Maintenance Manager (Manufacturing)
Role Overview
Technical leadership role accountable for the maintenance team, timely equipment repair, preventive maintenance, and reliable plant machinery.
The role supports safe and efficient bakery operations, coordinates contractors, and helps maintain compliance with safety and environmental practices.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role summary
Technical leadership role accountable for the maintenance team, timely equipment repair, preventive maintenance, and reliable plant machinery.
The role supports safe and efficient bakery operations, coordinates contractors, and helps maintain compliance with safety and environmental practices.
Primary responsibilities
- Manage, coach, and train team members; assess contractor needs and coordinate support.
- Plan, assess, install, and test new equipment, methods, and products.
- Use information tools to improve line efficiency, track downtime causes, and lead measurable improvements.
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair equipment; direct daily scheduling, preventive maintenance, and production-equipment repairs.
- Maintain parts and equipment inventory, reduce downtime, and organize the maintenance workshop.
- Provide technical oversight of service and installation; regularly update the preventive maintenance program.
- Comply with HACCP and SQF Level 2 requirements and ensure maintenance meets food-safety standards.
- Foster communication across teams, shifts, and functions; support capital requests and coordinate scope and pricing with Engineering.
- Schedule and supervise major repairs, overhauls, and rebuilds to ensure equipment is safe, operational, and on schedule.
- Monitor site environmental conditions and practices and recommend improvements.
Required experience and qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering or college diploma (DEC) in a technical field.
- 3–5 years managing and supervising maintenance in a production facility; food production or manufacturing experience is preferred.
- Solid mechanical and electrical skills.
- Computer proficiency, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and ERP/BPCS systems.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills; ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Integrity and adherence to the company Code of Conduct and core values.
Assets
- Familiarity with automated process or packaging technology is an asset.
- Experience with a computerized preventive maintenance program is an asset.
Leadership and team competencies
The employer emphasizes adaptability, calculated risk-taking, collaboration, continuous improvement, customer and product focus, and execution.
Leadership expectations include developing team members, communicating expectations, sharing knowledge, listening, resolving conflict, delegating, building trust, and encouraging learning.
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