SOPs and change control processes.

• Support audits and inspections by demonstrating strong maintenance control and traceability.

3. Asset Reliability & Performance

• Drive equipment reliability strategies (PM, predictive maintenance, condition monitoring).

• Analyze equipment history, failures, and trends to prevent recurrence.

• Partner with Engineering to improve asset performance and lifecycle management.

4. Cross‑Functional Coordination

• Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, EHS, and Supply Chain.

• Align maintenance plans with production schedules and quality requirements.

• Support deviations, CAPAs, and change management activities.

5. Spare Parts & Resource Management

• Ensure availability of critical spare parts and materials.

• Coordinate with Supply Chain to optimize inventory levels and avoid delays.

• Effectively allocate maintenance technicians and external resources.

6. Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve maintenance efficiency, uptime, and compliance.

• Support Lean initiatives and BD Excellence practices.

• Drive improvements in planning accuracy, scheduling adherence, and execution discipline.

• Bachelor degree in Electrical engineering, Mechatronic or related field

• 3+ years of experience in Maintenance within an automated manufacturing environment

• Fully bilingual English/Spanish

• Lean manufacturing/Six Sigma tools knowledge preferred

• Analytical

• TPM experience preferred

• Strong knowledge of RCA/RPS