Maintenance Excellence Lead - Reliability & Safety

The Institute for Performance and Learning; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IPEX, a North American leader in plastic piping systems, is seeking a Maintenance Excellence Manager based in Edmonton, AB. You will drive the implementation and continuous improvement of our Maintenance Excellence program across multiple manufacturing sites, champion maintenance best practices, CMMS, PdM, and Reliability Excellence, and develop technical capabilities.

Through coaching and change leadership, you will build sustainable maintenance systems that improve safety, equipment

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a maintenance role (planning/scheduling, leadership, engineering) in manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience with maintenance best practices (RCM, PdM, CMMS).
• Training and instructional experience.
• Strong change-management skills and ability to communicate with all organizational levels.
• Self-starter with strong relationship-building and influencing abilities.
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Promote safety-first culture and standard processes across maintenance teams.
• Lead assessments, gap analyses, and organizational change across sites.
• Lead improvement projects driven by enterprise initiatives and plant needs.
• Research and apply next-level methods and technologies for continuous improvement.
• Support sourcing external partners for technical support and training.
• Interact with leadership and front-line staff at plant level.
• Create and execute action plans to support improvement initiatives.
• Track and report project status and quantified improvements.
• Conduct site assessments to ensure sustainment of improvements.
• Create AFEs to secure support and funding.
• Lead or support JHA and TNA to identify gaps.
• Train partners in methods/tools related to CI initiatives.

Skills

Planning/Scheduling

Leadership

Engineering

Change management

Communication

Relationship building

Travel readiness

Education

Technical certification (trades license, PMP or MMP)

Tools

CMMS

PdM

RCM

Job description

IPEX, a North American leader in plastic piping systems, is seeking a Maintenance Excellence Manager based in Edmonton, AB. You will drive the implementation and continuous improvement of our Maintenance Excellence program across multiple manufacturing sites, champion maintenance best practices, CMMS, PdM, and Reliability Excellence, and develop technical capabilities.

Through coaching and change leadership, you will build sustainable maintenance systems that improve safety, equipment