Assistant Maintenance Manager

JLL; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL in Hamilton, Canada, is seeking an Assistant Maintenance Manager to lead a team of maintenance mechanics and technicians toward safe, efficient facility operations. You will drive preventive maintenance, supervise scheduling, and collaborate with vendors to ensure uptime.

The role requires hands-on technical knowledge of industrial machinery, electrical systems, and controls, plus leadership skills to mentor staff and meet safety and performance targets. Some site travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Requires leadership experience and ability to train and support maintenance staff.
• Flexible to work various shifts and schedules.
• Experience maintaining industrial machinery, electrical systems, and electronic controls.
• Authorized to work in the hiring country without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead a maintenance team and contractors to ensure safe, efficient operations.
• Develop and implement preventive maintenance programs.
• Manage tickets, scheduling, budgeting, and cost analysis.
• Ensure safety standards with EHS and meet KPIs (labor tracking, site cleanliness).
• Coordinate multi-site maintenance activities and on-call emergencies.
• Maintain client relationships and provide performance feedback.

Skills

Leadership experience

Flexibility

Team coaching

Safety focus

Customer-centric

Education

High school diploma

Tools

CMMS

Job description

What this job involves

The Assistant Maintenance Manager leverages leadership skills and technical knowledge to lead a team of maintenance mechanics, working in conjunction with robotics and controls systems technicians, in a fast-paced atmosphere while ensuring a safe working environment for all.

Responsibilities

• Models safety standards and maintains an environment always focused on safety.
• Leads, trains, and supports maintenance team members as needed to develop individuals’ skills and expand team capabilities.
• Develops solutions to difficult problems, capable of managing outside contractors and being on‑call for emergencies.
• Dedicated to supporting multi‑site production by working in a safe, customer‑focused manner.
• Displays energetic, self‑motivated and customer‑centric behaviors consistently.
• Handles multiple projects and daily activities, meeting deadlines, and developing plans on how to accomplish departmental and distribution goals.
• Provides complete oversight of preventive maintenance for the facility and serves as the point of contact for the client during their shift.
• Demonstrates flexibility to work various shifts and alternative work schedules as needed.
• Moves throughout the facility extensively during shift to attend to equipment and team members as needed.

Essential functions include

• Partnering with onsite Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) to ensure all safety standards are being met.
• Meeting operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), including labor tracking.
• Ownership of scheduling and tracking completion of tickets.
• Oversight of building cleanliness.
• Ensuring accurate inventory tracking.
• Performing daily and weekly audits for cleanliness and work orders.
• Implementing preventive, predictive and condition‑based maintenance programs.
• Maintaining a client‑centric relationship with operational stakeholders.
• Participating in the development and tracking of budgets.
• Assistance in project planning and cost analysis.
• Ability to provide thorough feedback to enhance individual performance, provide team members with written performance appraisals including discipline and up to termination.
• Promotes and conducts good housekeeping.
• Travel as required to support network needs.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior leadership experience.
• Flexibility to work various shifts and alternative work schedules as needed.
• Experience performing maintenance on industrial machinery, electrical systems, and electronic controls.
• Must be authorized to work within the hiring country without requiring company sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience managing budgets and vendors.
• Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) programs.
• Experience in project management.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and electrical schematics.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to stand for prolonged periods and walk extensively throughout the facility during shift.
• Requires repetitive bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, twisting, sitting, standing, and walking.
• Requires lifting parts and tools weighing on average 20 pounds, occasionally weighing up to 49 pounds.
• Requires dexterity in eye/hand coordination, feet (foot pedals) manual (picking, pinching, holding, grasping), and wrist motion (repetitive flexion/rotation).
• Working conditions may include working at elevated heights, small spaces, dust, fumes/odors, hot/cold temperatures, inside/outside noise, vibration, standing on concrete for long hours and wet or uneven surfaces.

At JLL, we work together to create a brighter future for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Our collaborative culture—locally and globally—drives innovative solutions. We value wellbeing, inclusivity, and belonging, ensuring every team member feels supported. JLL is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.