Senior Reliability & Maintenance Manager

Smurfit Westrock; Guelph; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in Canada invites a seasoned Reliability Manager to lead the service and maintenance teams, ensuring safe, reliable operation of packaging assets. You will oversee Mechanical and Electrical maintenance, reliability initiatives, and planning to maximize production quality and efficiency.

You will set safety goals, steer long- and short-term maintenance strategies, supervise technicians, analyze KPIs, and collaborate with labor, engineering and operations to meet uptime targets

Qualifications

• Requires 10-15 years’ working in Industrial Maintenance environment.
• Minimum of 5 years Maintenance Management preferred.
• Be a licensed Millwright or Electrician.
• Be a strategic thinker and develop short and long-term actions aligned with organizational goals.
• Lead and motivate a unionized maintenance department.
• Possess strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Be able to communicate strategies resulting in clear understanding and negotiate issues.
• Be able to resolve conflicts constructively.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, and productivity suite.
• Familiarity with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems).

Responsibilities

• Create Maintenance Department safety goals and plan to ensure a safe work environment.
• Provide strategic leadership on maintenance operations to ensure maximum production.
• Develop and implement the short- and long-term maintenance strategy to enable operating efficiency.
• Supervise and inspect maintenance work to ensure best practices are implemented.
• Manage and analyze maintenance department KPIs to assess operating efficiency and identify opportunities to drive performance excellence.
• Monitor and communicate departmental performance in Safety, Environmental, Reliability, and Cost effectiveness.
• Provide guidance in the development of the maintenance business plan and forecasts.
• Lead maintenance staff to exceed industry standards and set new uptime and reliability standards.
• Negotiate using win-win strategies on behalf of Smurfit Westrock with the Labor Union representatives on contract issues.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Communication

Union leadership

Microsoft Office

Safety focus

Education

Licensed Millwright or Electrician

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Smurfit Westrock in Canada invites a seasoned Reliability Manager to lead the service and maintenance teams, ensuring safe, reliable operation of packaging assets. You will oversee Mechanical and Electrical maintenance, reliability initiatives, and planning to maximize production quality and efficiency.

You will set safety goals, steer long- and short-term maintenance strategies, supervise technicians, analyze KPIs, and collaborate with labor, engineering and operations to meet uptime targets