Coca Cola Refreshments Canada

Senior Manager, Maintenance

Coca Cola Refreshments Canada$121K — $155K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline; Professional Engineering designation is a plus.
  • 8+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing.
  • 5+ years leading large maintenance organizations in a unionized environment.
  • Experience in beverage, food, consumer packaged goods, or automated manufacturing environments is preferred.
  • Strong background in TPM, Reliability Engineering, Asset Care, and Continuous Improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the site maintenance and asset reliability strategy.
  • Lead maintenance teams and ensure effective management of maintenance programs.
  • Drive preventive and predictive maintenance initiatives to enhance equipment uptime.
  • Conduct root cause analysis for major equipment failures and implement corrective actions.
  • Collaborate with Operations to optimize asset utilization and reduce downtime.
  • Foster a culture of teamwork and continuous improvement within the maintenance department.
  • Oversee critical utilities and infrastructure performance, ensuring operational integrity.

Benefits

  • Monday to Friday working hours with some out-of-hours responsibilities.
  • Opportunity to build a career pathway towards the Plant Manager role.
  • Engagement in strategic capital projects, including automation and modernization initiatives.
  • Leadership role with significant responsibility in a high-volume manufacturing facility.
Full Job Description
Role Details
  • Work Location - Brampton
  • Shift/Hours - Monday to Friday - Days
  • The full base salary range for this position is from $121,500.00 - $155,000.00 annually. The starting base salary offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, role complexity, skills, experience, and internal equity.
  • Initial Posting Close Date - August 7, 2026


About This Opportunity

The Senior Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading all maintenance, reliability, utilities, asset care, and technical services functions for the Brampton Manufacturing Facility, the largest facility within the Coca Cola Canada Network.

The role is accountable for maximizing equipment reliability, plant availability, safety, and maintenance effectiveness while developing technical capability across maintenance and operations teams.
This position provides strategic leadership for maintenance operations, reliability engineering, utilities management, maintenance planning, capital execution support, and continuous improvement initiatives.The Senior Maintenance Manager drives a proactive maintenance culture focused on safety, equipment ownership, loss elimination, and operational excellence. Responsibilities align with maintenance leadership structures and utilities management roles documented within the Brampton manufacturing organization.

The Sr. Maintenance Manager will be reporting to the Plant Manager based out of our Brampton facility. This position will be a pipeline for our future Plant Manager vacancy!
This is a primarily Mon to Friday position, but as this role leads a 24/7 Maintenance Department out of hours working will be required.

Responsibilities

Maintenance & Reliability Leadership
• Develop and execute the site maintenance and asset reliability strategy.
• Lead maintenance managers, planners, supervisors, trades, contractors, and technical specialists.
• Drive preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs.
• Establish reliability-centered maintenance practices to improve equipment uptime and lifecycle performance.
• Lead major equipment failure investigations and root cause analysis activities.
• Ensure effective spare parts management and maintenance planning systems.

Asset Performance & Manufacturing Support
• Partner with Operations to maximize USLE/OEE, throughput, quality, and asset utilization.
• Reduce unplanned downtime through structured loss elimination programs.
• Support commissioning, startup, and optimization of new equipment and technologies.
• Provide technical leadership on critical manufacturing systems including fillers, packaging equipment, process systems, utilities, and automation.

People Leadership
• Lead, coach, and develop maintenance managers, supervisors, engineers, planners, and skilled trades personnel.
• Build technical capability, succession plans, and leadership pipelines.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage labor relations within a unionized environment.

Utilities & Infrastructure
• Oversee performance of critical utilities systems including boilers, compressors, ammonia refrigeration, electrical distribution, water treatment, wastewater systems, and building infrastructure.

Safety, Food Safety & Compliance
• Champion a Zero is possible culture across maintenance and contractor activities.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and company requirements, including OHSA, TSSA, GMP, HACCP, environmental, and food safety standards.
• Lead contractor safety management and permit-to-work processes.
• Ensure effective execution of LOTO, confined space, electrical safety, and other critical risk programs.

Continuous Improvement
• Champion Continuous Improvement Focus leveraging lean six sigma methodologies
• Drive Planned Maintenance and support Autonomous Maintenance initiatives.
• Utilize data, KPIs, and structured problem-solving methodologies to eliminate losses.
• Lead maintenance cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives.

Capital Projects & Technical Strategy
• Support development and execution of capital investment plans, including Project Canopy, the introduction of a new fully automated can line at the Brampton Facility.
• Ensure maintainability, reliability, and lifecycle considerations are incorporated into new equipment and facility projects.
• Participate in major expansion, automation, and modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

Education
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing, or related discipline.
• Professional Engineering designation considered an asset.
Experience
• 8+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing.
• 5+ years leading large maintenance organizations in a unionized environment.
• Experience in beverage, food, consumer packaged goods, or automated manufacturing environments preferred.
• Strong background in TPM, Reliability Engineering, Asset Care, and Continuous Improvement.

About Coca Cola Refreshments Canada

Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada is a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, the world's largest beverage company. The company produces, distributes, and markets a wide range of non-alcoholic beverages, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, and Dasani. Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company has approximately 6,000 employees across Canada.
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