Maintenance Lead

Maintenance Lead

• Adhere to all health and safety policies/procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE) while in the warehouse or production areas (including but not limited to hairnets/beard nets, safety glasses, hearing protection, steel toe boots and seatbelts while operating forklifts)
• Responsible to adhere to food quality and food safety as per quality standards and/or Safe Quality Food requirements.
• Plans and performs complex corrective and preventative maintenance requiring a thorough knowledge of mechanical theories and principles.
• Ensure all upgrades for equipment are complaints with Occupational Health & Safety Act.
• Minimize down time ensuring replacement/spare parts are available through proper preventative maintenance management by adhering to manufacturers guidelines.
• Assist in scheduling maintenance personnel to cover production line maintenance needs.
• Contributes to measurable improvements in scheduled, unscheduled and break down maintenance related down time and the costs associated with these events to contribute to CPC (cost per case) goals for each plant and shares best practices across and within the enterprise.
• Review daily preventative maintenance (PM) sheets and schedule work accordingly.
• Review any changes made to production line and make necessary changes to work orders.
• Coordinate and address equipment failure in a timely manner, in order to minimize the downtime.
• Support Electricians and Mechanics with machine issues on the production floor.
• Assist in training of Electricians/Mechanics on production equipment and maintain Lockout/Tag out Program.
• Coordinate and monitor Preventative Maintenance program.
• Coordinate parts requirement with Parts Coordinator.
• Check mail folder in Parts Room for any pertinent messages.
• Execute the escalation process, if downtime exceeds plant targets and there is an issue solving the problem.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement Projects, and support initiatives with technical expertise.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Thorough technical knowledge in the field of industrial maintenance, including relevant regulations, standards and codes.
• Ability to read and understand complex diagrams. Capable of MOS leadership skills combined with team player attitude.
• Thorough understanding of engineering principles and maintenance practices.
• Ability to read and understand complex piping diagrams and mechanical drawings.
• Objective judgment and fact based decision making approach.
• Strong multi-tasking competency.
• Proficient in SAP.

Education and Experience:

• Interprovincial Journeyman License
• Electrician or Millwright
• 5 years production/line machine maintenance experience
• Line maintenance within a food and beverage production environment preferred

Behaviors

Preferred

• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Preferred

• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help