Maintenance Lead: Reliability & Safety Champion

General Mills Operations, LLC.; Illinois; On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Time off programs

Annual incentive program

Job summary

General Mills, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead frontline safety and technical maintenance across the plant. You will supervise mechanics and maintenance specialists, driving root cause analysis and continuous improvement to improve reliability.

You will also lead daily DDS and support budget planning, scheduling, and maintenance shutdowns to deliver platform results. A technical background and collaborative leadership style are essential.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of manufacturing, frontline leadership, or technical leadership experience.
• Experience in maintenance, reliability, and manufacturing.
• Knowledge of unit operations and machinery and ability to read prints and specs.

Responsibilities

• Safety leadership and engagement-based technical leadership to achieve plant results.
• Direct leadership of mechanics and maintenance capability specialists.
• Lead DDS meetings and track performance metrics (defect fixed, breakdowns, maintenance health).
• Maintain and improve maintenance foundational systems and Be/ DH processes across the platform.
• Manage budget for Maintenance & Reliability costs and plan shutdowns.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (Technical/Science/Engineering/Mechatronics preferred)

Tools

Maximo

SAP

Manufacturing Analytics

MQIS

Job description

General Mills, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead frontline safety and technical maintenance across the plant. You will supervise mechanics and maintenance specialists, driving root cause analysis and continuous improvement to improve reliability.

You will also lead daily DDS and support budget planning, scheduling, and maintenance shutdowns to deliver platform results. A technical background and collaborative leadership style are essential.