Maintenance Manager

ML6 Search + Talent Advisory; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ml6 is assisting our client in Saskatoon, SK to recruit a Maintenance Manager for a global manufacturing leader in sustainable chemical solutions. You will provide strategic direction while staying hands-on with plant operations and drive reliability, safety, and continuous improvement.

You will lead maintenance strategy, budgeting, capital planning, and KPI driven improvements; develop teams and manage contractors, vendors, and regulatory compliance, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably Chemical, Mechanical, or Pulp & Paper.
• 6–10 years in plant operations and/or maintenance management.
• 5+ years of maintenance/plant leadership, including team leadership.
• Experience with budgeting, cost management, capital planning, and financial decisions.
• Proven ability to recruit, develop, and lead high-performing teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with vendors/contractors; negotiation skills are a plus.
• Labour negotiation experience is required for applicable sites.
• Strong health and safety, environmental compliance, and regulatory knowledge.
• Experience with Responsible Care, Reliability Centered Maintenance, CMMS, ERP, and industry codes preferred.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall maintenance strategy and activities for the Saskatoon manufacturing facility.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, control maintenance costs, and optimize spare parts inventory.
• Lead maintenance planning, budgeting, capital planning, production outage planning, and cost management.
• Oversee maintenance capital projects from long-term planning through execution and reporting.
• Support site growth, sustainability, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, regulatory, ethical, and contractor requirements.
• Lead key people initiatives including recruitment, onboarding, training, talent development, succession planning, and skills development.
• Monitor maintenance, production, reliability, and quality performance metrics and implement improvements where required.
• Build strong relationships with employees, contractors, vendors, suppliers, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders.
• Support the Plant Manager with regulatory and external stakeholder communications.
• Develop and maintain a strong culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Provide hands-on technical and operational support when required.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Capital planning

Recruitment & development

Safety & regulatory

CMMS / ERP experience

Vendor management

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Chemical/Mechanical or Pulp & Paper)

Tools

CMMS

ERP systems

Job description

Ml6 is assisting our client in the search for a Maintenance Manager to join a well-established global manufacturing organization in Saskatoon, SK. The company is a recognized leader in sustainable chemical solutions, serving industries including pulp & paper, and water treatment industries.

This is a key leadership opportunity for an experienced maintenance professional who can provide strategic direction while remaining hands-on and engaged with plant operations. The successful candidate will play an important role in driving equipment reliability, operational efficiency, safety, continuous improvement, and long-term capital planning.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead the overall maintenance strategy and activities for the Saskatoon manufacturing facility.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, control maintenance costs, and optimize spare parts inventory.
• Lead maintenance planning, budgeting, capital planning, production outage planning, and cost management.
• Oversee maintenance capital projects from long-term planning through execution and reporting.
• Support site growth, sustainability, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, regulatory, ethical, and contractor requirements.
• Lead key people initiatives including recruitment, onboarding, training, talent development, succession planning, and skills development.
• Monitor maintenance, production, reliability, and quality performance metrics and implement improvements where required.
• Build strong relationships with employees, contractors, vendors, suppliers, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders.
• Support the Plant Manager with regulatory and external stakeholder communications.
• Develop and maintain a strong culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Provide hands-on technical and operational support when required.

What You'll Need to Be Successful:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, preferably Chemical, Mechanical, or Pulp & Paper Engineering.
• 6-10 years of experience in plant operations and/or maintenance management within a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of maintenance/plant operations leadership experience, including team leadership.
• Strong experience with budgeting, cost management, capital planning, and financial decision-making.
• Proven ability to recruit, develop, and lead high-performing teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, investigation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with vendors and contractors; negotiation experience is an asset.
• Labour negotiation experience is required for applicable sites.
• Strong understanding of health and safety, environmental compliance, process safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with Responsible Care, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Mechanical Integrity, Incident Investigation, MOC, CMMS, ERP systems, and applicable industry codes is preferred.
• Willingness to travel occasionally as required.