Join us at our Blue Anchor Eggo facility as a Maintenance Coordinator, where you’ll play a critical role in coordinating daily maintenance activities, supporting plant operations, and ensuring our technicians have what they need to keep production running safely and efficiently. In this hands‑on leadership role, you’ll guide skilled mechanics, respond to real-time equipment issues, and support a culture focused on safety, reliability, and continuous improvement. This positions starting hourly rate is $36.96 and operates on a 12‑hour A/B shift schedule within a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
At our facility, we offer an exciting opportunity for a maintenance professional who thrives on fast‑paced problem solving and enjoys being at the center of communication between maintenance, operations, and leadership. You’ll collaborate with technicians, production teams, and planners to keep work moving smoothly, reduce downtime, and elevate the effectiveness of our maintenance organization.
A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing
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Set the Pace: You will be overseeing day‑to‑day maintenance activities, assigning work orders, and ensuring technicians have the right tools, permits, and information to perform tasks safely and efficiently. You will be monitoring shift progress, adjusting plans dynamically, and ensuring alignment with production demands.
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Drive Change: You will be supporting a culture of safety, reliability, and continuous improvement by ensuring adherence to OSHA, GMP, and plant policies. You will be participating in Tier meetings and supporting communication between departments to improve workflow and reduce barriers.
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Strategize to Win: You will be acting as the primary point of contact for maintenance troubleshooting across manufacturing, utilities, and packaging operations.
- You will be teaching, coaching, and mentoring mechanics while fostering strong working relationships across all levels of the organization.
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Drive Efficiency: You will be responding to unplanned equipment issues with urgency and coordinating rapid root‑cause troubleshooting efforts. You will be evaluating preventive maintenance execution and identifying opportunities to improve equipment uptime and reliability.
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Impact Results: You will ensure accurate documentation and follow‑through on work orders, including corrective actions and preventive recommendations. You will help identify critical spare parts, supporting backlog management, and assisting the planner/scheduler as needed.
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Take a New Angle: You will be leading equipment failure investigations and supporting FMEA efforts to strengthen long‑term reliability. You will be supporting process improvements, sanitation expectations, and proper changeover activities for optimal line performance.
We’re Looking for Someone With
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Class “A” Mechanical qualification with strong electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and troubleshooting skills.
- SAP and Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Experience in industrial or food manufacturing maintenance, with strong understanding of PMs, changeovers, and equipment rebuilds.
- Strong analytical skills, the ability to interpret technical manuals, drawings, and instructions.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, mentoring, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work in hot/cold environments, climb ladders, and safely access elevated work areas.
What’s Next
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. If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the difference you make. Our comprehensive benefits offer you the support you need through your life events, big or small. All applicants must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Kellanova does not sponsor employment visas for this role.
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.
Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email USA.Recruitment@kellanova.com.
Get to Know Us
We’ve always been driven to unleash the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our iconic, world-class brands at Kellanova include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others.
Mars, Incorporated has acquired Kellanova in a transaction that brings together iconic brands, storied legacies and outstanding capabilities with a view to shape the future of snacking. You can learn more here, and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process.
Let’s shape the future of snacking.
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.
