Engineering And Maintenance Manager

Job Title: Maintenance/Engineering Manager

Location: Ingleside, Ontario

Welcome to Lactalis Canada – where we take pride in being recognized as one of Forbes' 2022 top employers! Our journey revolves around enhancing the lives of Canadians through a rich variety of dairy delights, including some of Canadian’s favourite dairy brands such as Black Diamond Cheese, Lactantia Milk, Astro Yogourt, Balderson Cheese, and Cheestrings. In fact, we’re proud to say our products grace the shelves of an incredible 94% of Canadian households!

With a 140-year legacy driven by innovation and unwavering quality, we’re seeking like-minded individuals to join us in shaping our next chapter.

The Maintenance/Engineering Manager is accountable for the Engineering team, driving technical solutions and managing company capital plan; and developing and directing technical business strategies in support of overall business goals. As well as provides technical support for strategic analysis and provides technical advice as required to Purchasing, Marketing, Quality Assurance, Research and Development, and Engineering.

In addition, the Maintenance/Engineering Manager participates in the planning and control for key plant deliverables such as Utilities, Environmental regulation, Short- & Long-term Capital Plan, and CI/ROI Plan. This position also actively supports the Plant Maintenance Department and participates in trouble shooting of Plant Quality, Safety, and Productivity issues and is a key player in the overall plant process optimization

• Drive technical solutions and provide leadership/directions to project teams responsible for execution. Interact with all functional groups to ensure correct project scope, goals and targets are understood and agreed upon.
• Ensure that all relevant activities are conducted in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and good business standards. Problem-solve and act as primary decision maker in department issues, including Facility, Emergency Response, Project Start Up, Engineering (as built design vs. theoretical).
• Provide leadership to improve health and safety performance by being a role model in safety and demonstrating due diligence through applying the corporate health & safety program elements. These focus on incident prevention through hazard identification, implementing necessary controls, training, education, and audits. Where necessary, take corrective action to address unsafe situations and employee behaviors, uphold Lactalis’s cardinal and other safety rules and procedures, and communicate with appropriate resources to address any hazardous conditions or unsafe employee conduct.
• Endorse operational resource effectiveness: effective use of available resources in formulization optimization, effective use of utilities, reduce product losses, and improve filler efficiency.
• Plan, direct, and operate capital projects, including capital budgets (ensuring procedures are in place to monitor performance against budgets)
• Troubleshoot technical and quality issues at the plant.
• Implement equipment strategies including sourcing and standardization thereof.
• Develop business plans to resolve maintenance and production-related issues based on business knowledge and where necessary, seek appropriate approvals to implement solutions within the time and budgetary constraints.
• Provide leadership with respect to environmental/safety procedures as required by internal/external parties. Motivate staff and provide technical direction and guidance, as well as hands‑on project management, recognizing the as that of both manager and support resource/mentor.
• Manage the department's budget by controlling, monitoring and justifying expenditures versus plan and manage accordingly.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, empowerment, and capability.
• Develop short and long term plan for Capital, CI/ROI and Utilities.
• Ensure the plant complies with all environmental regulations.
• Responsible in building Engineering capacity through managing outsourcing, Internal talent development and providing key linkages with local technical teams.
• Lead maintenance…