Senior Maintenance Manager

Mondelez · Indianapolis, IN

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Level: Manager
Team: Reliability
Base pay: $140k–$193k
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 15+ years
Industry: Food & beverage
Posted: 30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management reliability role at Mondelez (food & beverage) in Indianapolis, IN.

They ask for: 15+ years · degree required
Tools it names: Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, TPM, OEE, FDA / GMP
Base pay: $140k–$193k

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Reliability Engineer roles in Indiana: typical posted base $121k–$154k. This one lists $140k–$193k.

Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 24 reliability engineer openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 23 other live reliability postings in Indiana.

Base pay: About 37% above similar roles
Experience asked: More than usual (15+ vs 5+)

Skills these teams ask for most

Team leadership 58%
Root cause 25%
✓ Lean 25%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, FDA / GMP, SAP, Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 15+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

1
Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Mondelez
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

This plant: Mondelez in Indianapolis

1 other open role at this site.

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Education / Certifications

Job specific

requirements

✓Minimum of bachelor’s degree in engineering. Master’s degree preferably.
✓Minimum of 15 years of experience in Maintenance roles in the CPG industry, or a combination of Maintenance, Engineering and Manufacturing, with a minimum of 8+ years in leadership roles.
✓Success record developing maintenance/reliability systems and teams, driving significant OEE overall equipment effectiveness improvements, and delivering substantial cost savings.
✓Solid financial and business acumen.
✓Excellent organizational, leadership, communication, analytics, and problem-solving
✓skills. Clear “big picture” awareness.
✓Hands-on leadership and coaching skills. Solid ability to empower, develop, and motivate people. Excellent team builder.
✓Strong project management skills.
✓Clear understanding of GMP, people and food safety standards, and regulations applicable to industrial maintenance.
✓Transformational mindset. Change agent with resilience and agility.
✓Ability to engage with government authorities/enforcement agencies, professional as

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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 leader you will create strong partnerships across the business to ensure delivery of US Supply Chain strategies in line with our growth agenda. You will

be responsible for leading, coaching and developing our Plant multi-functional teams to identify best practices, and improvements that will increase our Reliability, Productivity, Efficiency and Effectiveness.

How you will contribute

You will

•Lead the entire Maintenance & Reliability (M&R) organization and be responsible for
•uptime and equipment life across the entire plant, including manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facilities.
•Work cross-functionally to develop and implement a strategic M&R roadmap.
•annual operating plan which are competitive advantage to Mondelēz.
•Build, lead and be accountable for M&R execution, reliability, and the facilities & utilities programs, as well as the team capabilities to execute them.
•Establish a strong governance to review and control the effectiveness of the M&R program, its contribution to the overall plant goals, and its progress toward best in class.
•Ensure adherence to business continuity plan, manufacturing standards, GMP (good
•manufacturing practices), food safety, employee safety, site security, and government.
•regulations across the site. Guarantee that all employees/service providers at the site understand these requirements, and that they are regularly reviewed and monitored for effective implementation.
•Lead and coach the M&R organization toward implementation and progression of the IL6S (Integrated Lean 6 Sigma) program. Establish a culture of zero losses and 100% employee engagement.
•Create and execute strategies to deliver zero breakdowns via preventive/predictive maintenance, technical mastery of maintenance and operations plans, TPM progression, visual controls, tools management, lubrication, calibration of equipment, etc.
•Progressively and systemically eradicate plant downtime and waste loses through the design and execution of a robust strategic plan.
•Play a leading role in the journey toward zero losses. Champion strategic improvements on OEE, MTBF, MTTR, etc. (mean time between failures, mean time to repair).
•Effectively manage M&R budget, delivering annual targets as well as significant year-over-year operational savings through reduction of plant downtime/waste, optimization of maintenance/facilities spend, labor optimization, optimization of maintenance strategies, etc.
•Effectively manage capital budget through optimization of spare parts stock.
•Establish and execute strategies to develop the skillset of the M&R team, both at technical and managerial level.
•Supports the plant teams in reviewing/developing operating standards. Identify and capitalize on improvement opportunities.
•Identify plant improvement opportunities through capital projects. Partner with Engineering in the flawless design and execution of such projects.
•Create and maintain a succession plan for the M&R organization, identifying levers to attract, retain and develop critical talent.
•Role model servant leadership values and partner with the rest of the plant leadership team to create such culture across the site.
•Serve as a senior staff member in the plant leadership team (Plant Manager’s staff). Play a key role in the strategic planning and execution of the plant across all performance dimensions (safety, quality, delivery/service, cost, people agenda).
•Serve as a liaison with stakeholders outside of the plant. Develop and maintain effective relationships and align on execution of business priorities to deliver company.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

•A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
•Strong operational, manufacturing and maintenance leadership experience in CPG industry, with experience in TPM –Total productive maintenance, 5S, Lean, 6 sigma tools and concepts, safety & GMP standards.
•An Engineer with a strong financial & business acumen, project management skills and knowledge of industrial maintenance and manufacturing equipment, PM (Progressive Maintenance) expertise, spare parts management, SAP Systems, applications, products – ERP Software for scheduling, inventory management etc. PM module knowledge, technology & 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.

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