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WELCOME HOME! - RELIABILITY LEAD-St. Marys, Ontario
At Cascades Containerboard Packaging, we transform recycled materials into sustainable packaging solutions. Our St. Marys facility operates with a strong commitment to safety, operational excellence, teamwork, and continuous improvement. We are adding a Reliability Lead to support our strategic focus on equipment performance, preventative maintenance, and long-term operational stability.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives on problem-solving, analyzing performance data, improving maintenance systems, and coaching teams toward a reliability-first culture.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define / execute on standards for Breakdown Elimination (BDE) minor issues execution (6W2H) and major issues execution (root-cause analysis) and problem solving.
- Define standard processes and tools to handle defects (DH) and ensure processes are executed properly to improve equipment reliability and performance.
- Follow up with operators to ensure that any defects are handled properly.
- Support operators in identifying and solving problems that caused breakdowns.
- Determine planned maintenance needs and prioritize work orders / schedule the process for conducting planned maintenance.
- Share best practices with other Reliability Leads.
- Ensure constant communication with the maintenance department to establish area priorities.
- Continuously improve established maintenance processes including Defect Handling and Breakdown Elimination.
- Train and coach operators on the different aspects of maintenance including DH and BDE and CID.
- Reduced negative impact of machine reliability.
- Support CI Pillar and Reliability Management Pillar.
Bring out the best in yourself. Commit. Evolve. Persevere. Every day, our colleagues choose to respect their true nature by contributing with passion to our mission.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE & STRENGTHS
- Excited by working with and leading team members dedicated to achieving goals.
- Knowledge / expertise in maintenance processes in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in mechanical engineering and/or design engineering in a Paper Mill ideal.
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills to interpret, evaluate and analyze facts and information to support problem solving in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to overcome ambiguous and complex situations with an open mind considering creative and standard processes.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
- Experience and/or basic understanding of Lean Production System principles.
- Strong interpersonal skills: ability to work well and communicate with others.
- Leadership and expertise in promoting buy-in to proposed solutions.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial technology, or other related degrees preferred.
- Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 2+ years' experience as a maintenance, reliability and or engineering technician in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Sponsorship is not offered for this position.
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