Supervisor, Maintenance Full-time Job

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, this role supervises maintenance activities at the Edmonton Main Plant. It ensures compliance with safety, quality, and food safety standards and regulations while maintaining productivity.

 

Key responsibilities include but not limited to supervising, coaching, scheduling, task and labor management, and enhancing team skills through methods like coaching, directing and communicating.

 

The Maintenance Supervisor also collaborates with various departments to ensure effective maintenance operations and supports the supply chain specialist with inventory and procurement processes.  Verifying assigned maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner, ensuring quality work is also accomplished.

• Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday - 7:00PM to 3AM

• Salary: $78,170 - $102,600

Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, education, skills, and training.

 

We support and take care of our employees and their families by offering:

• Vacation upon hire

• Generous and complete benefit coverage with group insurance

• Group retirement plan with employer contribution

• Employee family assistance program for employees and their families

• Employee Share Ownership Plan with an employer match

• Paid Maternity/Parental Leave program

• Paid time off: Sick days, floater days and volunteer day off

• Opportunity to contribute to a collective RRSP & TFSA

• Training and development programs

• Saputo Flex Program, flexible work environment (schedule/location/time off) according to department needs

• Organized activities for employees and their families  

 

How you will make contributions that matter:

• Lead and coach maintenance teams by fostering proactive communication, enhancing employee engagement, managing disciplinary actions, encouraging participation, providing individualized feedback, and conducting performance appraisals. Utilize, review, and maintain the computerized maintenance system for tasks, requests, and parts inventory control.

• Assist the Maintenance Manager in preparing the department budget, monitoring expenditures, and compiling expenditure reports while identifying stock deficiencies.

• Support the maintenance department by providing expert guidance, acting as a liaison between Production, Quality Control, and other departments. Verify task completion and ensure work meets quality standards.

• Utilize Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) techniques and optimize preventative maintenance while analyzing critical equipment failures and recommending improvements.

• Coordinate with maintenance coordinators for routine parts purchases and task assignments. Assess on-demand work requests for consistency with current and future requirements in designated areas.

• Ensure compliance with CFIA and audit expectations during maintenance tasks, adhering to food safety standards and enforcing safe work regulatory requirements.

• Promote safe working conditions and ensure all maintenance team members understand and follow safe work procedures.

• Provide shift reports and communicate equipment and job statuses to relevant personnel and departments to foster a collaborative approach.

• Manage, develop, and mentor employees by leading Root Cause Analysis (RCA) processes for recurring issues.

• Enhance departmental performance, productivity, and cost control by identifying recurring problems and preparing preventative and scheduled work orders within a determined timeframe.

• Conduct trend analysis, tracking, and forecasting to determine the lifecycle of equipment and parts.

• Perform administrative functions as required and carry out any additional duties as assigned.

 

You are best suited for the role if you have the following qualifications:

• Post-secondary Diploma or degree in a related field or trade certification (millwright preferred)

• Three or more years of verifiable maintenance supervision or management experience within a manufacturing environment is a requirement

• Technical knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (SAP or Fiix is preferred)

• Efficient with MS Office and computer proficiency include knowledge on PLC logic is required

• Highly organized with strong analytical, coordination and communication skills

• Is comfortable working independently and with a team, with the ability to be flexible

• Proficient and dependable in current position, high level troubleshooter and analytical skills

Making Good Food Is Our Passion, and we do it responsibly. Our caring teams process about 11 billion litres of milk annually into a diversified range of dairy and dairy alternative products sold in over 60 countries. With 65 manufacturing facilities and over 19,500 employees, we operate our leading business in Canada, the USA, Australia, Argentina, and the United Kingdom.