Position Title: Maintenance Manager
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 06
Requisition ID: 45300
About the role.McCain Foods (Canada) is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead the maintenance function at our Coaldale, Alberta potato processing facility. This role is responsible for driving reliability-centered maintenance strategies, ensuring safe and efficient operation of plant assets, and leading a large team of maintenance professionals. The Maintenance Manager plays a critical role in maximizing equipment uptime, supporting capital projects, managing budgets, advancing continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring compliance with safety, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
What you'll be doing.- Lead and develop a maintenance team consisting of Mechanical and Electrical Supervisors and their respective teams.
- Drive reliability-centered maintenance programs to improve equipment performance and reduce downtime.
- Manage and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance practices across the facility.
- Oversee the SAP-PM work order management system and support the successful integration of maintenance technologies and tools.
- Develop, manage, and deliver maintenance and utilities budgets while identifying opportunities for cost optimization.
- Support capital project planning and execution to enhance plant performance and asset reliability.
- Identify reliability improvement opportunities and lead root cause analysis and corrective action initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, food safety, and regulatory requirements, including Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management programs.
- Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Safety teams to support plant objectives and continuous improvement efforts.
- Foster a culture of employee engagement, accountability, development, and operational excellence.
What you'll need to be successful.- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive maintenance experience in a lean manufacturing environment, preferably within food processing and packaging.
- Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing maintenance teams in a manufacturing setting.
- Proven experience in reliability engineering, maintenance planning and scheduling, project management, and budget management.
- Experience managing capital projects and capital expenditure requests.
- Strong knowledge of food manufacturing regulations, including GMPs and HACCP requirements.
- Proficiency with SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP-PM).
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Demonstrated expertise in root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, equipment drawings, and technical documentation.
- Experience managing mechanical, electrical, facilities, and maintenance-related budgets.
- Strong change management, negotiation, communication, and leadership capabilities.
- Licensed Millwright certification is considered an asset.
- Experience working with potato processing and packaging equipment from OEMs such as JBT FoodTech, Heat & Control, Idaho Steel, Key Technology, Blueprint Automation (BPA), Wexxar Bel, Bosch Packaging, Intralox, and french fry cutting systems is considered highly desirable.
About the team.McCain Coaldale is home to a highly engaged maintenance team that places safety at the center of everything it does. Team members take pride in protecting themselves and one another, and safe work practices are embedded in daily activities ranging from preventive maintenance to complex equipment repairs.
The team fosters a positive, collaborative, and supportive environment where employees work together to solve problems, share expertise, and ensure operational success. With a diverse mix of mechanical, electrical, automation, and reliability expertise, team members have opportunities to learn from experienced professionals, expand their skills, and contribute to meaningful continuous improvement initiatives. The Maintenance Manager will play a key leadership role in guiding this team and supporting McCain Coaldale's operational excellence journey.
Compensation Package: $102,700.00 - $137,000.00 . CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
Job Family: Manufacturing
Location(s): CA - Canada : Alberta : Coaldale || CA - Canada : Alberta : Lethbridge
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
