Maintenance Technician

Join Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., a $300 million+ Canadian-based, family-owned, and globally operating business, committed to leaving the world better than we found it. As a B-Corp certified, Triple-Bottom Line company, we proudly manufacture nutritious, 'better-for-you' snacks such as MadeGood and GOOD TO GO. We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.

We're on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2027, and we need talented individuals like you to help us reach new heights. At Riverside, you'll have the opportunity to chart your own path to success while contributing to ours. We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values will guide us through the rugged terrain - and yes, it will get rough. But that's what makes the journey worthwhile.

So, lace up your boots and let's tackle the climb together.

**Position Summary**:
As a Maintenance Technician you are responsible for contributing to the company's operational performance through maintenance program compliance and work order management including reactive, corrective, and preventative maintenance for all technical and non-technical components.

**Primary Responsibilities**:
**_ Overall_**
- Demonstrate and uphold Riverside Natural Food's Core Values.
- Direct and lead maintenance staff in everyday scheduling, preventative maintenance, repair of all production equipment and resolve equipment related issues.
- Collaborate with the Maintenance team and Parts Clerk to Maintain equipment and parts inventory using available resources to continuously minimize downtime and organize Maintenance Workshop
- Schedule and supervise major equipment repairs, overhauls, and rebuilding to ensure that it is fully operational and safe to operate and within schedule requirements.
- Ensure staff are well trained in health and safety standards and proper environmental practices within the plant and the Maintenance Department
- Be the embodiment and example of **ADAPTABILITY** and composure in times of volatility, uncertainty, and ambiguity.
- Provide support to the team across all weekdays and shifts as needed in instances of vacation, and other instances.
- Be the first adopter of new Maintenance strategies and initiatives encouraging participation and adoption amongst the Team.
- CMMS usage and Feedback to add value to the Maintenance strategy.
- Develop and maintain a Continuous Improvement and Open mindset amongst technicians.
- Provide and document continuous feedback to all technicians in such a manner to continuously develop skills and motivate them.

**_ Maintenance_**
- Understand and lead compliance with both Health and Safety and Food Safety practices.
- Inspect, maintain, adjust, and repair food processing equipment and machinery to ensure the equipment is always in proper working order.
- Ensures Maintenance activities meet the required standards of precise highly automated equipment.
- Ensure the Maintenance TEAM members are required to be responsive to production needs and equipment failures.
- Independently conduct/coordinate the following assigned activities:

- Equipment set up and changeover.
- Conduct High Quality and documented Preventative and Reactive maintenance
- Assist with Facilities renovation and maintenance as necessary.
- Test and observe equipment and machinery using tools such as Sono scope, voltmeters and other testing devices to troubleshoot malfunctions and make repairs as needed.
- Ability to take **OWNERSHIP** and work independently without supervision, meet tight deadlines.
- Prepare notes on learnings, contribute to procedures, notes of observations and training to share with the broader maintenance team for overall growth and development.
- Contribute to maintenance reports by collecting and summarizing information.
- Exemplify **GRIT** in the pursuit of resolving Emergency repairs, Trouble shooting, creating a harmonious and effective maintenance team.
- Record all maintenance and repair services performed, keep track of all materials and parts used during the repair process.
- Ability to and demonstration of knowledge sharing by mentoring, training, and guiding activities of junior and other Maintenance Technicians.
- Suggest and implement continuous improvement projects to improve equipment performance.
- Keeps the work atmosphere FUN by keeping it light and welcoming.
- Ability to technically assist with troubleshooting situations, evaluate and implement improvements to mitigate repeat issues in the plants.
- Performs regular technical and non-technical component monitoring, inspection and repairs including preventative and corrective maintenance tasks.
- Ensures all work is completed meets quality, contract response and all other requirements.
- Assists in the implementation of preventative maintenance (PM) program. Ensures that deficiencies are identified, recorded, and escalated, and that related documents are maintained.
- Ensure facilities are always kept to GMP