Maintenance Supervisor

**Schedule: Currently Thursday - Sunday(8 hours days and 12 hour days), but we are flexible on other options that would provide coverage.**

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Supervisor (weekend), is responsible for overseeing and coordinating maintenance team members and activities to ensure equipment runs safely and optimally. Through collaborating with other departments, they will play a critical role in enhancing operational efficiency and safety.

**Accountabilities and responsibilities**
- Responsible for preventative maintenance systems inspection routines, job scheduling, training and identification of plant improvement plans for improved efficiencies and yield.
- Lead Continuous Improvement initiatives and Safety objectives. Strive for zero incidents and ensure a people centered safety culture exists within the department.
- Lead emergency machine breakdown investigations with a sense of urgency.
- Technically support Skilled Trades’ employees to determine solutions in uncertain situations.
- Manage, motivate, develop and provide direct leadership to maintenance staff.
- Supervise repairs carried out by maintenance staff and/or Contractors.
- Evaluate incoming work notifications and, when warranted, generate and prioritize a work order to cover the work.
- Work various shifts, including weekend shifts.
- Assist with the implementation of capital projects.
- Ensure that all maintenance work is captured on work orders and inputted in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Ensure that all scheduled work orders are completed within the allocated time.
- Supervise completed work orders for correctness, completeness and are closed out in the CMMS.
- Perform periodic inspections of recently maintained equipment to ensure the quality of the maintenance performed and the operating condition of the equipment.
- Liaise with Engineering and Operations on matters relating to equipment maintenance and availability.
- Provide guidance to the Planner/Scheduler when approving, prioritizing and estimating work, and technical assistance when developing job plans.
- Participate in various production meetings, KPI review meetings, and pre
- and post-maintenance schedule review meetings,
- Assist with the identification of root causes (RCFA) following equipment failures and development of new maintenance tasks to eliminate them in the future.
- Demonstrate an active involvement/commitment to a progressive health and safety program and food safety program.

**Qualifications**
- Skilled trade Certification (Industrial Millwright or Industrial Electrician) - or equivalent education/experience.
- 3 to 5 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment preferably in a food processing. Working in a unionized environment would be an asset.
- Enrollment or graduate from the PEMAC Maintenance Management Professional Certification Program (MMP) an asset.
- Proven analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Highly motivated and a self starter.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Computer literacy needed to work with software packages such as Microsoft office, CMMS and, Payroll.
- HACCP & GMP experienced.
- Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration with training and development skills
- Experience in developing and incorporating Predictive, Preventative and Proactive maintenance requirements for equipment asset systems within an industrial maintenance environment.
- Technically proficient with MRO Inventory stores, industrial electricity, PLC, Motor Controls, Pneumatics, Mechanical apertures and automated processing equipment
- Familiar with Condition Based Monitoring equipment and field devices.
- Knowledge of OHSA Safety practices, standards and regulations
- Familiar with the concept of world class maintenance, best practices, developing SoPs and other work instructions.
- Aware of Six Sigma, RCM, CI and autonomous maintenance principles
- Knowledge of ammonia-based plant refrigeration systems and their operation
- Proficient with coaching and directing maintenance resources effectively using key performance indicators and benchmarking.
- Proven record for identifying reliability issues and participation in implementing improvement strategies.
- Work various schedules to ensure maintenance employees are properly supervised.

**Working conditions**

Plant Environment: The plant work environment will expose the employee to loud noise, food grade dust & odors, moving & vibrating machinery, heavy equipment, powered industrial trucks, heights, traffic, anhydrous ammonia, oil and electricity. The employee may be exposed to adverse weather conditions including extreme cold, heat, rain, snow, dust, smoke and odors. Flexibility of work hours. Ability to work on feet for extended periods of time if needed.

**Physical requirements/Allergens**

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