Maintenance Manager

Active Search Our client is a growing organization with a geographically distributed property portfolio of residential assets and has a strong focus on maintaining high standards across its buildings and operations. As the organization continues to expand and evolve its maintenance function, they are introducing a new senior-level position to provide greater technical leadership, consistency, and operational oversight across Saskatchewan.

Residential Real Estate Full-Time, Permanent Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Active Search Our client is a growing organization with a geographically distributed property portfolio of residential assets and has a strong focus on maintaining high standards across its buildings and operations. As the organization continues to expand and evolve its maintenance function, they are introducing a new senior-level position to provide greater technical leadership, consistency, and operational oversight across Saskatchewan.

The Maintenance Manager will play an important role in strengthening preventative maintenance practices, improving asset performance, supporting field teams, and establishing consistent maintenance standards across multiple sites.

This is a hands‑on leadership opportunity for an experienced maintenance professional with a strong technical and mechanical background. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving between strategic planning and practical troubleshooting, while also helping develop the overall technical strength of the maintenance team.

Key Responsibilities

Provide regional leadership and technical direction across a geographically dispersed maintenance operation.

Establish and reinforce consistent maintenance standards, procedures, and best practices across multiple locations.

Conduct regular site visits throughout Saskatchewan to assess building conditions, maintenance requirements, and operational priorities.

Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, service levels, asset reliability, and overall maintenance performance.

Promote a proactive maintenance culture focused on preventative care, safety, asset preservation, and continuous improvement.

Monitor maintenance activity, service levels, work order trends, recurring issues, and outstanding requirements to identify areas requiring attention.

Partner with property and operational teams to prioritize maintenance requirements and address emerging issues.

Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of preventative maintenance programs.

Ensure preventative maintenance schedules are being completed consistently and effectively.

Review recurring maintenance issues and identify opportunities to address root causes rather than relying on reactive repairs.

Conduct building and site inspections to identify deficiencies, maintenance requirements, and potential asset risks.

Help identify longer-term equipment, building system, and lifecycle requirements.

Provide recommendations regarding repairs, replacements, deferred maintenance, and capital requirements.

Support initiatives designed to improve equipment reliability, reduce reactive maintenance, and extend asset life.

Provide hands‑on technical guidance and troubleshooting support for complex building and maintenance issues.

Apply strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, life safety, and general building systems.

Assist field teams with diagnosing complex or recurring equipment and building‑system issues.

Review proposed repair solutions and provide technical direction where required.

Help ensure maintenance work is completed safely, efficiently, and to an appropriate standard.

Serve as a technical resource for maintenance personnel and operational stakeholders

Evaluate the technical knowledge, skill levels, and overall competency of maintenance team members.

Identify skill gaps and areas where additional training, coaching, or development may be required.

Establish a clear understanding of the capabilities of different levels of maintenance personnel and help determine where additional technical support is required.

Provide ongoing coaching, technical mentorship, and field‑based guidance to maintenance employees.

Help establish appropriate expectations around technical standards, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, safety, and quality of work.

Support the development of training and skills‑building initiatives for the maintenance team.

Provide indirect leadership and direction to field maintenance personnel while working collaboratively with local property and operational leadership.

Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and evaluation of maintenance personnel as required.

Encourage accountability, professionalism, saf