Maintenance Technician

Company: Kellanova
Location: Knightdale
Posted on: July 14, 2025

Job Description:

Do you have a natural knack for working with your hands and troubleshooting mechanical components? Join us as a Maintenance Technician in our Cary plant. You'll collaborate with an upbeat, hard-working, and diverse team to keep our plant running smoothly, and continuously improve our machinery and maintenance department. This is an Overnight Shift position, 6 pm-6 am working on a 2-3-2, 12-hour schedule with every other weekend off. The hourly rate is $29.47. A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing Preventative Maintenance – Performing basic troubleshooting, repairs, and preventative maintenance on mechanical and electrical equipment, like our industrial ovens that help us produce our delicious products. Ensuring Performance Efficiency – Managing machine performance by doing equipment set up and changeovers for production and responding to equipment breakdowns in a timely manner. Safely Execute – Understanding, following, and enforcing all established safety, health, and quality procedures to drive forward production. Provide Top Notch Customer Service – Establishing rapport with business partners across the plant floor to solve problems with a strong sense of urgency. We’re Looking for Someone With High School diploma or GED. Sitting, standing, walking, lifting (50lbs), and/or repetitive tasks throughout the day. Experience in troubleshooting, repairs, and preventative maintenance on mechanical and electrical equipment. What’s Next Applications for this position will be accepted through August 31st, 2025. 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. Visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and more about what we offer. All applicants must have permanent legal authorization to work in the United States. Kellanova does not sponsor employment visas for this role. Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email USA.Recruitment@Kellanova.com . Benefits offerings vary by site but are competitive and generally include medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, along with an employee assistance program. Kellanova offers paid time off, paid holidays, and other leaves to promote work/life balance. Where applicable, we offer income protection benefits such as supplemental life insurance and the ability to participate in a retirement plan. Part-time employees may have access to some of these benefits on a pro-rated basis. Get to Know Us At Kellanova, we are driven by our vision to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our portfolio of iconic, world-class brands include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Crunchy Nut, among others. Kellanova’s Culture of Best means we bring our best to all that we do in pursuit of our vision to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, achieve results, and win together. Our focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) enables us to build a culture of belonging where all employees have a place at the table and are inspired to share their passion, talents and ideas to work. Mars has agreed to acquire Kellanova in a combination that will shape the future of snacking! The transaction is anticipated to close towards the end of 2025 (subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals). The companies remain separate until closing. You can learn more at www.futureofsnacking.com , and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process. The best brands. The best people. The best you. 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 .

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