Maintenance Excellence Manager* Responsable Excellence Maintenance

Axis Communications; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IPEX in Edmonton, Alberta seeks a Maintenance Excellence Manager to drive the implementation and continuous improvement of our Maintenance Excellence program across multiple manufacturing sites. You will champion best practices, including CMMS, Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Reliability Excellence, and technical capability development, partnering with plant leaders and maintenance teams.

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

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a maintenance role (Planning/Scheduling, Leadership, Engineering) in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience in maintenance best practices (RCM, PdM, CMMS).
• Training and instructional experience.
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Promoting a people first culture with safety focus and standard processes for Maintenance Teams.
• Championing maintenance best practices across locations via assessments and organizational change.
• Leading improvement projects driven by enterprise initiatives and plant needs.
• Researching next-level methods/technologies for continuous improvement.
• Supporting sourcing of external partners for technical support, training and technology.
• Interacting with leadership, management and front-line staff at plant level.
• Creating and executing action plans to support improvements.
• Tracking project status and quantified improvement measurements.
• Conducting site assessments to sustain improvement initiatives.
• Leading or supporting JHA and TNA to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Training partners in methods and tools for continuous improvement.

Skills

Maintenance Experience

Leadership

Planning/Scheduling

Communication

Change Management

Education

Trades certification / PMP / MMP

Job description

Company Overview

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems.

Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

Job Summary

We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Maintenance Excellence Manager! This role is based out of our facility in Edmonton, Alberta and reports to the Senior Manager, Maintenance Excellence. Do not miss the opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters! As the Maintenance Excellence Manager, you will drive the implementation and continuous improvement of IPEX's Maintenance Excellence program across multiple manufacturing sites. Working closely with plant leaders and maintenance teams, you will champion maintenance best practices, including CMMS, Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Reliability Excellence, and technical capability development. Through coaching, collaboration, and change leadership, you will help build sustainable maintenance systems that improve safety, increase equipment reliability, and support operational excellence across the organization.

Principal Responsibilities

• Promoting a people first culture with an unwavering dedication to safety and driving standard processes amongst our Maintenance Teams.
• Championing maintenance best practices at multiple locations through assessments, gap analysis and organizational change.
• Completing improvement projects driven by both enterprise initiatives as well as specific plant needs.
• Researching next level methods and/or technologies to promote continuous improvement for our people, tactics, standards and controls.
• Providing support in sourcing external partners for technical support, consulting, technology and training.
• Directly interacting at the plant level with key collaborators from leadership, management and front-line.
• Creation and execution of action plans to support improvement initiatives.
• Tracking and reporting on project status and quantified improvement measurements.
• Conduct regular site assessments to ensure improvement initiatives are being sustained by the plant maintenance teams.
• Creation of AFE's to acquire support and funding for initiatives.
• Lead or support Job Hazard Assessments (JHA) and Technical Need Analysis (TNA) to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Train key partners in methods and tools associated to continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Technical certification such as trades licenses, PMP or MMP
• 3+ years of experience in a Maintenance role (Planning/Scheduling, Leadership, Engineering), ideally within a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience in Maintenance best practices (RCM, PdM, CMMS, etc)
• Training and instructional experience
• Proven experience in applying organizational change skills, with ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Self-starter with strong relationship building and influencing skills
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time

Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant's accessibility needs due to disability.

Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs.

To request an accommodation, please contact HR at [e-mail]

About IPEX

At IPEX, our vision is to be the leading supplier of thermoplastic piping systems in North America. As a customer-focused organization, we believe in honesty, fairness, and integrity - The Golden Rule. As one of the world's largest advanced plastic piping manufacturers, we combine the strength of a global group with the diversity and passion of our local teams. We bring together engaged people with the right experience, expertise and entrepreneurial spirit to develop effective, innovative and sustainable solutions that make life flow. A trusted name in building and infrastructure for more than 50 years. IPEX is dedicated to collaborating with leaders to maximize the potential of our greatest asset - our employees.