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Position Purpose
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Shop floor & Building Maintenance Planning Manager plays a key role in the building and shop equipment maintenance team. The incumbent will lead, manage and coach a team of four technicians, including one welder, one machinist and two tinsmiths, and will also act as the building maintenance team’s planner.
The Shop floor & Building Maintenance Planning Manager will work with their colleagues to manage, develop and perform manufacturing work while developing a maintenance plan for the building department based on a vision and culture of continuous improvement. They will suggest improvements to maintenance management performance, define priorities, implement industry best practices and develop performance indicators inherent to their sector. They will also enforce policies and procedures on the ground, particularly with regard to health and safety, quality and the environment.
Responsibilities
As building maintenance planner and shop floor supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for planning work in the building and supervising and scheduling work on the shop floor.
As the building maintenance planner, the incumbent will: Plan work in the building and manufacturing sectors
- Create a work plan with the Building Maintenance & Utilities Manager to optimize the building maintenance team’s work
- Ensure parts, equipment and resources are available to perform various kinds of work
- Plan work during annual shutdowns by working closely with the Building Maintenance & Utilities Manager and the production and engineering departments
- Understand planned tasks, develop knowledge in collaboration with technicians and the Director of Building Maintenance and Utility Services
- Order parts for the building team through SAP work orders
- Actively participate in various planning meetings
As shop floor supervisor, the candidate will: Work alongside their colleagues in maintenance and engineering to ensure work performed under them is optimized for maximum efficiency
- Optimize operations and meet demands by monitoring work performed by machinists, welders and tinsmiths
- Organize, assign and dispatch work orders by level of priority
- Create and track shop floor performance indicators
- Steer, lead and coach the team to develop employee autonomy and accountability
- Order materials for their manufacturing team through SAP MyShop
Responsibilities related to occupational health and safety, the environment and quality
- Identify and monitor risks by actively participating in risk management and by ensuring all controls are fully implemented
- Promote safe behaviours while performing work
- Ensure their own safety and that of their colleagues and the public
- Adopt environmentally responsible behaviour
- Comply with applicable procedures, laws and regulations
- Enforce compliance with quality standards and procedures
- Understand the impact of their work on product quality and contribute to improving the efficiency of our processe
Qualifications & Experience
- DCS in mechanics or bachelor’s degree in engineering
- At least 3-5 years’ professional experience in a maintenance position in the manufacturing industry
- Experience in a unionized work environment
- Excellent knowledge of mechanical and manufacturing techniques
- Experience in the consumer products sector an asset
Skills, Competencies & Languages
- Strong knowledge of and background using maintenance management systems (SAP PM) an asset
- Priority and people management skills
- Passionate about occupational health and safety management
- Passionate about improving their work
- Transparency, respect, fairness, loyalty, and respectful consideration of various stakeholder issues and perspectives when making decisions and furthering objectives
- Disciplined at work; strong sense of organization and responsibility; capable of prioritizing, managing and tracking deadlines; able to track performance indicators and monitor and oversee their sector
- Strong evaluation and problem-solving skills; an organized vision combined with an ability to grasp issues, opportunities and alternatives, make sound decisions and implement appropriate solutions
- Action-oriented with practical experience; professional courage to tackle issues head-on and ability to deal with inherent discrepancies and persevere when faced with difficulties
- Comfortable functioning and managing in a computerized environment; advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and familiar with the philosophy behind maintenance management software
- Knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, machining techniques, tinsmithing and welding
- Good command of French and English, written and spoken
Additional Information
JTI-Macdonald Corp. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.
Please note that we welcome internal referrals, as per policy and candidates must be duly authorized to work in Canada.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those invited for an interview will be contacted.
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