Maintenance Supervisor

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Eastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare supplier in Ontario is seeking a full-time Maintenance Supervisor. You will lead maintenance programs, implement reliability-centered practices, and ensure operational excellence in a regulated environment. The ideal candidate has substantial experience in manufacturing maintenance, effective leadership skills, and mechanical expertise. This position offers comprehensive benefits and an inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Full dental and health benefits

Pension plan with matching contribution

Incentive plan participation

Paid vacation days

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Experience implementing reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Strong mechanical and electrical background.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site’s maintenance programs and strategies.
• Implement maintenance excellence programs.
• Coordinate maintenance events with Operations and Engineering.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Analytical problem-solving

Leadership

Maintenance management

Communication skills

Education

3-4 year college diploma in related field or undergraduate degree in Engineering

Tools

Maximo

PLC/Controls knowledge

Lean and Six Sigma

Job description

Overview

Cardinal Health Canada, with over 1300 employees nationwide, is an essential link in the Canadian healthcare supply chain, providing over 70,000 products to healthcare facilities and medical professionals across the country. Cardinal Health-Gananoque manufactures life-impacting medical devices and employs over 450 people with 119 years of Canadian history. We are seeking a full-time, permanent Maintenance Supervisor for our Gananoque facility. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will lead the site’s maintenance programs, develop strategies to improve these programs to the latest industry best practices, and collaborate with a team of skilled mechanical, electrical, and facilities staff to achieve site goals in an FDA-regulated 24/7 operation.

Key areas include improving equipment reliability (OEE), maintenance KPIs, standardizing preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and developing the entire workforce on maintenance excellence. This role also provides leadership to the storeroom and the maintenance information system (Maximo).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• As a technical leader and member of the Senior Management Team, model corporate values: accountable, tenacious, inventive, adaptable, enthusiastic, competitive, open, direct, respectful, trusted and inclusive.
• Implement maintenance excellence programs, technological advancements, and best practices into operations.
• Maintain strong knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance practices and sound engineering principles.
• Focus on making reliable improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Proven ability to implement robust solutions to recurring opportunities.
• Use logic and reasoning to identify alternative solutions and approaches to equipment problems; strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Coordinate maintenance events with Operations and Engineering Teams, including resource planning, changeovers, preventive maintenance, and project scheduling.
• Collaborate with other Cardinal Health manufacturing facilities to spread and adopt best practices.
• Develop, train, and mentor Team Leads, Maintenance, and Operations personnel.
• Utilize corporate capital processes to support project execution in a financially responsible fashion, in collaboration with Senior Leadership.
• Support operations and maintenance, and project teams by providing direct technical expertise during troubleshooting, optimization, centerlining, and maintenance activities; coordinate and direct contractor activities.
• Ensure all activities comply with Cardinal Quality Management, Safety, Environmental Management Systems, and governing regulatory bodies.
• Ability to work flexible hours to support operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education/Training and/or Experience

• 3-4 year college diploma (in related field) and/or undergraduate degree in Engineering (preferred).
• Minimum of 5-10 years industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience, including 2-3 years implementing reliability-centered maintenance programs and related improvements.
• Understanding of condition-based maintenance (CBM).
• Formal business management training, education, and related experience (an asset).
• Industrial/manufacturing process and/or packaging automation experience.
• Strong work ethic and a desire to exceed; must be a change agent.
• Ability to lead and manage multi-disciplinary teams; open and engaging with others.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of quality system regulations.
• Maintenance Information System experience (Maximo preferred).
• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks; able to make decisions independently when necessary.
• Strong mechanical and electrical background; PLC/Controls knowledge and experience.
• Lean and Six Sigma tools and techniques are an asset; solid troubleshooting skills.

Benefits

• Full dental and health benefits including life insurance from day 1.
• Pension plan with employer matching level contribution.
• Incentive plan participation.
• Paid vacation days.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Cardinal Health is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from women, visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities. Cardinal Health is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Our Human Resources team is responsible for working with applicants requesting accommodation, at any stage of the hiring process.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

CARDINAL HEALTH supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.