Maintenance Manager North York

Join Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., a $300 million+ Canadian-based, family-owned, and globally operating business, committed to leaving the world better than we found it. As a B-Corp certified, Triple-Bottom Line company, we proudly manufacture nutritious, 'better-for-you' snacks such as Made Good and GOOD TO GO. We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.

We’re on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2027, and we need talented individuals like you to help us reach new heights. At Riverside, you’ll have the opportunity to chart your own path to success while contributing to ours. We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values will guide us through the rugged terrain – and yes, it will get rough.

But that’s what makes the journey worthwhile.

So, lace up your boots and let’s tackle the climb together.

The mandate of this position is to oversee all plant maintenance activities through effective execution of maintenance activities, people development strategies & maintaining department budgets optimizing equipment efficiency at Riverside.

The goals of the position are:

• of Equipment Failures and downtime and with a clear understanding root-cause analysis.
• Attract, develop and retain Maintenance Technicians to become in-house technical experts for all equipment.>
• Provide leadership to develop and continually improve the Maintenance function in a fast paced, fast growing, food manufacturing environment

• Demonstrate and uphold Riverside’s Core Values.
• Understand and enforce Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Understand and enforce Riverside’s Food Safety policies and procedures.
• Develop annual maintenance budgets.
• Development of annual maintenance priority objectives and vision.
• Unplanned Maintenance
  • Lead the maintenance group to reduce unplanned equipment stoppages. Keep finger on the pulse of the production floor at all sites.
  • Ensure root cause analyses are completed, corrective actions are taken, corrective action information is passed down to Technician level (know/do/teach)
• Planned/ Preventive Maintenance
  • Provide leadership to the team to Increase planned to unplanned hours to 70% planned.
  • Lead the team to develop, implement and continually improve Preventive Maintenance programs. Introduce strategies to incorporate Predictive methods.
• Technical Skills Development for TEAM
  • Develop a skills development plan for the Technicians. Lead the Identification of knowledge gaps and implementation of training programs.
  • Provide mentorship and support to the Maintenance Coordinators and Maintenance Technicians to develop in-house technical experts for all the equipment.
• Provide leadership to implement an effective Continuous Improvement Program. Promote ideas to be brought forward from the floor to support a Kaizen culture and drive towards Best-in-Class operating efficiencies.
• Leadership
  • Provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to the Maintenance Team.
• Asset Management
  • Support new equipment projects through design review and acceptance tests to ensure equipment is easy to operate and maintain
  • Verification of spare parts availability, timely training programs commissioning support for new equipment installations
• Keeps the work atmosphere FUN by keeping it light and welcoming
• Other duties as required

• Reports to the Director of Maintenance
• Maintenance Supervisor reports to this position
• Maintenance Coordinators report to this position
• Maintenance Planner report to this position
• Technicians and contractors performing work assignments report to this position

• OEE
• # and outcome of Continuous Improvement projects
• Annual Maintenance Cost as % of Line Capital Expenditure
• Annual Utility Cost Growth Rate
• Annual Facility Maintenance Cost

• 5 years or more supervisory or management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or technical field
• Proven desire to learn best practices
• PASSION for the food industry and the field of engineering

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates HUMILITY throughout the company on a day-to-day basis
• Apt…