Maintenance - Maintenance Manager

ERCO Worldwide•Saskatoon, SK

17h•CA$125,000 - CA$140,000•Onsite

About The Position

ERCO Worldwide is looking for a Maintenance Manager to join our Saskatoon team! The Maintenance Manager sets the direction and oversees all activities related to plant maintenance (from strategy development through to implementation, execution and evaluation) while driving alignment with the corporate strategic direction and established systems and directives. Delivering on a broad range of responsibilities, the Maintenance Manager must balance an ability to draw on well-established general management capabilities with a willingness to get directly involved in the operations (applying specialty/technical skills) as required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Pulp and Paper).
6-10 years of experience in Plant Operations and Maintenance Management, Budgeting/Cost Management, Safety and Environmental Leadership, Community Outreach, Dealing with Government Inspectors/Regulators, Customer Contacts.
Proven track record of 5+ years’ plant operations/maintenance experience in a leadership role in the manufacturing arena coupled with team leadership experience.
Strong analytical skills (i.e., process, equipment and technical data, incident/process investigation) to help in decision-making and judgments.
Experience in labor negotiations is required to work in specified sites
Ability to maintain a continuous focus on critical factors pertaining to effective operations (i.e., ethical practices, safety, Responsible Care, environmental factors etc.).
Financial abilities; including budgets
Successful background in recruiting and developing teams.

Nice To Haves

Related experience in vendor/contractor negotiations is an asset
Well developed skills as a trainer would be an asset.
Occasional travel as the role requires
Knowledge of Responsible Care Codes and Practices, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Mechanical Integrity, Applicable Industry Codes (ie. pressure vessels), Quality Systems, Incident Investigation, Problem Solving, Contracts and Service Agreements, Process Safety, Business Platforms (JDE E-One > CMMS>Purchasing, Dayforce, Coupa, SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite, KMS/MOC) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify and report efficiency opportunities (i.e., losses, reliability, cost and spare parts inventory) and implement appropriate solutions to optimize equipment and maintenance costs while minimizing downtime.
Make (or actively support) critical decisions that impact the local site (i.e. team performance, maintenance and capital planning, production outage planning, costing/budgeting etc.)
Monitor relevant regulations to ensure compliance in areas such as ethical practices, employee and process safety, contractor safety, environment etc.
Development and implementation of key people initiatives (i.e., training, talent development, skills planning, organization design, hiring/on-boarding, succession management etc.)
Review key measures on a regular basis in order ensure production and quality expectations are being met.
Manage plant maintenance capital in alignment with established goals and objectives. Oversee long term planning, execution, and reporting of plant maintenance capital projects and key contributor within a project team for site growth and/or sustainability projects.
Supports the Plant Manager in communications with regulatory bodies, suppliers and contractors.