Engineering & Maintenance Manager

Kellanova • Lowell, MI • 4h ago

Are you ready to lead with impact? Join us as an Engineering and Maintenance Manager at our Wyoming, MI facility, where you’ll be a key member of our Plant Senior Leadership Team. This on-site role places you at the heart of strategic decision-making, driving reliability, project management, and performance across our operations.

You’ll lead a high-performing maintenance team and collaborate across departments to deliver capital projects, implement reliability maintenance programs, and optimize plant processes. This is a dynamic opportunity to shape the future of our facility through innovation, leadership, and technical excellence.

In this role, you’ll foster a culture of collaboration, respect, and continuous learning. You’ll champion lean manufacturing principles, oversee vertical project startups, and guide long-term capital planning—all while helping our team thrive and our operations remain sustainable and reliable.

A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

Capital Plan & Project Leadership – Plan, design, and execute, capital projects in line with facility’s strategic plan, ensuring projects meet objectives, budgets, and timelines , leveraging both internal and third party resources Develop and own long-term capital master plan for the site.
Team Development & Leadership – Lead and develop a diverse reliability maintenance team including supervisors, planner, stores clerk, multi-skilled mechanics, and electricians, while enabling upskilling and performance excellence.
Lean Manufacturing & Innovation – Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities, eliminate waste, and introduce next-generation automation solutions. Lead our Technical Center of Excellence at the site level, while collaborating with corporate engineering resources to implement best practices from across the network and progress our site to the next phase in our lean journey.
Strategic Planning & Scorecard Ownership – Represent maintenance and engineering in the site’s strategic plans. Partner with Corporate Engineering to align technical strategies with plant goals and lead the Technical Center of Excellence to achieve key performance indicators.

Driving Maintenance Reliability – Collaborate with maintenance and operations teams to increase equipment reliability while managing the maintenance parts budget for optimal performance. Lead the planning, scheduling, and execution of planned and predictive maintenance activities, using root cause analysis and problem-solving to mitigate issues.

We’re Looking for Someone With

Bachelor’s degree in engineering
Demonstrated leadership in plant maintenance or equipment reliability within manufacturing, with a track record of driving operational excellence
Experience managing large teams of both salaried and hourly employees
Proven expertise in maintenance systems (e.g., CMMS), budgeting, and implementation of TPM, RCM, BDE, FMEA, and predictive/preventive maintenance strategies
Proven capital project management and budgeting skills
Strong stakeholder relationship-building capabilities

Compensation

The annual salary range is $109,280 - $143,430 which is based on various factors such as location, experience and skill. Discretionary bonuses based on company and individual performance are also available.

What’s Next

Applications for this position will be accepted through January 2nd, 2026. After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. Visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and more about what we offer. All applicants must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Kellanova does not sponsor employment visas for this role.

Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email USA.Recruitment@Kellanova.com .

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, employee assistance program, short-term disability coverage, and long-term disability insurance. Also, voluntary income protection benefits such as supplemental life, accident as well as a 401(k) plan with company contributions is available. Part-time employees may have access to benefits on a pro-rated basis. See KellanovaTotalHealth.com for more information.

Get to Know Us

At Kellanova, we are driven by our vision to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our portfolio of iconic, world-class brands include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others.

Kellanova’s Culture of Best means we bring our best to all that we do in pursuit of our vision to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, achieve results, and win together.

Our focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) enables us to build a culture of belonging where all employees have a place at the table and are inspired to share their passion, talents and ideas to work.

Mars has agreed to acquire Kellanova in a combination that will shape the future of snacking! The transaction is anticipated to close towards the end of 2025 (subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals). The companies remain separate until closing.

You can learn more at , and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process.

Let’s shape the future of snacking.

Kellanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, please visit our website here .

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