Maintenance Team Leader

Leclerc Foods; Eastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A notable food production company in Ontario is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to assist in managing day-to-day workloads of the maintenance team, ensuring efficient service delivery and departmental targets. The ideal candidate will have a technical degree, prior experience in manufacturing, and knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices. This role requires effective leadership, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Flexibility in work hours is required, including potential overtime and weekend work.

Qualifications

• Previous manufacturing and/or food production experience.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices in food production preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate with peers and supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Analyze downtime and recommend action plans for improvement.
• Supervise and direct the maintenance team to achieve business objectives.
• Oversee maintenance activities to ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

Skills

Technical degree or equivalent

Mechanical aptitude

Basic math skills

Excellent manual dexterity

Strong physical endurance

Education

Technical degree or equivalent

Job description

Position Summary

Assist in the management of the day‑to‑day workload for the maintenance team to ensure an effective and efficient service is delivered and departmental targets are achieved, including the planning and resourcing of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and maintenance shutdown. Drive a culture of continuous improvement throughout the team of skilled Technicians. Provide leadership and line management to the team, coordinating and overseeing their workloads, providing support to ensure that the team delivers, monitoring any issues, and ensuring targets, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and quality standards are met. Develop the team by focusing on individual performance and support requirements to achieve high standards, whilst fostering a culture of working safely. Act independently at the organizational level. Outcomes reviewed by organizational head. Decisions and results have an impact on the function and their success. Performance affects the function’s image.

Responsibilities

• Analyze downtime, identify causes and recommend action plan for improvement;
• Identify and prioritize major maintenance issues with production and initiate and develop action plans to resolve issues in order to achieve maximum productivity;
• Supervise and direct the maintenance team of the facility to achieve business objectives;
• Oversee maintenance activities and programs implementation to ensure compliance with all health and safety standards;
• Support the maintenance team on a daily basis and act as technical resource;
• Promote and enhance a positive and safe working environment through teamwork and high level of employee involvement
• Provide the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair / preventive / predictive design‑out activities on the organization’s plant and equipment;
• Actively participate in scheduling meeting with operation partners to finalize priority of work orders, optimum downtime windows, and necessary lead times.
• Responsible for up‑keep and accuracy of equipment maintenance history and job records database;
• Responsible for up‑keep and accuracy of technical information on processes, plant and equipment
• Schedule maintenance work into production plan
• Receives shipments from vendors, checking vendor packing slips/invoices for accuracy and insuring quantities received are as stated;
• Receive and sort incoming parts and supplies;
• Store items in an orderly way and so they are easily accessible, maintain the parts room organized, tidy and clean;
• Insure all parts are labeled properly and put away in their designated area;
• Process incoming requisitions
• Prepare parts for upcoming P.M.s according to schedule;
• Prepare requisition orders to replenish parts and supplies;

Requirements

• Technical degree or equivalent is preferred;
• Previous manufacturing and/or food production experience
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices in food production is preferred;
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, challenging, and consistently changing environment;
• Ability to learn multiple positions and be able to work these positions on varying schedules;
• Ability to effectively understand and follow a variety of guidelines and work procedures (including health, safety, hygiene and sanitation);
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and effective communication with peers, supervisors;
• Mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting through root cause problem solving;
• Basic math and computer skills;
• Excellent manual dexterity; Strong physical endurance; ability to lift up to 75lbs;
• Ability to stand; walk; for long periods of time;
• Able and willing to work 10-12hrs daily;
• Must be flexible with work hours and be able to work overtime and weekends when needed;
• This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position within Leclerc Foods USA, Inc

Essential Functions

• Must be able to lift from floor to waist 52 lbs. 33% of the time.
• Must be able to lift from waist to shoulder 52 lbs 33% of the time.
• Must be able to push/pull a maximum force of 55 lbs.
• Regular and reliable attendance.