Senior Manager, Maintenance and Reliability Engineering

Sofina Foods Canada; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sofina Foods Canada is seeking a Senior Manager, Maintenance and Technical Services to oversee engineering and maintenance functions for reliability and uptime in the Calgary plant.

You will lead a team to execute predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance while ensuring safety, quality, and compliance across operations. The role requires strong project management, asset life-cycle knowledge, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years Maintenance Management experience.
• Engineering Degree or Engineering Technologist Diploma.
• CMMS experience with 5+ years preferred.
• Strong project management skills.
• Working knowledge of ammonia plant operations.
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Professional Engineer designation would be an asset.
• MMP certification or PEMAC designation an asset.
• Mechanical Millwright 433A or Industrial Electrician 442A experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the maintenance team, ensuring efficient daily operations.
• Identify and manage Asset Reliability risks that could affect plant operations.
• Lead Equipment Criticality Assessments, Critical Spares Analyses, and RCA analyses.
• Drive data-driven decisions using RCA, TPM/AM, RAMS, RAMS, and FMEA analyses.
• Provide SME on new equipment maintainability and reliability during procurement and commissioning.
• Champion CMMS use, asset standardization, and CAPEX planning.
• Promote safety and a safe work environment for all personnel.
• Improve MRO inventory control through cycle counting and critical part identification.
• Establish reliability metrics and KPI monitoring for asset performance.

Skills

Maintenance Management

Leadership

Project management

Data analysis

MS Office proficiency

Communication

Safety awareness

Team collaboration

Process improvement

Maintenance planning

Education

Engineering Degree or Engineering Technologist Diploma

Professional Engineer designation

MMP certification or PEMAC asset

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director, Operations, the Senior Manager, Maintenance and Technical Services, is responsible for managing the effective delivery of engineering services and maintenance services to operations, to guarantee equipment reliability and functionality, and to support the achievement of uptime and productivity targets. Oversees the maintenance team in carrying out predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance of the plant equipment, to ensure short-term and long-term operational plans, objectives, requirements and standards are met. Assuring cost, health & safety, environment, quality and human resources objectives are achieved.

Key Accountabilities

• Provides leadership to the maintenance team, to align with national maintenance program(s) and ensures efficient day-to-day operation of the facility and all equipment;
• Apply a variety of prescribed practices to identify and manage Asset Reliability risks, that could cause stoppages and adversely affect plant or business operations;
• Leads and directs Equipment Criticality Assessments, Critical Spares Analyses, and Failure Root Cause Analyses;
• Leads and directs 'Fact Based' and 'Data Driven' decision making through the effective utilization of RCA, TPM/AM, RCM, RAMS, LCAM, FMEA Analysis;
• Provides subject matter expertise on new equipment purchases to ensure maintainability and reliability;
• Key contributor for new equipment selection, FAT'S, and reliability metrics during the commissioning process;
• Champions and drives asset standardization throughout the facility, Supports the development and execution of the annual CAPEX program;
• Develop standard processes for corrective action plans that improve asset care;
• Champions the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and implements improvements and upgrades to ensure efficient and effective use of resources;
• Promotes safety and a safe work environment for all employees/contractors;
• Provides technical expertise and leadership to improve the Predictive and Condition Based maintenance activities;
• Improve MRO inventory control through cycle counting and the identification of critical spare parts;
• Establish reliability & work planning metrics/KPI's to monitor performance & improvement PM/CM ratio, MTBF, MTTR, etc.;
• Foster a team environment to fully support the objectives of plant operations, using various metrics to measure maintenance performance, continuous improvement, and asset reliability;
• Incorporate continuous improvement feedback into the maintenance planning and execution strategy;
• Utilize lifecycle cost analysis (LCA) for decision making and evaluation of rebuild vs replacement alternatives. on assets;
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, BRCGS regulations, and GMP's are adhered to and maintain all relevant documentation.

Requirements

• Self-motivated and passionate individual, who has a high sense of urgency, thrives with a wide variety of work, and can deliver consistent results on multiple priorities;
• Minimum of five years Maintenance Management experience;
• Engineering Degree or Engineering Technologist Diploma (mechanical / industrial / electrical);
• Professional Engineer designation would be an asset (P. Eng);
• Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) certification an asset;
• Certified Asset Management Professional designation an asset (PEMAC);
• Mechanical Millwright 433A or Industrial Electrician 442A trade experience is preferred;
• Minimum five years Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) experience;
• Working knowledge of ammonia plant operations;
• Strong project management skills;
• Must have excellent computer skills, proficient in MS Office, Excel.