Maintenance Manager

**We are looking for a hands on Maintenance Manager with people skills to run a small team? Looking for your next career opportunity in a small but mighty Food Manufacturing Plant?**

**We make the Best Peanut Butter 24/7, by roasting and grinding peanuts combined with other raw ingredients that flow to a 1 fully automated line consisting of a filler, capper, labeler, and pallet wrapper, and then shipped out all over the world**

**Come and join our Team**

**Who We Are**:
Golden Boy Ltd is a Division of 8th Avenue Foods and Provisions. 8th Avenue Nut Butter is a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of Private Brand and branded food products.

We supply organic and conventional peanut butter, tree nut butter and other nut butters to leading grocery retailers, top food service distributors and industrial bakeries across North America.

This Golden Boy Location is at 70 West Drive, Brampton, ON

**Position Summary**:
This role leads both the maintenance and electrical functions via daily and preventative hands on maintenance support needs for the operational teams. This role is accountable for creating and deploying technical skills development plans for maintenance team and for leadership of the MRO, maintenance planning, capital projects and maintenance supervision functions to support appropriate parts, supplies, and tool inventories to drive mínimal unplanned downtime and expected production outputs.

**Duties And Responsibilities**:

- Develop comprehensive documented preventative maintenance programs
- Drive the team to ensure execution on preventative maintenance plan
- Partner with department leaders to understand day-to-day maintenance support needs;
- Develop customer-focused maintenance plan and direct maintenance team and third-party resources to ensure successful resolution of daily/weekly maintenance needs in a timely and cost-effective manner
- Lead talent development activities for front-line maintenance team
- Lead MRO team to ensure that a parts/inventory plan is developed and executed on, resulting in parts, tools, and supplies inventory levels that support day-to-day needs and preventative maintenance plans
- Display fiscal responsibility through leadership and development of, and execution to, maintenance department budget in support of operational needs.
- Development and execution of profit-maintaining projects (capital) related to productivity and cost-savings objectives
- Provide feedback on safety, productivity, and quality programs to ensure all employees are properly trained and meet company objectives
- Participate in recruitment process
- Active participant in the Joint Health & Safety Committee
- Some local and US travel may be required
- Other duties, as assigned

**Education And Experience Required**:

- 3+ years experience as a Maintenance Manager in a manufacturing environment

HS Diploma or GED Equivalent from an accredited institution and 3+ years’ hands on experience in a food plant maintenance and/or a combination of education in a related field
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Ontario trade tickets licenses (Industrial Electrical 442A/Millwright 433A)
- Demonstrated experience developing and managing a department/project budgets
- Previous experience reading blueprints and schematics
- Previous experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and extra hours, as needed

**Preferred Education, Experience, And Skills**:

- CI/Six Sigma/Lean experience
- Advanced technical training with the ability to lead in a fast paced, team environment, improve operation safety, efficiency, and effectiveness, and utilize assets in the most cost
- effective manner
- Previous experience in food or beverage manufacturing
- Previous experience with implementing behaviour-based safety programs
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strategic planning skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Must be able to lift up-to 50 pounds
- Must be able to work in hot, humid, and cold manufacturing environment
- Must be able to work in crowded spaces for 4+ hours per shift
- Must be able to bend and crawl for 7+ hours per shift
- Must be able to climb ladders for 4+ hours per shift
- Must be able to stand for 6+ hours per shift
- Must be able to walk for 6+ hours per shift
- Must be able to reach and grasp up to 6+ hours per shift

Golden Boy Ltd is a division of 8th Avenue Foods and Provisions promotes a diverse, inclusive workplace. By embracing diversity, we build a more effective organization.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and Ontario Human Rights Code, Golden Boy Ltd, will provide accommodation throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruit