Who We Are

Founded in 1873, Ganong stands as Canada's oldest family owned and operated chocolate company. With a rich heritage and unwavering commitment to quality, we proudly produce our renowned confections in the Canada's Chocolate Town, St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

The Role

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Planner plays a key role in planning, scheduling, and coordinating maintenance activities to ensure maximum equipment performance, minimal downtime, and efficient resource use. Working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment, this role is vital to enabling the maintenance team to deliver safe, timely, and high-quality service, while continuously improving productivity and reliability.

The Opportunity

Join Ganong and become a part of our story, where crafting confections to inspire life's sweetest moments is at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our core values of safety, integrity, and heritage, we offer an inclusive culture that blends tradition with innovation. Discover endless opportunities for growth and impact as we create confections that bring joy and shape the future of sweet experiences.

Who You Are

Safety

• Champion a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with OHS regulations and company safety policies.
• Coordinate planned maintenance activities to minimize risk and disruption.
• Support safety audits, risk assessments, and hazard reporting through Ganong's Safety system.
• Ensure maintenance tasks are executed with appropriate PPE and safety procedures.

Quality

• Ensure all maintenance activities follow food safety regulations, including GMPs and HACCP principles.
• Collaborate with QA and production to maintain clean and compliant equipment conditions.
• Promote best practices for food safety within the maintenance team and ensure accurate records of all maintenance work.

Planning & Operations

• Develop and manage preventive maintenance (PM) programs for facility and production equipment.
• Utilize the CMMS system (e.g., SAP) to create daily, weekly, and long-range maintenance schedules.
• Plan job scopes, labor needs, spare parts, tools, and safety procedures for all maintenance work.
• Review and prioritize incoming work requests and convert them into actionable work orders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to catalog new equipment, update BOMs, and maintain accurate equipment records.
• Support continuous improvement through data analysis, KPI tracking (e.g., PM compliance, MTTR), and lean methodologies.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering Technology or a related field.
• 3+ years of maintenance planning experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Proficiency in CMMS software (SAP preferred).
• Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems, troubleshooting, and PM strategies.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Ability to read technical drawings and manuals.
• Flexible to work varied hours, including 8–12-hour shifts, holidays, overtime, and on-call support as required.

Join our Sweet Team:

Become an integral part of Ganong as the Maintenance Planner, steering our company to new heights where fun, boldness, and quality are not just celebrated but valued. If this sounds like the perfect step in your sweet career path, apply online today. We're actively reviewing and interviewing eligible candidates on a rolling basis, so don't delay submitting your application. We appreciate all applicants' interest, but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.