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Maintenance Area Lead, Manufacturing Support

Mondelēz International
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Oct 2025
💰 $130,800/yr($95,100/yr$130,800/yr)

About the role

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

As the Area expert, you will bring a deep technical mastery of the process and equipment. That expertise allows you to lead the planning, process development and implementation of Planned & Reactive Maintenance Elements in a Continuous Improvement manufacturing environment.

You will manage this through teams consisting of various technical and nontechnical personnel, key support contractors and operations personnel.

Onsite - M-F

Working Hours - 7am-4pm

No Relocation is Offered

How you will contribute:

You will:

  • A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge: 
  • Strong operational & manufacturing leadership experience in the CPG industry with expertise in TPM-Total productive maintenance, 5s, LEAN, Six Sigma tools and concepts, Safety & GMP standards 
  •   A Leader with strong financial and business acumen, project management skills, industrial maintenance and manufacturing equipment knowledge, PM (Progressive Maintenance) expertise, Spare parts management, SAP PM module end-user knowledge, and Technology and engineering automation basics. 
  • Excellent communication (verbal & written), coaching, and leadership skills in a team-based environment. Demonstrated abilities in Analytics, problem-solving, and team building.

The Area Maintenance Manager is directly responsible for improving the total uptime performance of the Area’s Production and Utility assets by leading the teams with a sense of urgency, focusing on the execution of the preventative/predictive maintenance programs, and setting the standard for the “quality execution” of these plans by both in-house and third-party resources.

What you will bring:

  •  Improve maintenance skills for good maintenance process performance and the continuous improvement and autonomous maintenance tools needed for maintenance and improvements in the assigned Area. 
  • Provide leadership and coaching to the Area Maintenance Team towards implementation of IL6S-Integrated Lean 6 Sigma ways of working:  delivering zero breakdowns via preventive/predictive maintenance strategies and technical mastery of maintenance and operation teams; PM (Progressive Maintenance) Pillar, and CBM (condition-based monitoring), Visual controls & tools Mgmt., Lubrication mgmt. & Calibration of equipment(s) etc. 
  •  Role model Values and principles through effective coaching and mentoring and building skills capability across the Plant technical/engineering team to engage with the latest modern practices.  Have a clear people succession and resource plan for the asset & technology population, identifying and implementing critical levers to attract, retain, and develop essential talent. 
  •  Participation in the Progressive Maintenance pillar responsible for the methodology breakdown in all site areas; support, coaching, and auditing of PM teams; discipline and compliance with defined standards. 
  • Strengthen and ensure compliance with company standards, rules, and policies and the production process's safety, quality, and maintenance standards. 
  •  Manage predictive, preventive, scheduled corrective, and refurbishment of machinery and equipment to maintain operational efficiency and reduce downtime. 
  • Manage predictive, preventive, and scheduled corrective maintenance plans for machines and equipment through history and trends. 
  •  Ensure teams generate corrective work orders from critical preventive maintenance and CBM reviews. 
  •  Maintain the operational efficiency of machinery and equipment through compliance with preventive maintenance programs and renovations. 
  •  Support management of suppliers for contracted maintenance.  
  •  Manage documented information for predictive and preventive maintenance, primary equipment operating conditions, and improvements implemented in the production and related areas. 
  • Optimize the maintenance management tool (SAP PM) to control and plan hours worked, work orders, spare parts requisition, and auxiliary materials to execute services. 
  •  Manage spare parts of equipment, supporting improvements in cycle count ac

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