Reliability & Maintenance Leader: Proactive Plant Excellence

Vitalus Nutrition Inc; Alberta; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vitalus Nutrition Inc. in Alberta, Canada, seeks an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to lead equipment reliability and a proactive maintenance culture across the plant.

You'll drive capital projects, develop teams, and use data-driven decision making to reduce downtime and improve asset performance, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance in a growing dairy ingredients operation. Lead capital projects and engineering improvements, establish maintenance planning, and advance preventive,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive maintenance, engineering, or reliability experience in manufacturing.
• Degree, diploma, or equivalent with technical education and industrial maintenance experience.
• Proven success improving equipment reliability and reducing unplanned downtime.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, automation, controls, and plant utility systems.
• Experience with CMMS, asset management, maintenance planning, and reliability programs.
• Collaborative leadership style with a passion for developing technical teams.
• Bonus: Dairy/food/regulatory experience and designations like P.Eng., CET, Red Seal, or CMRP.

Responsibilities

• Reduce unplanned downtime through preventative strategies and defect elimination.
• Improve asset performance using reliability metrics, equipment history, and root cause analysis.
• Lead initiatives that strengthen equipment availability and operational effectiveness.
• Advance preventive, predictive, and TPM programs across the plant.
• Partner with Operations to improve equipment ownership and early issue detection.
• Shift maintenance execution from reactive work toward planned, sustainable practices.
• Establish effective maintenance planning, scheduling, and work management processes.
• Prioritize maintenance resources to support production needs and plant performance.
• Improve schedule attainment while reducing emergency maintenance activity.
• Lead capital projects, equipment upgrades, and technical improvements.
• Solve recurring equipment issues through engineering solutions and data-driven decision making.
• Ensure assets are reliable, maintainable, and fit for future growth.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Reliability improvement

CMMS

Asset management

Maintenance planning

Electrical systems

Automation

Controls engineering

Plant utilities

People development

Education

Technical degree or diploma

Tools

CMMS

Asset management tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

Vitalus Nutrition Inc. in Alberta, Canada, seeks an Engineering & Maintenance Manager to lead equipment reliability and a proactive maintenance culture across the plant.

You'll drive capital projects, develop teams, and use data-driven decision making to reduce downtime and improve asset performance, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance in a growing dairy ingredients operation. Lead capital projects and engineering improvements, establish maintenance planning, and advance preventive,