Maintenance Manager - Day shift

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your Team at Baxter

At Baxter Healthcare Corporation, our Maintenance team is at the heart of ensuring our operations run smoothly and efficiently. As a Maintenance Manager, you will lead a dedicated team, committed to maintaining the highest standards of safety and reliability. Our team thrives on collaboration and innovation, striving to achieve flawless operations and outstanding results.

We are an ambitious group, determined to successfully implement world‑class maintenance processes. Your role will be crucial in planning, scheduling, and accomplishing plant equipment maintenance, ensuring compliance with GMP and Safety Requirements.

• Build and communicate a vision for the maintenance department, aligning with the Alliston Strategic Plan
• Improve the efficiency of internal and external resources to meet business objectives
• Foster an environment of personal and professional growth through regular feedback and mentoring
• Manage technical resources, including Maintenance Supervisors and Industrial Programmers
• Ensure timely and efficient execution of project implementation, plant equipment improvement, and maintenance activities to support plant goals
• Coordinate project timelines, budget management, and compliance with validation protocols
• Apply Lean principles to complete departmental tasks within safety, quality, time, and budget boundaries
• Provide mentorship and leadership to plant team members, promoting alignments across valuable streams
• Create and communicate a vision for the maintenance department in alignment with Alliston Strategic Plan.
• Maximize the effectiveness of internal and external resources (business unit and cross business unit) to meet business objectives.
• Create and maintain an environment where team members experience personal and professional growth and become more self‑directed team through regular feedback and coaching.
• Manage technical resources across the facility including Maintenance/Reliability Superintendent, Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Planner, Industrial Programmers, CNC Machinist, Industrial Programmer Electricians and Millwrights.
• Responsible for ensuring project implementation, plant equipment improvement, PM’s, and maintenance activities are executed in a timely, efficient manner to support plant goals of OEE, Perfect Equipment, Project Deadlines, safety, quality and cost.
• In partnership with MGR‑II, Engineering is responsible for overall management (including multimillion‑dollar budgets) of project timelines associated with generating equipment design specifications, procurement, design of experiments, factory acceptance testing, installation, coordination of validation activities, standard operating procedure (SOP) generation, and implementation in functional areas.
• Support the capital planning process and create business cases for CPA’ s as required for presentation to senior leadership.
• Establish project requirements, vendor contracts, design and implementation plans in conjunction with other plant stakeholders.
• Ensure departmental compliance for master change control management and validation protocols.
• Utilize Lean principles to manage successful completion of departmental tasks within the boundaries of safety, quality, time and budget.
• Provide guidance, support, direction, and leadership through positive interactions with plant team members, building synergies across valuable streams
• Ens…