Plant Maintenance & Reliability Leader

General Mills; Chanhassen (MN); On-site; USD 82,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills is seeking a Department Maintenance Manager to lead a multi-disciplined maintenance team at our site in Minnesota. The role focuses on reliability, asset care, and operational excellence, with responsibility for budgets and cross-functional collaboration with engineering and operations.

This position emphasizes safety culture, talent development, and continuous improvement, including Maximo data integrity and maintenance planning.

Qualifications

• Requires 4+ years in manufacturing or frontline/technical leadership.
• Demonstrated leadership and collaboration across teams.
• Experience with maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team and ensure safety, reliability, and budget adherence.
• Develop and mentor direct reports and foster planning and execution.
• Collaborate with plant leadership, engineers, and operations.
• Oversee preventive maintenance and equipment reliability programs.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Frontline leadership

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis understanding

Education

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

High School Diploma

Tools

Maximo

SAP

MQIS

Manufacturing Analytics

Job description

General Mills is seeking a Department Maintenance Manager to lead a multi-disciplined maintenance team at our site in Minnesota. The role focuses on reliability, asset care, and operational excellence, with responsibility for budgets and cross-functional collaboration with engineering and operations.

This position emphasizes safety culture, talent development, and continuous improvement, including Maximo data integrity and maintenance planning.