Maintenance Manager

About This Role

The Maintenance Manager will lead and guide the maintenance team in the daily planning and execution of preventive maintenance and repair for all production equipment. This role also involves providing guidance to third-party contractors and collaborating with the corporate maintenance team to ensure necessary support for the bakery.

Responsibilities

• 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

• 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
• 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

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with automated process/packaging technology
• Experience working in a computerized preventive maintenance program

Benefits

• 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.

About the Company

Wonderbrands is a leading Canadian bakery with 140 years of experience baking packaged breads, including Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa. It operates a network of 12 bakery-manufacturing plants across Canada. Now part of the FGF Brands group of companies, Wonderbrands focuses on innovative production capabilities, leading-edge supply chain practices, and investing in its communities.