Senior Manager, Maintenance and Technical Services

About us: 

Sofina Foods is one of Canada’s leading manufacturers of primary and further processed protein products for retail and foodservice customers as well as international markets. We manufacture pork, beef, turkey, chicken and fish products. Our family of brands include: Cuddy, Lilydale, Janes, Mastro, San Daniele, Fletcher’s, Vienna, and Zamzam. We are also the exclusive distributor of Italy’s finest Rio Mare and Lavazza products in Canada.

Position Summary

 Under the direction of the VP of Operations, the Sr. Manager of Maintenance and Technical Services is responsible for managing the effective delivery of maintenance services to operations, to guarantee equipment reliability and functionality, and to support the achievement of uptime and productivity targets. Oversees the maintenance team in carrying out Predictive, Preventive and Corrective maintenance of all plant equipment, to ensure short-term and long-term operational plans, objectives, requirements and standards are met. Assuring cost, health & safety, environment, quality, food safety and human resources objectives are achieved. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Provides leadership to the maintenance team, to align with national maintenance program(s) and ensures efficient day-to-day operation of the facility and all equipment.
• Apply a variety of prescribed practices to identify and manage Asset Reliability risks, that could cause stoppages and adversely affect plant or business operations.
• Leads and directs Equipment Criticality Assessments, Critical Spares Analyses, and Failure Root Cause Analyses
• Leads and directs ‘Fact Based’ and ‘Data Driven’ decision making through the effective utilization of RCA, TPM/AM, RCM, RAMS, LCAM, FMEA Analysis
• Provides subject matter expertise on new equipment purchases to ensure maintainability and reliability,
• Key contributor for new equipment selection, FAT’s, and reliability metrics during the commissioning process,
• Champions and drives asset standardization throughout the facility, Supports the development and execution of the annual CAPEX program,
• Develop standard processes for corrective action plans that improve asset care,
• Champions the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and implements improvements and upgrades to ensure efficient and effective use of resources,
• Promotes safety and a safe work environment for all employees/contractors,
• Provides technical expertise and leadership to improve the Predictive and Condition Based maintenance activities,
• In collaboration with Central Stores, perform critical spares assessments and provide recommendations on which components should be stocked, and min/max quantities,
• Establish reliability & work planning metrics (KPI's) to monitor performance & improvement PM/CM ratio, MTBF, MTTR, Wrench Time, etc.,
• Foster a team environment to fully support the objectives of plant operations, using various metrics to measure asset reliability,
• Incorporate continuous improvement feedback into the maintenance planning and execution strategy,
• Utilize lifecycle cost analysis (LCA) for decision making and evaluation of rebuild vs replacement alternatives. on assets,
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, BRCGS regulations, and GMP’s are adhered to and maintain all relevant documentation,

Qualifications:

• Self-motivated and passionate individual, who has a high sense of urgency, thrives with a wide variety of work, and can deliver consistent results on multiple priorities,
• Minimum of five years Maintenance Management experience, preferably in a food manufacturing environment,
• Engineering Degree or Engineering Technologist Diploma (mechanical / industrial / electrical) would be taken under consideration,
• Professional Engineer designation would be an asset (P. Eng)
• Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) certification is an asset,
• Certified Asset Management Professional designation is an asset (PEMAC)
• Mechanical Millwright 433A or Industrial Electrician 442A trade experience is preferred,
• Minimum five years Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) experience
• Working knowledge of ammonia plant operations
• Strong project management skills
• Must have excellent computer skills, proficient in MS Office, Excel

• Develop standard processes for corrective action plans that improve asset care.
• Benchmark develop and train plant maintenance teams in mean time to repair (MTTR) and mean time between failures (MTBF) processes, to ensure a continuous improvement of all assets.
• Foster a team environment to fully support the objectives of plant operations, using various metrics to measure maintenance performance, continuous improvement and asset reliability.
• Review plant history and other technical files to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Incorporate continuous improvement feedback into the maintenance planning and execution strategy.
• Utilize lifecycle cost analysis (LCA) for decision making and evaluation of rebuild vs replacement alternatives. on assets.
• Work with Engineering to integrate capital projects into the asset care program at each facility.
• Develop and maintain report on plant maintenance and asset care KPIs.

Sofina Foods Inc. is a privately owned Canadian company headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada dedicated to providing great-tasting, high-quality food products for consumers. Our workforce is exceptionally diverse with professional opportunities across many functional areas of our business.  

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