Maintenance Supervisor - Biscuits

Ferrero; Brantford; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Ferrero is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a high-performing maintenance team in our Brantford, Ontario plant. You will oversee all maintenance activities, drive reliability, and coordinate interventions to ensure production efficiency across the UGP Biscuits line.

We require strong leadership, hands-on problem-solving, and a track record of applying Lean and TPM to reduce downtime and variability. 3+ years in a similar role in manufacturing is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership with experience in supervising maintenance teams.
• Experience in implementing TPM, lean manufacturing and focused improvements.
• Proven ability to drive reliability and efficiency in automated manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor maintenance technicians to follow safe work practices.
• Oversee maintenance scheduling, interventions, and lifecycle revisions.
• Collaborate across production, quality, and HR to maintain smooth operations.

Skills

Problem solving

Materials knowledge

Critical thinking

Decision making

Coaching mentoring

Communication skills

Job description

About the Role

We have a current opening for a Maintenance Supervisor and are actively reviewing applications.

Are you ready to lead a high-performing maintenance team and make a lasting impact on our operations? We are currently seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee all aspects of plant maintenance, ensuring equipment reliability, safety, and operational efficiency across our production facility. This role is integral to the successful launch and ongoing support of the UGP Biscuits line and offers an exciting opportunity to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.

The Maintenance Supervisor position’s primary duties include supervising maintenance, supporting interventions, collaborating in the new projects’ realization. You will be responsible for defining, organizing and managing the realization of periodical revisions programs, ordinary, extraordinary and soft intervention, optimizing relative costs in order to achieve determined production results, both in qualitative and quantitative terms, respecting the given deadlines. Coordinating and organizing maintenance activities in order to ensure the plants workability (devices) and the highest level of reliability and efficiency of production lines.

If you are a strong leader with a passion for problem-solving, team development, and continuous improvement, this is an excellent opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Hours: This will start as a 3-shift rotation position: 1 week of days, 1 week of afternoons & 1 week of nights

Main Responsibilities

• Guiding and mentoring maintenance technicians to follow safe work practices
• Supporting smart factory initiatives
• Collaborating across production, quality, and HR to keep operations flowing
• Partnering with OEMs and suppliers to source parts and troubleshooting support
• Assisting with maintenance scheduling and intervention planning
• Ensuring strict adherence to Ferrero’s maintenance policies and standards
• Support and facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Breakdown Analysis (BDA) following equipment failures, ensuring effective problem resolution and sustainable countermeasures.
• Support, implement, and sustain Centerlining (TPM) standards to reduce variability, stabilize processes, and improve first-time-right performance.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing methodologies to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
• Drive Focused Improvement (FI) initiatives, collaborating with Production, Engineering, and Quality to improve equipment reliability and eliminate chronic losses.
• Ensure technicians understand and apply lean manufacturing principles and best practices to reduce variation, recurring failures, and unplanned downtime.

Abilities

• Technical Problem Solving
• Strong Knowledge of Materials and Resources
• Critical Thinking
• Proven Ability to Make Tough Decisions
• Coaching, Mentoring, Teaching and Guiding
• Strong Written and Oral Communication Skills

About You

You thrive in a fast-paced, automated manufacturing environment. With your strong problem-solving skills and leadership experience, you’re ready to make an impact.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Support and facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Breakdown Analysis (BDA) following equipment failures, ensuring effective problem resolution and sustainable countermeasures.
• 3+ years of experience as a Maintenance Supervisor in a manufacturing setting
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude
• A history of tackling technical challenges with creativity and precision
• Support, implement, and sustain Centerlining (TPM) standards to reduce variability, stabilize processes, and improve first-time-right performance.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing methodologies to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
• Drive Focused Improvement (FI) initiatives, collaborating with Production, Engineering, and Quality to improve equipment reliability and eliminate chronic losses.
• Ensure technicians understand and apply lean manufacturing principles and best practices to reduce variation, recurring failures, and unplanned downtime.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

As part of our recruitment process, Ferrero may use artificial intelligence (AI) enabled tools to assist with reviewing candidate applications. These tools are used solely to support recruiters by summarizing application information and identifying potential alignment with job requirements. AI does not independently screen out or select candidates, and it does not replace human judgment. Final decisions regarding candidate progression are always made by Ferrero recruiters and hiring managers.

What We Offer

• Careers with caring built in - discover our benefits here.
• The base compensation range for this position is $95,000 - $115,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors permitted by law. This range represents the anticipated salary for this position at this time.
• In addition to base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits.

About Ferrero

Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more at ferrero.com.

DE&I at Ferrero

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.

Find out more here.

Ferrero is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable human rights laws. Ferrero will recruit, hire, train, and promote all persons without regard to race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity), religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, or history of disability (except where physical or mental abilities are a bona fide occupational requirement and the individual is not able to perform the essential functions of the position even with reasonable accommodations), citizenship, or any other protected characteristic.

Ferrero will accommodate the needs of applicants with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the People & Organization (HR) Representative. Information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.