Manager de Maintenance / Maintenance Manager

Wonderbrands; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and dental benefits

Pension plan with matching concessions

Annual incentive program

Discount program

Job summary

Wonderbrands, a leading bakery, seeks a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance team in daily planning, preventive maintenance, and repair of all production equipment. You will guide third‑party contractors and work with the corporate maintenance team to ensure bakery support.

Responsibilities include driving improvements, ensuring reliability within budget, and developing training programs while maintaining food safety standards and SQF requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or technical field required.
• 3–5 years of maintenance supervision in production (food/industrial preferred).
• Strong mechanical and electrical skills; ERP experience an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team in daily planning and preventive maintenance of all production equipment.
• Provide guidance to third‑party contractors and coordinate with corporate maintenance.
• Drive continuous improvement and meet equipment reliability targets within budget.
• Develop and enforce training plans; ensure HACCP and SQF compliance.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Electrical skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

DEC in technical field

Tools

ERP/BPCS systems

Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

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Aperçu du rôle:

Le (la) Directeur / Directrice de Maintenance sera responsable de la direction et de l’orientation générales de l’équipe de maintenance dans la planification et l’exécution quotidiennes de l’entretien préventif et de la réparation de tout l’équipement de production. Le titulaire de ce poste fournira également une orientation aux entrepreneurs tiers et travaillera avec l’équipe de maintenance de l’entreprise pour assurer le soutien nécessaire à la boulangerie.

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Are you ready for a tasty challenge?

Role overview :

The Maintenance Manager will be responsible for the overall direction and guidance of the maintenance team in the daily planning and execution of preventive maintenance and repair of all production equipment. This position will also provide guidance to third-party contractors and work with the corporate maintenance team to ensure the necessary support for the bakery.

What Wonderbrands offers:

• Wonderbrands believes in local talent and accelerated career growth
• Competitive compensation, health and dental benefits
• Pension plan with matching contributions
• Annual incentive program
• Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun - restaurants, gyms, shopping, etc.

Your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by driving larger process improvements to achieve specific measurable goals.
• Use information tools to seek opportunities to improve production line efficiencies, trends and bakery priorities.
• Meet equipment reliability targets within budget.
• Provide other problem troubleshooting services and identify outside support needed to resolve issues.
• Provide technical leadership to ensure service and installation meet or exceed objectives.
• Develop, maintain and enforce a training plan for all employees.
• Ensure that required training is completed and recorded in training files.
• Ensure that all aspects of equipment maintenance comply with food safety standards.
• Comply with our Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan and SQF Level 2 certification requirements.
• Establish and maintain a positive, cooperative environment for employees through effective communications between work teams, shifts and other functional areas.

Requirements and profile :

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) in a technical field.
• At least 3-5 years' experience managing and supervising maintenance in a production facility (food preferred).
• Strong mechanical and electrical skills
• Familiarity with automated process/packaging technology an asset
• Experience working in a computerized preventive maintenance program an asset
• Computer literate (Excel, Word, Outlook and experience with ERP/BPCS systems).
• A decision-maker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A leader with excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills who interacts easily with others and is able to lead and motivate a team.

What's the recipe for a great career at Wonderbrands?

Wonderbrands is a leading Canadian bakery with 140 years of experience baking packaged breads. We are the makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Gadoua and Casa Mendosa. We have a network of 12 bakery-manufacturing plants across Canada.

Wonderbrands, now part of the FGF Brands group of companies, is creating an incredible opportunity for growth by focusing on innovative production capabilities, emphasizing leading-edge supply chain practices and investing deeply in the communities where we bake. We focus strongly on embracing entrepreneurial drive and a highly collaborative start-up culture with an emphasis on cross-functional collaboration.

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