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Get Access To All JobsPosition Title: Maintenance Planner - Wastewater & Receiving
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 03
Requisition ID: 41308
About The Role.
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy. McCain Foods is accepting applications for a Maintenance Planner position, to work a 8-hour day shift at the Burley, Idaho plant. This incumbent will provide maintenance planning and scheduling in the way of reviewing, researching, prioritizing, editing, and planning of non-emergency maintenance job tasks within CMMS – SAP (McCain’s Computerized Maintenance Management System).
Accountabilities
- Position is responsible for site implementation to include the training of all users – maintenance staff, stockroom staff, receiving, purchasing and key operational staff.
- Position will develop planning and schedule module and the subsequent planning positions.
- Position will develop KPI’s and provide reporting that will support plant improvement, maintenance efficiencies and reduction of downtime.
- Individual will assist department management in the planning and scheduling with coordination of planned shutdown work.
- Individual will work in partnership with the stockroom parts buyer to monitor delivery dates of parts and equipment to ensure timely delivery for scheduled jobs.
- Individual will provide pertinent communication with maintenance department personnel regarding the status of parts and equipment ordered, staged materials, and job costing.
- Assist, as needed, in the preparation of capital requests for expenditures
- Collect quotes from suppliers
- Provide estimated time and costs for planning purposes
- Prioritize and coordinate with supervisors the daily maintenance activities in assigned areas.
Qualifications
- Mechanical experience is a must.
- Experience in maintenance planning and/or scheduling of maintenance to include preventive and predictive planning.
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of employees, contractors and management.
- Good computer skills.
- Possess prior plant and code safety knowledge.
- Have knowledge and ability to read different types of drawings (i.e., equipment, P&ID, etc).
Skills
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and pressure constraints.
- Ability to remain calm under adverse circumstances.
- Creative problem solver.
- Skilled at recognizing potential areas for improvement.
The Benefits Of Working For McCain.
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- 401k with employer match
- HSA
- Adoption Assistance
- Infertility Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Assistance
- Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
About McCain.
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!
Leadership Principles.
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
- We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.
- We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.
- We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.
- We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.
The McCain Experience.
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
Compensation Package:
$52,600.00 - $70,200.00 USD annually
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits:
At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing; Engineering & Technical
Location(s): US - United States of America : Idaho : Burley || US - United States of America : Idaho : Boise || US - United States of America : Idaho : Fruitland || US - United States of America : Idaho : Nampa
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Title: Maintenance Planner - Wastewater & Receiving
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 03
Requisition ID: 41308
About The Role.
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy. McCain Foods is accepting applications for a Maintenance Planner position, to work a 8-hour day shift at the Burley, Idaho plant. This incumbent will provide maintenance planning and scheduling in the way of reviewing, researching, prioritizing, editing, and planning of non-emergency maintenance job tasks within CMMS – SAP (McCain’s Computerized Maintenance Management System).
Accountabilities
- Position is responsible for site implementation to include the training of all users – maintenance staff, stockroom staff, receiving, purchasing and key operational staff.
- Position will develop planning and schedule module and the subsequent planning positions.
- Position will develop KPI’s and provide reporting that will support plant improvement, maintenance efficiencies and reduction of downtime.
- Individual will assist department management in the planning and scheduling with coordination of planned shutdown work.
- Individual will work in partnership with the stockroom parts buyer to monitor delivery dates of parts and equipment to ensure timely delivery for scheduled jobs.
- Individual will provide pertinent communication with maintenance department personnel regarding the status of parts and equipment ordered, staged materials, and job costing.
- Assist, as needed, in the preparation of capital requests for expenditures
- Collect quotes from suppliers
- Provide estimated time and costs for planning purposes
- Prioritize and coordinate with supervisors the daily maintenance activities in assigned areas.
Qualifications
- Mechanical experience is a must.
- Experience in maintenance planning and/or scheduling of maintenance to include preventive and predictive planning.
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of employees, contractors and management.
- Good computer skills.
- Possess prior plant and code safety knowledge.
- Have knowledge and ability to read different types of drawings (i.e., equipment, P&ID, etc).
Skills
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and pressure constraints.
