Maintenance & Reliability Leader - Plant Ops

Unilever; Independence (MO); On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever is seeking an Associate Maintenance Manager to lead planning, reliability activities, and daily execution in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. You will guide maintenance technicians and planners to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations across shifts, driving continuous improvement and alignment with company standards.

The role emphasizes developing long‑term maintenance plans, partnering with vendors, and implementing root‑cause analysis to prevent recurring issues, with

Qualifications

• 2 year degree in a technical field and at least two years of experience as a maintenance supervisor/coordinator in fast paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate and communicate with teams working different shifts across a 24/7 schedule.
• Experience leading a team of maintenance technicians toward a common goal.
• Must be capable of working independently and in a team environment.
• Experience making reliability/maintenance decisions to meet needs.
• Proven track record of implementing improvement ideas.
• Experience using a CMMS system.
• Controls/Automation experience with a strong preference to Allen Bradley controls.

Responsibilities

• Continuously strive to increase the efficiency and reliability of equipment in their area.
• Communicate with all shifts of the maintenance team to ensure a consistent message and consistent application of all company policies, programs, rules and regulations.
• Support maintenance team in troubleshooting, finding/procuring parts, or escalating issues as required.
• Carries out periodic audits to ensure depth of work order material is adequate and works with lead and planner to ensure gaps are addressed.
• Ensure maintenance, quality and safety audits are carried out by the team to ensure compliance with internal requirements.
• Work with the maintenance & buildings planner to track breakdowns, identify chronic issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable countermeasures.
• Review short and medium-term plans for equipment maintenance with the maintenance manager and planners and operations team. Develop long term plans with input from the managers, supervisors and operations team and ensure execution of the plans.
• Working as a team with Supervisors, Maintenance team members, and Operations to plan, procure and document activities for the enhancement of machines in the assigned area.
• Engage vendors and OEMs for technical support, project execution, reliability improvements, and complex troubleshooting.
• Participate in safety and quality reviews; ensure corrective actions are implemented promptly and effectively.
• Support the development and execution of reliability-centered maintenance strategies, including predictive and preventive maintenance improvements.

Skills

Strong troubleshooting skills

Excellent communication skills

Team coordination across shifts

Leadership of maintenance technicians

Independent work capability

Reliability/maintenance decisions

Proven improvement ideas

Education

Two year degree in a technical field

Tools

CMMS

Allen Bradley controls

Job description

Unilever is seeking an Associate Maintenance Manager to lead planning, reliability activities, and daily execution in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. You will guide maintenance technicians and planners to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations across shifts, driving continuous improvement and alignment with company standards.

The role emphasizes developing long‑term maintenance plans, partnering with vendors, and implementing root‑cause analysis to prevent recurring issues, with