Maintenance Planner

Nestlé; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational food and beverage company is seeking a Maintenance Planner in Toronto. This role will focus on developing and maintaining a preventative maintenance program, ensuring reliability across factory assets. Candidates should have a degree in engineering and 3+ years in manufacturing or food processing, with high proficiency in SAP and CMMS. A comprehensive benefits package, including health and dental, is offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and dental benefits

Company matched pension plan

Three weeks of vacation

Flexible work arrangements

Educational assistance opportunities

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing or food processing.
• High proficiency using CMMS and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain the preventative maintenance program for all assets.
• Plan and schedule annual Preventive Maintenance Programs.
• Coordinate with production team leaders for timely execution of maintenance plans.
• Supervise maintenance employees and contractors.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Leadership skills

Analytical skills

Flexibility to adapt

Education

University or College degree in Engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Position Snapshot

Business area: Maintenance Planner

Location: Toronto, ON located at 72 Sterling Rd, Toronto, ON M6R 2B6

In-Person

A little bit about us

While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

What to Expect

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office and SAP PM Module
• Strong communication/presentation skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic production environment
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a very fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Professional Planning experience an asset
• Strong problem solving, decision-making, and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities as per project
• Self-motivated, well-organized and detail-oriented individual
• Strong leadership, planning and multi-tasking skills
• In-depth knowledge of equipment maintenance and knowledge of production planning dynamics
• Knowledge of Food Safety, regulatory requirements for food safety and hygienic engineering (OSH&R)
• General understanding of financial analysis and budget reports

A day in the life

As a Maintenance Planner you will be working on developing and sustaining the preventative maintenance program for all assets. You will be involved in a key function that ensures the right technical decisions are made to deliver the factory’s reliability.

Role Requirements

• Maintain CMMS on an on-going basis to ensure effectiveness.
• Effectively plan and schedule annual Preventive Maintenance (PM) Programs existing for all equipment including new equipment installation.
• Generate and assign scheduled PM’s to maintenance team leaders on a weekly basis and review work order feedback.
• Plan shutdown activities not included in the annual PM schedule.
• Coordinate with production team leaders/planners for timely execution of maintenance plans.
• Maintain KPI’s for cost expenditure, machinery uptime, breakdowns and documentation of planned activities.
• Train associates to effectively use SAPM and maintain skills matrix of associates on completion of training.
• Facilitate Weekly Maintenance Operational Reviews to ensure alignment with business metrics.
• Order technical materials and spare-parts as required.
• Supervise maintenance employees and contractors as required.
• Administer Maintenance personnel’s overtime hours and ranking as per CBA, and weekend labor scheduling in conjunction with Production Planner.
• Ensure compliance with the Nestle Quality Management System (NQMS) and Quality Policy.
• Work according to ISO 14001 Environment and OHSAS 18001 Safety requirements.
• Complete other duties as required.

Preferred Skills

• University or College degree in Engineering, Trades Certification or a related discipline preferred. CMRP certification is preferred.
• Minimum 3 years e Minimum 3 years’ experience in manufacturing, food processing is preferred experience in manufacturing,
• CMRP designation is desirable High proficiency using CMMS, SAP is preferred
• High proficiency using MS office, must be extremely knowledgeable of Microsoft Excel advanced functions
• Power BI experience is considered an asset

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment

• Company matched pension plan
• Three weeks of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
• Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
• Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
• Bonus eligibility
• Gender affirmation benefits to ensure access to necessary care, resources, and coverage for gender-affirming procedures
• Fertility Services and Surrogacy Medical Coverage to support the pursuit of a path to parenthood regardless of medical conditions, gender or sexual orientation
• Adoption benefits to remove some of the financial barriers associated with adoption
• Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)

What you need to know

We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Equal Opportunity

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodation you may require. Nestlé will work with you to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.