- Ability to remain calm under adverse circumstances.
- Creative problem solver.
- Skilled at recognizing potential areas for improvement.
The Benefits Of Working For McCain.
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- 401k with employer match
- HSA
- Adoption Assistance
- Infertility Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Assistance
- Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
About McCain.
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!
Leadership Principles.
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
- We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.
- We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.
- We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.
- We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.
The McCain Experience.
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
Compensation Package:
$52,600.00 - $70,200.00 USD annually
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits:
At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Manufacturing; Engineering & Technical
Location(s): US - United States of America : Idaho : Burley || US - United States of America : Idaho : Boise || US - United States of America : Idaho : Fruitland || US - United States of America : Idaho : Nampa
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
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Align your credentials with food manufacturing standards
McCain Foods operates highly regulated production facilities, so certifications in food safety management, Lean manufacturing, or Six Sigma carry real weight. Having these documented before you apply strengthens your specialty occupation case for H-1B purposes.
Target plant locations with active hiring cycles
McCain runs facilities across multiple U.S. states, and sponsorship decisions are often made at the facility level. Research which plants have open Operations requisitions rather than applying broadly, since local hiring managers have more direct influence over sponsorship approvals.
Understand that LCA filing locks in your work location
For H-1B sponsorship, your employer files a Labor Condition Application with the DOL tied to a specific worksite. If you're placed at a McCain facility different from what's on the LCA, an amended petition may be required, so confirm the assignment location before the filing begins.
Prepare for a multi-stage internal approval process
Large food and beverage manufacturers like McCain typically route sponsorship requests through HR, legal, and finance before authorizing USCIS filing. Build extra runway into your timeline and confirm with your recruiter which internal teams need to sign off before an offer is extended.
Use Migrate Mate to identify Operations openings at McCain Foods
Filtering for visa-sponsoring employers in food manufacturing saves significant research time. Migrate Mate lets you surface active Operations roles at companies with a sponsorship history, so you're applying where authorization is already in scope rather than negotiating it from scratch.
Position your role as requiring specialized technical knowledge
USCIS requires H-1B roles to qualify as specialty occupations. For Operations positions, emphasize degree-level requirements in industrial engineering, food science, or supply chain management in your offer letter, since generalist operations titles face higher scrutiny during adjudication.
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Find Operations at McCain Foods JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does McCain Foods sponsor H-1B visas for Operations roles?
Yes, McCain Foods sponsors H-1B visas for Operations positions. Sponsorship is most common for roles that require a bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant technical field such as industrial engineering, food science, or operations management. Your offer letter should clearly document the degree requirement, since USCIS uses that language to evaluate specialty occupation eligibility during adjudication.
How do I apply for Operations jobs at McCain Foods?
Applications go through McCain Foods' careers portal, where Operations roles are listed by facility and function. You can also find visa-sponsoring Operations openings at McCain Foods on Migrate Mate, which filters specifically for employers with a sponsorship track record. When you apply, be upfront about your visa requirements early in the process so recruiters can route your application to the right hiring team.
Which visa types does McCain Foods commonly use for Operations positions?
McCain Foods sponsors H-1B visas for nonimmigrant work authorization and supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card pathways for longer-term employment. Operations roles that require a bachelor's degree in a technical field typically qualify for H-1B. EB-3 is the more common immigrant visa route for skilled positions in food manufacturing, and it requires PERM labor certification through the DOL before USCIS filing.
What qualifications does McCain Foods typically expect for sponsored Operations roles?
McCain generally looks for candidates with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, food science, supply chain management, or a related technical discipline. Hands-on experience with manufacturing execution systems, Lean or Six Sigma methodologies, and food safety compliance frameworks like HACCP strengthens your profile. Roles with direct oversight of production lines or cost optimization programs tend to have the clearest path to sponsorship approval.
How long does the H-1B sponsorship process take if McCain Foods is filing on my behalf?
The standard H-1B process runs on an annual cap cycle with a lottery in March and a start date of October 1 if selected. From lottery selection to USCIS approval typically takes three to six months under regular processing. McCain would need to file your Labor Condition Application with the DOL before submitting to USCIS, so internal approvals should be secured well before the March registration window opens.
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