Maintenance - Maintenance Manager

ERCO Worldwide; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Paid Health and DentalBenefits

Health Care/Wellness Spending Account

Annual Short Term Incentive Bonus

Staff Recognition Awards

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Paid time off

Company Pension Plan

Disability Insurance

Parental leave support

Job summary

ERCO Worldwide is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead plant maintenance initiatives at our Saskatoon site. Responsibilities include directing maintenance strategy, overseeing capital projects, and ensuring safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance while aligning with corporate goals.

The role requires 6–10 years in maintenance leadership, a relevant engineering degree, strong analytical and leadership skills, and the ability to manage budgets and negotiate with vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in Chemical, Mechanical, or Pulp and Paper
• 6–10 years of experience in Plant Operations and Maintenance Management, Budgeting/Cost Management, Safety and Environmental Leadership
• 5+ years’ plant operations/maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing
• Strong analytical skills for process, equipment and data analysis
• Vendor/contractor negotiations experience is a plus
• Labor negotiations experience required for site work
• Focus on ethical practices, safety and environmental factors
• Budget management abilities
• Experience recruiting and developing teams
• Trainer skills are an asset
• Occasional travel is required
• Knowledge of Responsible Care Codes and related practices is preferred

Responsibilities

• Identify and report efficiency opportunities and implement solutions to optimize equipment and maintenance costs while minimizing downtime
• Make or support critical decisions impacting local site performance and budgets
• Monitor regulations to ensure compliance with safety, ethics, and environment standards
• Develop and implement people initiatives such as training, succession planning, and onboarding
• Review key measures to ensure production and quality targets are met
• Manage plant maintenance capital, long-term planning, and project reporting
• Support Plant Manager in communications with regulators, suppliers and contractors

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Safety mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Pulp and Paper)

Tools

JDE E-One CMMS Dayforce Coupa SharePoint MS Office

Job description

ERCO Worldwide has operated for over 100 years, focused largely on the production and supply of in-organic products along with technology for the production of chlorine dioxide. Today, ERCO’s major business areas include sodium chlorate, chlor-alkali products, sodium chlorite, and chlorine dioxide technology.

The ERCO business serves a number of key customer segments including pulp and paper, food, energy, agriculture, water treatment, airport de-icing, fertilizers and specialty chemicals.

Maintenance Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: 4050 Wanuskewin Road, Saskatoon, SK (On-Site)

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: $125k-$140k

Travel: 5%

Get To Know Us!

ERCO Worldwide’s century-long tradition of excellence has firmly established its reputation for providing reliable, intelligent, and environmentally responsible manufacturing on a global scale. As one of the largest suppliers of Chlorine Dioxide technology in the world, we are devoted to building genuine customer relationships and delivering innovative, sustainable chemical solutions that improve lives and the health of our planet. Grounded in our commitment to sustainability, we serve multiple industries such as pulp & paper, oil & gas, agriculture, food processing, water treatment and more! It’s our goal to make everyone’s lives more productive, convenient, enjoyable, and safe.

Our Vision

To be the trusted partner for safe, innovative chemical solutions that improve everyday life and advance sustainability.

Our Mission (What We Do And For Whom)

We deliver sustainable, innovative chemical solutions driven by a steadfast commitment to safety, exceptional service, and continuous improvement, rooted in a culture of care that fosters lasting value for our people, customers, and the communities we serve.

Our Values

Safety First - We prioritize safety, protecting our people, customers, communities and the environment.

Do the Right Thing - We are guided by honesty, integrity, and accountability which influence our decisions and actions on behalf of our stakeholders.

Together, We Thrive - We foster a respectful, open, and inclusive workplace where collaboration thrives, people grow together, and teams celebrate each other's successes.

Performance with Purpose - We achieve results by empowering employees and promoting a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring positive impact and long-term success.

Join The Team:

ERCO Worldwide is looking for a Maintenance Manager to join our Saskatoon team! The Maintenance Manager sets the direction and oversees all activities related to plant maintenance (from strategy development through to implementation, execution and evaluation) while driving alignment with the corporate strategic direction and established systems and directives. Delivering on a broad range of responsibilities, the Maintenance Manager must balance an ability to draw on well-established general management capabilities with a willingness to get directly involved in the operations (applying specialty/technical skills) as required.

