Maintenance and Reliability Planning Manager

Maintenance And Reliability Planning ManagerLocation: Kansas City, KS 66115 Duration: 0-12+ Months Shift: 1st Shift Pay: $51.72/hourPosition Summary:The Maintenance and Reliability Planning Manager leads the Maintenance Planning Group responsible for all work planning, scheduling, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and reliability improvement activities that support safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations. This role owns the end-to-end maintenance planning process, develops the team's capabilities, drives the growth of predictive, preventive and condition-based maintenance, leveraging data analytics (MTBF, MTTR, OEE, failure trends and others) to continuously improve equipment performance. The Manager is accountable for ensuring high-quality work plans, optimized schedules that minimize production disruption, rigorous PM task lists, a robust PM audit program, accurate SAP master data, spare parts readiness, and strong cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Maintenance Execution, Reliability Engineering, Quality & Food Safety, and Engineering. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances strategic reliability growth with day-to-day planning excellence. This position is critical to plant reliability, cost control, and production attainment. The successful candidate will be a systems thinker who can elevate the planning function from transactional work order processing to a true strategic reliability engine.Key ResponsibilitiesTeam Leadership & Capability DevelopmentMaintenance Planning & Scheduling ExcellencePM Program Development, Rigor & AuditMachine Analytics, Predictive Maintenance & Reliability GrowthTechnical Expertise – Automation, Parts & SystemsSafety, Food Safety, Compliance & Continuous ImprovementSkills RequiredTechnical Skills (Must Have)Leadership & Soft SkillsPreferred QualificationsCertified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification.Experience implementing or significantly growing predictive/condition-based maintenance programs.Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, or formal CI training a plus.Familiarity with vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, or other PdM technologies.Experience RequiredMinimum 7+ year's progressive experience in industrial maintenance, reliability, or planning within manufacturing (food, beverage, or process industry strongly preferred).Minimum 3+ years of direct leadership or supervisory experience managing planners, technicians, or similar roles.Demonstrated success improving equipment reliability metrics (MTBF, MTTR, OEE) and elevating planned maintenance percentages.Education RequiredBachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or related technical field preferred; equivalent combination of education and extensive experience considered.Additional InformationWork Schedule: Primarily Monday–Friday day shift with flexibility to support weekend work planning, major outages, and plant needs. Occasional extended hours required. Kellanova / Mars is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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. LanceSoft