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Maintenance Lead - Wellston, OH Plant

General Mills, Inc
United States, Ohio, Wellston
Jul 14, 2025

OVERVIEW

The Maintenance Lead is overall accountable to improve the reliability of the platform through ownership of critical systems and capability development to deliver expected results. Responsible for building technical capability across the platform to develop multi-skilled technician self-sufficient teams. In addition, works to eliminate losses following a rigorous daily process that is data driven and focused on root cause elimination.

Most of the day will be spent on the floor with the technician teams building the team's technical understanding and mastery. This role works directly with and supports the area of production they are assigned while building a strong network within the maintenance, technical and operations communities of practice. This Position will consist of 1st shift hours 7:00am-3:00am. Monday -Friday. There will be occasions that will require some support to be provided on off shifts or weekends, this happens around Planned downtime and or critical equipment failures.

The Plant was built in 1966 and has housed several different names and products over the years. Currently it is the home of Totino's pizzas and pizza rolls. The plant sits on 278 acres and has 22 acres under roof. We currently employ a little over 1,000 employee's.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Accountable for the 24-hour results of the platform specifically related to safety and reliability
  • Supports and leads capability development of the platform members as per the Technician Career System to identify, measure and drive out equipment losses to deliver targeted line / system results by providing coaching, support, direction, and ongoing feedback.
  • Supports Daily Direction Setting (DDS) process for the platform
  • Own several daily management systems across the platform and accountable to coach / develop technician system owners who own these systems across the platform:
    • Defect Handling: Facilitates documentation of standards with technicians and coach's technicians through the identification, prioritization and resolution of defects
    • Breakdown Elimination: Identification of triggers, tracking of BE's through dice chart, and ensures technician system owners complete BE's and implementation of countermeasures.
    • Planning and Scheduling: Plans, schedules and assigns work (CM and PM) including shutdown planning in partnership with the technician system owners
  • This position is technical and is depended on to deliver other critical technical expertise to drive out equipment losses:
    • Analysis of equipment performance and improving component life.
    • Tracking and reporting of maintenance measurement data
    • Deliver spring plan M/R costs for the line (materials, services, OT)
    • Data integrity of maintenance management system
    • Identifies and addresses safety risks related to maintenance activities
  • Foster an inclusive environment where people work together to solve problems.
  • Partner with Engineering organization on capital and product commercialization.
  • Follow personal development plan to:
    • Build platform technical skills and where applicable support trainer and qualifier needs via the Technician Career System
    • Develop deep understanding of all DMS (CIL, PCL, DH, BE, etc.) to optimize coaching span of influence and loss analysis
  • Apply the Reward and Recognition System expectations at the individual and team level
  • Able to cover the Platform Leader and Process Leader responsibilities in the short-term absence.
  • Manage, Grow and Develop between 10-15 Direct Reports.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • High school diploma
  • 3-5 years related experience
  • Working knowledge of data systems including MAXIMO, MQIS, INSQL, and GSTEMS.
  • Previous experience in Team leading, Process Lead, Reliability and/or coaching
  • Demonstrated capability in application of Foundational Systems and driving reliability metrics
  • Demonstrated technical capability on at least one product platform

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience with Daily Direction Setting
  • Experience with Integrated work systems such as TPM

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.


COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.


Salary Range



The salary range for this position is $70100.00 - $105200.00 / Annually. At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

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