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Maintenance Manager

  • Oshawa, ON, Canada
  • Greater Oshawa Metropolitan Area, Canada

$125,000 to $135,000 CAD / year · Full-time

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$125,000 to $135,000 CAD / year
Job type
Full-time
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Education
Bachelor’s degree
Experience
Experience: 5+ years of maintenance management/supervisory experience in a fast-paced CPG, Food & Beverage, or high-volume manufacturing environment is an asset
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Maintenance Manager

Location: Greater Oshawa Area, ON

Company: Global CPG Leader

Compensation: $125,000 – $135,000 Base Salary + Bonus & Benefits

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager to lead technical operations at our manufacturing facility in the Greater Oshawa area. Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will oversee a team of 20+ unionized trades (Millwrights, Electricians, and Technicians) to drive operational reliability, optimize preventive maintenance programs, and achieve key KPI targets in a fast-paced Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Team Leadership: Direct, coach, and develop a team of 20+ unionized skilled trades in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.
  • Preventive Maintenance (PM): Design, execute, and continuously improve PM and predictive maintenance strategies using CMMS to maximize equipment uptime and reduce unplanned downtime.
  • KPI Management: Monitor and drive performance against key operational metrics, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), PM compliance, and maintenance budget performance.
  • Continuous Improvement: Spearhead root-cause analysis (RCA), reliability initiatives, and capital expenditure (CapEx) projects to streamline packaging and production line efficiency.
  • Safety & Compliance: Ensure all maintenance activities adhere to corporate standards, OSHA, ESA, and local safety/environmental regulations.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related) is strictly required.
  • Experience: 5+ years of maintenance management/supervisory experience in a fast-paced CPG, Food & Beverage, or high-volume manufacturing environment is an asset
  • Union Relations: Proven track record leading and managing unionized skilled trades (Millwrights, Industrial Electricians).
  • Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of high-speed automated manufacturing, packaging lines, PLCs, robotics, and utility systems is an asset
  • Methodology: Strong background in PM program design, continuous improvement (Lean/Six Sigma/TPM), and CMMS software.
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Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of more than 20 unionized tradespeople while improving preventive and predictive maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime. Manage maintenance KPIs, reliability and continuous-improvement initiatives, capital projects, and compliance with safety and environmental requirements.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related Engineering is strictly required, along with at least five years of maintenance management or supervisory experience. Experience leading unionized trades and knowledge of high-speed manufacturing, packaging lines, PLCs, robotics, utility systems, CMMS, and continuous-improvement methods are assets.

Skills

  • Team Leadership
  • Union Relations
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • CMMS
  • KPI Management
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Root-Cause Analysis
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Capital Expenditure Projects
  • Safety Compliance
  • Automated Manufacturing
  • Packaging Lines
  • PLCs
  • Robotics
  • Lean/Six Sigma/TPM

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Benefits

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Categories

  • Manufacturing
  • Management & Leadership
  • Engineering
  • Trades
  • Food & Beverage

Keywords

  • Maintenance Management
  • Manufacturing
  • Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
  • Food And Beverage
  • Unionized Skilled Trades
  • Collective Bargaining Agreements
  • Millwrights
  • Industrial Electricians
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • CMMS
  • Equipment Uptime
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
  • Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
  • Maintenance Budget
  • Root-Cause Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
  • Packaging Lines
  • Production Lines
  • OSHA
  • ESA
  • Environmental Regulations
  • Automated Manufacturing
  • PLCs
  • Robotics
  • Utility Systems
  • Lean
  • Six Sigma

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