Reliability and Maintenance Manager
Kraft Heinz · Beaver Dam, WI
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Reliability
- Base pay
- $102k–$128k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management reliability role at Kraft Heinz (food & beverage) in Beaver Dam, WI.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, FDA / GMP, EHS / safety
- Base pay
- $102k–$128k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Reliability Engineer roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $99k–$128k. This one lists $102k–$128k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 20 reliability engineer openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Wisconsin plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 19 other live reliability postings in Wisconsin.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 45%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 30%
- ✓ FDA / GMP 25%
- DOE 25%
- ✓ Union environment 20%
- ✓ Six Sigma 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Kraft Heinz in Beaver Dam
1 other open role at this site.
- Maintenance Supervisor- 2nd shift · Reliability · Supervisor
Full description from Kraft HeinzAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Assures the safe execution of all maintenance and utility activities, demands that all plant activities are conducted following all safety procedures
- ◆Champions safety as the first consideration of all employees/contractors and promotes a safe work environment through own behaviors
- ◆Maintains facility and assets to meet regulatory guidelines e.g. USDA, FDA, OSHA, and EPA
- ◆Optimizes costs through effective budget planning and management and maintains a cost effective approach toward asset management and minimizing loss and waste
- ◆Optimizes the Availability and safe operation of production assets through appropriate predictive and preventative maintenance and safe and effective execution of corrective maintenance and projects
- ◆Coordinates major maintenance and project
requirements
with manufacturing production and engineering, to include major downtime activities and downtime periods and supports the effort to identify opportunities and develop the Plant’s Capital Budget
- ✓Trains maintenance staff on effective maintenance practices, including effective use of the computerized maintenance management system, problem solving tools, risk and failure analysis, maintenance scheduling and analysis of maintenance related data and equipment histories
- ✓Sets and evaluates departmental goals and objectives through a collaborative effort with maintenance departmental supervision, factory leadership team, Regional Reliability Managers and the Engineering Manager
- ✓Conducts special studies as assigned or self-initiated to improve departmental services, equipment reliability and factory operations or satisfy external
requirements
- ✓Provides direction to the operation and maintenance of the Utilities (Air, Steam, Water, Electrical, Nitrogen, Ammonia, etc.) and Wastewater facilities to assure they meet production demands
- ✓Shares Best Maintenance Practices with other Kraft Heinz maintenance professionals by participating in semi-annual forums and establishing contacts for regular communication
- ✓Ensure parts availability in the MRO stockroom to minimize equipment downtime while balancing economic maintenance inventory management
- ✓Assist with evaluating reliability, utility, facility, production and packaging needs for Capital Equipment
- ✓Oversee and lead the implementation of the Quality Risk Management Process (QRMP) system and operational standards as outlined in the factory’s QRMP accountability list
- ✓Partner with business leaders on implementation of equipment and manufacturing reliability, process improvements (Six Sigma / Lean) including leading change initiatives, planning, and facilitation of improvement project(s) completion
- ✓Manage and evaluate the Maintenance staff including but not limited to performance management, employee improvement and employee development plans, etc.
- ✓All other duties as assigned by Plant Manager to support the facility
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree preferred; focus in Engineering or related technical field highly preferred
- ✓Minimum of 3 years’ leadership experience within a manufacturing environment required
- ✓5+ years of maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment required
- ✓Extensive knowledge including but not limited to the following areas: Packaging/Mechanical Operations, Electrical maintenance, Instrumentation, Electronics/Controls, and Utility Systems, as well as boiler and ammonia refrigeration
- ✓Interpersonal and communications skills to motivate, empower, train, direct, lead, evaluate and coach a diverse group of team members to reach their fullest potential
- ✓Ability to effectively plan and manage through change within large enterprise organizations
- ✓Microsoft Office and CMMS experience and proficiency required
- ✓Ability to manage a continuous operation (24 hrs., 7 days per week)
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Job Description
Role / Title
The Maintenance Manager will direct all reliability and maintenance activities to ensure that maximum operational potential is realized for the entire plant operation. This includes all functions in the areas of Maintenance Business Management, Maintenance Materials Inventory (MRO), Maintenance Recruit to Retire, Manufacturing Process Reliability and Equipment Reliability, e.g. departmental budgets, computerized maintenance management systems, preventive/predictive and corrective maintenance programs. The Manager is also responsible for the development, coordination and execution of maintenance related capital budget items in concert with engineering.
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