Senior Maintenance Planner

Location: Vacaville, California 

This is a fully site based role. Working together in person supports close, real time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

Join Lonza in Vacaville, CA, as a Senior Maintenance Planner and become part of our Facilities Maintenance team supporting the production of innovative biotherapeutic medicines. In this role, you will work closely with Maintenance, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality teams to ensure reliable operation of critical facility systems and equipment. At Lonza, we operate in a highly regulated environment and follow strict cGMP and SOP standards, ensuring our processes consistently meet the highest quality and compliance requirements.

What you will get

The full-time base annual salary for this position is expected to range between $93,000  to $155,000.  In addition, below you will find a comprehensive summary of the benefits package we offer:

• Performance-related bonus

• Medical, dental and vision insurance

• 401(k) matching plan

• Life insurance, as well as short-term and long-term disability insurance

• Employee assistance programs

• Paid Time Off

What you will do

• Review and prioritize maintenance requests in SAP based on safety, compliance, and business impact.

• Create detailed maintenance work orders, including job scope, labor, materials, tools, and safety requirements.

• Conduct site/job walks to ensure maintenance plans are accurate and complete.

• Work closely with Scheduling, Manufacturing, and Maintenance teams to create realistic work schedules.

• Ensure materials, permits, and resources are ready before work is scheduled or executed.

• Maintain accurate SAP data and drive continuous improvements in maintenance planning processes.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, EHS, and Supply Chain teams while serving as a planning subject matter expert (SME).

What we are looking for

• BS/BA in Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, or Engineering preferred.

• SAP maintenance planning and work order management.

• Maintenance and reliability planning for preventive and corrective maintenance.

• Scheduling and coordinating maintenance activities with operations and production teams.

• GMP, GDP, safety, and regulatory compliance in a manufacturing environment.

• Cross-functional collaboration, problem-solving, and continuous process improvement.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we offer equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.