Maintenance & Reliability Manager
Role Overview
The Maintenance & Reliability Manager role is based in Cambridge, Ontario, in-office.
The position is full-time regular and expected to become vacant in September.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role and location
The Maintenance & Reliability Manager role is based in Cambridge, Ontario, in-office.
The position is full-time regular and expected to become vacant in September.
Safety, quality, and reliability
- Lead safe, compliant maintenance and calibration practices, including contractor controls, permits, and lockout/tagout.
- Own preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs and improve equipment uptime and operational stability.
- Track maintenance KPIs, manage planning, scheduling, backlog, and critical spares, and eliminate recurring failures.
- Support equipment-related investigations, CAPAs, and change controls with Quality.
Systems, facilities, and improvement
- Govern site calibration using BlueMountain and maintain equipment data and histories in MainBoss.
- Oversee facility systems, including the Siemens Building Management System, fire protection, and security infrastructure.
- Lead shutdowns, maintenance contracts, continuous improvement, and adoption of useful technologies and digital tools.
People and asset lifecycle
- Lead and develop tradespeople, technical staff, and contractors; build competency, training, cross-training, and succession plans.
- Partner on capital planning and ensure new assets are safe, compliant, maintainable, and ready for routine operation.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Validation, Quality, Operations, and the Joint Health & Safety Committee.
Experience and qualifications
- At least five years of progressive production and packaging maintenance experience, including people, group, or project leadership.
- A relevant engineering bachelor’s degree or equivalent recognized skilled-trade qualification with appropriate leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success shifting reactive maintenance toward proactive reliability-based maintenance.
- Experience with equipment procurement, commissioning, qualification, regulatory inspections, cGMP, unionized workplaces, CMMS/EAM, maintenance KPIs, root-cause analysis, CAPA, change control, and equipment lifecycle management.
- Regulated manufacturing experience in pharmaceutical, food, or another regulated industry is strongly preferred.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English.
Compensation and benefits
- Expected salary range is $115,000–$135,000 per year, depending on experience.
- Benefits include 13 paid holidays, vacation, five paid personal care days, an Employee Assistance Program, and medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
About Bimeda
Bimeda develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals and animal health products, with manufacturing facilities and research centers around the world.
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