Maintenance & Reliability Planning Specialist
Oct 9, 2026 Chicago, IL
About us
Cargill provides food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
- Size: 10,000+ employees
- Industry: Natural Resources: Agriculture and Food Processing
Why you should apply for a job to Cargill:
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4.5/5 in supportive management
71% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
71% would recommend this company to other women
79% say the CEO supports gender diversity
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Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Maintenance and Reliability Planning Specialist will plan moderately complex maintenance on our plant assets and equipment following established program guidelines. In this role, you will develop unique job plans to improve the work force efficiency and quality by identifying the elements of an executable work package. You will be planning the maintenance of processing and packaging equipment to ensure maximum uptime, providing advanced knowledge of consistent maintenance and reliability best practices in the completion of planning and prioritizing moderately complex tasks.
Key Accountabilities
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
To apply using chat/text, please click Apply Now button OR use this link to create a login to apply.
This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Maintenance and Reliability Planning Specialist will plan moderately complex maintenance on our plant assets and equipment following established program guidelines. In this role, you will develop unique job plans to improve the work force efficiency and quality by identifying the elements of an executable work package. You will be planning the maintenance of processing and packaging equipment to ensure maximum uptime, providing advanced knowledge of consistent maintenance and reliability best practices in the completion of planning and prioritizing moderately complex tasks.
Key Accountabilities
- Research and compile information and feedback from crafts necessary to generate highly effective and detailed job plans.
- Initiate the procurement of materials, special tools and unique items required in the job plans using relevant maintenance programs and database tools.
- Transition capital improvement projects from project stage to operations and update information in the database to reflect the improvement, addition, or deletion of equipment and their associated spare parts and maintenance procedures.
- Prepare and provide detailed job plans for moderately complex preventative maintenance activities that comply with fundamental plant maintenance procedures and practices.
- Plan and schedule maintenance downtime and communicate cross functionally with technical and management teams to minimize production impact and improve reliability.
- Maintain custom databases and computerized maintenance management system to support specific work projects and processes.
- Engage in continuous improvement planning to enhance on time performance of technical activities.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of two years of related work experience
- Other minimum qualifications may apply
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Continuous improvement experience like lean or six sigma
- 5+ years of SAP experience
- Mechanical background experience
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
To apply using chat/text, please click Apply Now button OR use this link to create a login to apply.
Additional Information
- Posted: Oct 9, 2026
