Maintenance Manager
- Oshawa, ON, Canada
- Greater Oshawa Metropolitan Area, Canada
$125,000 to $140,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Original job description
Maintenance Manager
Location: Greater Oshawa Area, Ontario (on-site)
Employment type:
Permanent, full-time Industry: Manufacturing
Reports to: Plant Manager
Base salary: $125,000 – $140,000 CAD+ bonus
About the Role
Our client, a manufacturing operation in the Greater Oshawa Area, is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead its maintenance and reliability function in a unionized environment. You will be accountable for equipment uptime, asset reliability, safety and cost control, while leading a skilled trades team and maintaining a constructive working relationship with the union.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and develop the maintenance team, including unionized skilled trades (millwrights, industrial electricians, mechanics and related trades), supervisors and planners
- Build and execute a maintenance and reliability strategy that improves equipment effectiveness, reduces unplanned downtime and extends asset life
- Manage preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance programs, including CMMS administration, work order planning and scheduling, and PM optimization
- Apply root cause analysis and continuous improvement methods to eliminate recurring failures
- Administer the collective agreement day to day: manage grievances, discipline, scheduling, overtime, job postings and trades jurisdiction in partnership with HR
- Build strong working relationships with union leadership, stewards and the bargaining committee, and support collective bargaining as required
- Develop and manage the maintenance operating budget, capital projects, spare parts inventory and contractor spend
- Ensure compliance with the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, lockout/tagout, and company safety and quality standards
- Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, EHS and Supply Chain to support plant targets
- Track and report KPIs such as OEE, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, schedule attainment and maintenance cost per unit
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or a related technical field
- Progressive experience in maintenance and reliability within a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Proven experience managing unionized skilled trades.
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including building productive relationships with trades and management
- Strong working knowledge of CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance, and reliability tools (RCA, FMEA, condition monitoring)
- Solid understanding of health and safety legislation and practices in Ontario
- Excellent leadership, communication and problem-solving skills
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the maintenance team while managing maintenance and reliability programs, union relations, budgets, capital projects, and safety compliance. Improve equipment uptime and asset reliability, collaborate across plant functions, and track performance using maintenance and production KPIs.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or a related technical field, along with progressive maintenance and reliability experience in manufacturing or industry. Candidates must have experience managing unionized skilled trades, strong knowledge of CMMS and reliability methods, Ontario safety knowledge, and proven leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Skills
- Maintenance Leadership
- Reliability Strategy
- Union Relations
- Skilled Trades Management
- CMMS Administration
- Preventive Maintenance
- Predictive Maintenance
- Corrective Maintenance
- Root Cause Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Budget Management
- Capital Project Management
- Occupational Health And Safety
- KPI Reporting
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Categories
- Manufacturing
- Management & Leadership
- Engineering
- Trades
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Manufacturing
- Maintenance Management
- Reliability
- Unionized Environment
- Skilled Trades
- CMMS
- Preventive Maintenance
- Predictive Maintenance
- Corrective Maintenance
- Work Order Planning
- Work Scheduling
- PM Optimization
- Root Cause Analysis
- FMEA
- Condition Monitoring
- Collective Agreement
- Grievance Management
- Capital Projects
- Spare Parts Inventory
- Contractor Management
- Ontario Occupational Health And Safety Act
- Lockout/Tagout
- OEE
- MTBF
- MTTR
- PM Compliance
- Schedule Attainment
- Maintenance Cost Per Unit