The Role:

• Identify and report efficiency opportunities (i.e., losses, reliability, cost and spare parts inventory) and implement appropriate solutions to optimize equipment and maintenance costs while minimizing downtime.
• Make (or actively support) critical decisions that impact the local site (i.e. team performance, maintenance and capital planning, production outage planning, costing/budgeting etc.)
• Monitor relevant regulations to ensure compliance in areas such as ethical practices, employee and process safety, contractor safety, environment etc.
• Development and implementation of key people initiatives (i.e., training, talent development, skills planning, organization design, hiring/on-boarding, succession management etc.
• Review key measures on a regular basis in order ensure production and quality expectations are being met.
• Manage plant maintenance capital in alignment with established goals and objectives. Oversee long term planning, execution, and reporting of plant maintenance capital projects and key contributor within a project team for site growth and/or sustainability projects.
• Supports the Plant Manager in communications with regulatory bodies, suppliers and contractors.

The Person:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Pulp and Paper).
• 6-10 years of experience in Plant Operations and Maintenance Management, Budgeting/Cost Management, Safety and Environmental Leadership, Community Outreach, Dealing with Government Inspectors/Regulators, Customer Contacts.
• Proven track record of 5+ years’ plant operations/maintenance experience in a leadership role in the manufacturing arena coupled with team leadership experience.
• Strong analytical skills (i.e., process, equipment and technical data, incident/process investigation) to help in decision-making and judgments.
• Related experience in vendor/contractor negotiations is an asset
• Experience in labor negotiations is required to work in specified sites
• Ability to maintain a continuous focus on critical factors pertaining to effective operations (i.e., ethical practices, safety, Responsible Care, environmental factors etc.).
• Financial abilities; including budgets
• Successful background in recruiting and developing teams.
• Well developed skills as a trainer would be an asset.
• Occasional travel as the role requires
• Knowledge of Responsible Care Codes and Practices, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Mechanical Integrity, Applicable Industry Codes (ie. pressure vessels), Quality Systems, Incident Investigation, Problem Solving, Contracts and Service Agreements, Process Safety, Business Platforms (JDE E-One > CMMS>Purchasing, Dayforce, Coupa, SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite, KMS/MOC) is preferred.

The Value You Bring:

• Strong health and safety mindset
• Strong relationship builder – collaborative, team-builder
• Focused and results driven, transparent, and articulate
• Drives continuous improvement
• Resilient – can adapt to changing environments/technology
• Proactive – takes initiative, creative, stays ahead of the curve, enthusiastic, inspirational

What you’ll love about us!

Competitive Benefits:

We take pride in providing our employees with a competitive compensation package to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family. Here are some of the perks we offer:

• Company Paid Health and Dental Benefits on Day 1
• Health Care/Wellness Spending Account
• Annual Short Term Incentive Bonus
• Staff Recognition Awards
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Paid time offCompany Pension Plan
• Disability Insurance
• Maternity/paternity/parental leave support with top up option

Developmental Opportunity:

At ERCO we believe in continuous improvement, not just with our processes, but with our employees too! We have an excellent L&D department who create and facilitate training courses for our ERCO University platform on all topics for the development of our people. We also help cover and encourage employees to take courses and attend conferences to further their knowledge and skillsets!

AI in Recruitment

ERCO Worldwide does not use AI-enabled tools to screen, assess, rank or select candidates in our recruitment process. Our hiring teams make all hiring decisions.

ERCO Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to recruiting, developing and maintaining a diverse workforce in compliance with all applicable Human Rights legislation. We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate for disabilities made known to us by our employees and applicants. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know and we will make every reasonable effort to meet your needs. This job opening is for an existing vacancy!

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

ERCO Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to recruiting, developing and maintaining a diverse workforce in compliance with all applicable Human Rights legislation. We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate for disabilities made known to us by our employees and applicants. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know and we will make every reasonable effort to meet your needs.