Title:  Sr Manager, Reliability Maintenance & Engineering

Come join our team as a Senior Engineering, Facilities, and Reliability Manager at our Muncy, PA, facility. As a key part of our leadership team, you’ll be at the forefront of driving strategic decisions while leading our exceptional team. Your expertise will be instrumental in identifying and delivering capital projects, improvement programs and processes critical to our plant operations. If you’re a self-starter, a go-getter, and a team player, you’ll feel right at home here.

Being a member of the Senior Leadership team in Muncy, PA, means your influence helps shape the direction and policies of our manufacturing facility. You’ll have the unique opportunity to foster a culture of collaboration, respect, and continuous learning, ensuring that every team member thrives. Your leadership will drive the implementation of vertical project startups, lean manufacturing principles, and long-term capital project plans - all contributing to a reliable and sustainable operation.

A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

• Project Management: Lead and direct continuous technical improvement of the facility, equipment, and production systems. You will ensure effective execution of projects by meeting program objectives, project budgets, and schedules. Collaboration is important with corporate engineering, contracted service partners, Plant Operations teams, Safety and Quality teams.
• Leading By Example: As a key member of the Senior Leadership team, you have the privilege of setting the direction and policies for one of our finest manufacturing facilities. By promoting collaboration, respect, and continuous learning, you contribute to an environment where everyone thrives.
• Promoting Best Practices: Use lean manufacturing principles, identifying opportunities to eliminate costs and waste. By streamlining processes, delivering vertical project start-ups, employing state of the art technical solutions to take the facility into the next generation of automation.
• Strategy & Scorecards: You will partner with Global Engineering to deploy technical business strategies aligned with business/plant strategies and performance goals. While leading the Technical Center of Excellence you will be responsible for achieving all function-specific Key Performance Indicators and continuous improvement of our work systems.
• Reliability Management: Collaborate closely with both the Maintenance and Operations teams to ensure that resources are effectively focused on increasing reliability across our facilities. Your responsibilities include identifying, implementing, and documenting standards and best practices. Financial success is a priority, as you actively develop and manage the departmental budget and long-term capital masterplan.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Comprehensive managerial and technical background in a plant environment
• Project management, communication, budgeting, and excellent human relations skills
• Management experience in a technical capacity
• Bachelor of Science Degree in an engineering/technical or other related field and a few years of relevant experience OR High School diploma/GED and extensive years of relevant experience
• Ability to build strategic relationships with key stakeholders across the operation to ensure improved collaboration and deliver results
• Experience implementing best in class maintenance programs and strategies (TPM, RCM, Planning/Scheduling, Predictive and Preventative Maintenance)

Compensation

The annual salary range is $127,400 - $191,100, 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 April 28th, 2025. 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 within the first half of 2025 (subject to Kellanova shareowner approval and other customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals). The companies remain separate until closing.

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

The best brands. The best people. The best you.

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.