Maintenance Execution Manager

Join us as a Maintenance Execution Manager at our Rome, GA plant, where you’ll play a critical role in driving maintenance reliability and operational excellence. This on-site position is essential to ensuring safe, quality, and efficient execution across our operations.

You’ll lead a high-performing maintenance team, optimize planning and processes, and implement best-in‑class strategies to keep our plant running at its best. This role offers opportunities to collaborate with leadership, influence strategic decisions, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

• Drive Maintenance Reliability – Collaborate with Maintenance and Operations teams to improve equipment reliability and integrate maintenance into capital projects.
• Implement Best Practices – Identify, document, and execute maintenance and reliability best practices while managing departmental budgets.
• Strategic Planning – Oversee planning, scheduling, and execution of predictive and preventive maintenance activities using root cause analysis to resolve issues.
• Lead and Develop People – Supervise maintenance supervisors, planners, and purchasing personnel, ensuring staffing, scheduling, and skills training are optimized.

• High School Diploma or GED
• Extensive experience in a manufacturing environment with maintenance/planning supervision or management responsibilities
• Strong experience with SAP PM (SAP Super User preferred)
• Proven success implementing maintenance programs and strategies (TPM, RCM, Planning/Scheduling, Predictive and Preventive Maintenance)
• Supervisory experience with maintenance teams
• Knowledge of PLC programming and automation

The annual salary range is $106,500 - $139,755, which is based on various factors such as location, experience and skill. Discretionary bonuses based on company and individual performance are also available.

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  for more information.

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.

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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, Morning Star 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.

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.