Reliability Maintenance Lead

WK Kellogg•Battle Creek, MI

2d•$117,920 - $147,400•Remote

About The Position

The Reliability Maintenance (RM) Lead coaches the Reliability Maintenance Center of Excellence (COE) and strengthens plant maintenance performance across WK Kellogg Co and Kellogg Integrated Work Systems (KIWS). The role builds enterprise standards, coaches site teams, and applies reliability maintenance expertise to achieve measurable business results. It promotes a zero-loss reliability mindset across maintenance, operations, and plant leadership; increases ownership of reliability standards; and supports Supply Chain Compelling Business Need (CBN) results through improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), reduced maintenance losses, stronger planned maintenance execution, and sustainable cost avoidance. This is a remote position requiring 50–75% travel. The RM Lead deploys the COE strategy, supports plant-floor work and technical problem solving, assesses site performance, builds workforce capability, reinforces maintenance routines, analyzes losses, and audits maintenance systems and standards. The role also offers an opportunity to shape enterprise reliability priorities, influence leaders across sites, and develop scalable governance.

Requirements

Five or more years of applicable work experience in a manufacturing environment.
Three years of coaching or technical supervisory/managerial experience.
Precise knowledge and understanding of Continuous Improvement Systems, Total Progressive Maintenance, and High Performing Organizations.
Ability to achieve business results through process improvements and integration with other Centers of Excellence.
Precise knowledge and understanding of Continuous Improvement Process Optimization (CIPO).
Broad knowledge and understanding of Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Reliability Maintenance (RM), and Quality Food Safety (QFS) Centers of Excellence.
Strong technical workshop leadership and facilitation skills.
Ability to audit teams and models against standards for people and systems.
Ability to assess and renew COE strategies.
Ability to coach employees at all levels of the organization.
Effective data analytics and graphical analysis skills.
Effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Ability to travel up to 75%.
Ability to work a full shift, arrive on time, work overtime as needed, and follow the schedule necessary to meet job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Leadership experience within a maintenance or engineering organization.
Experience using digital tools such as SmartFactory or similar platforms and SAP.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a technical discipline and five years of applicable work experience.
Two to three years of technical supervisory/managerial experience.
Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

Responsibilities

Deploy the Reliability Maintenance COE strategy in alignment with Supply Chain CBN, focusing on OEE improvement, planned maintenance execution, breakdown reduction, maintenance cost avoidance, and sustainable reliability performance.
Provide working RM leadership by supporting the floor, coaching leaders, facilitating technical problem solving, and translating plant maintenance needs into enterprise standards and practical work processes.
Perform RM assessments and coach local teams to identify gaps, prioritize losses, and execute maintenance improvement plans.
Build capability for maintenance leaders, planners, technicians, and cross-functional partners through skill matrices, coaching routines, and standard work.
Support site daily direction-setting and reliability routines to ensure maintenance standards are understood, followed, and sustained.
Lead maintenance loss analysis, root cause problem solving, and prioritization of reliability improvement work tied to business results.
Audit plant maintenance systems, planned maintenance adherence, and reliability standards to confirm appropriate support, rigor, and follow-through.
Frame enterprise reliability priorities, influence leaders across sites, and build governance that scales beyond individual plant support.