Maintenance Planner/Scheduler @Corteva Agriscience™, Ethiopia
Corteva is hiring for a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to join its team in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organization: Corteva Agriscience™
Deadline: 19 October 2026 (Applications are reviewed and considered as received/on a rolling basis)
Job Description
Join Vylor—Powering the Future of Agriculture
At Vylor, we’re advancing agriculture through breakthrough science—combining elite germplasm, cutting-edge biotech, and next-generation expertise in gene editing and molecular breeding. Our portfolio includes trusted industry brands like Pioneer®, Brevant®, and Hoegemeyer®, delivering performance farmers rely on.
Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what’s next in crop science.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop detailed maintenance schedules for preventive, predictive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance activities.
- Create and manage work orders within the CMMS/SAP maintenance system.
- Coordinate maintenance plans with Operations to ensure equipment availability and minimize production disruptions.
- Prioritize maintenance activities based on safety, compliance, operational impact, and asset criticality.
- Plan and schedule manpower, contractors, tools, and materials required for maintenance work.
- Monitor maintenance backlog and drive timely execution of planned work.
- Coordinate plant shutdowns, turnarounds, and major maintenance activities.
- Ensure spare parts, materials, and resources are available before scheduled work begins.
- Track maintenance KPIs including schedule compliance, backlog, equipment downtime, and work order completion rates.
- Analyze maintenance performance data and recommend continuous improvement initiatives.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records, equipment history, and asset documentation.
- Support root cause analysis and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company safety, environmental, and quality standards.
- Together with site team, perform conduct all necessary plant maintenance.
- Coordinate (as a shift lead) and carry out seed conditioning at Menagesha as well as on any other 3rd party plants.
- Make seed quality checks during conditioning.
- Follow-up the proper bagging.
- Make sure appropriate use of PPEs during conditioning.
- Make sure all safety procedures followed during conditioning.
Location:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Qualifications and Required Skills:
- Diploma or Degree in Engineering, Maintenance, or a related field.
- Experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, and plant maintenance within a manufacturing or agricultural environment.
- Proficiency in SAP/CMMS and Microsoft Office.
- Strong knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance, asset reliability, and spare parts management.
- Excellent planning, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Experience in seed processing or agricultural operations is an advantage.
- Willingness and flexibility to work shifts (including weekends / public holidays to support operational requirements).
- Reliable transportation.
Corteva announced to separate our current advanced seed and genetics business to establish a standalone company, operating as Vylor, Inc. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to legal requirements and board approval. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the separation, you would be an employee of Vylor, Inc. and your employment would be governed by Vylor, Inc. employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by Vylor, Inc. at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
Vylor is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.
Corteva Agriscience™ is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to boldly embracing the power of inclusion, diversity, and equity to enrich the lives of our employees and strengthen the performance of our company, while advancing equity in agriculture. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. Discrimination, harassment and retaliation are inconsistent with our values and will not be tolerated. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit:Accessibility Page for Contact Information
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