Maintenance Manager
Job Description
Our client located in Toronto, Ontario is currently seeking a Maintenance Manager.
Dayshift
Salary- $K
Position Description:
The Maintenance Manager oversees all aspects of equipment and facility maintenance, repair, and building operations to ensure a safe, secure, and efficient workplace. This role includes managing maintenance staff and contractors, developing preventive maintenance schedules, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations, and managing the building’s physical security systems. The position requires strong leadership, planning, and technical skills to maintain critical infrastructure while minimizing downtime and security risk.
dUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Predictive, Preventative and Corrective Maintenance: Be an expert on deep hole drills, manual and CNC lathes, Milling machines and grinding machines. Eg: Mazak, Danobat, Doosan, Okuma, Tacchi etc Develop, implement, and maintain preventive maintenance programs for equipment.
- Maintenance Scheduling: Develop and execute detailed schedules with minimal impact to production with the aim to reduce unplanned downtime. Use diagnostic tools and predictive technologies (like vibration analysis or thermal imaging) to identify potential failures before they occur.
- Machine Reliability: Maintain and improve the performance of production machinery, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. Apply root-cause analysis (RCA) to recurring failures and recommend long-term reliability improvements.
- Team Management: Lead and supervise maintenance technicians, cleaners, and contractors to ensure efficient workflow and quality standards. Set priorities and allocate resources effectively to meet production and delivery schedules.
- Facility Management: Oversee building security systems, including access control, CCTV surveillance, alarm systems, and perimeter protection. Conduct regular facility inspections and risk assessments for safety and security vulnerabilities. Responsible for compliance activities and audits with ESA, ISO0, insurance and financial institutions
- Emergency Systems: Coordinate emergency response plans, including fire drills, evacuation routes. Maintain critical emergency systems such as Generators, Sprinklers, Alarms.
- Maintenance budgets: Control costs, and maintain accurate records of repairs, and inventory. Support capital improvement projects, infrastructure upgrades, and facility expansion initiatives
Expectations
- Implement maintenance planning tools such as CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) to manage spares, repairs, preventative and predictive maintenance activities on equipment, building and infrastructure.
- Ensure machine uptime is maximized in line with organizational goals.
- Plan and execute all projects on time and on budget.
- Maintain % compliance to the PM schedule
- Excellent team attendance and vacation planning
- No safety events or injuries in the department
- Monitor machine downtime, time to repair, OEE
- Meet budget cost for building maintenance and machine maintenance
- Eliminate all products defects due to machine performance
- Lead adoption of predictive tools to increase machine uptime
- Lead efforts to guarantee CNC machine alignment on all axis
- No machine downtime affecting deliveries
Requirements
hEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain an effective LOTO system with appropriate checklists for re-energizing machines.
- Work in compliance with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), regulations, and internal health and safety policies and procedures
- Help create a healthy work environment by not condoning, participating in or reporting, as you become aware, any harassment, discrimination, gossiping or unfair treatment of anyone
- Report any defective equipment or protective device which could endanger someone
- Report any contravention of the OHSA regulations, or NWI Precision Tube ULC policies and procedures by another employee
- DO NOT use or operate any equipment, machine, device or thing or otherwise work in a manner that may endanger anyone
- DO NOT engage in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running or rough and boisterous conduct
- Know, understand and implement safe work practices and procedures
- Know, understand and employ established rules and procedures for handling materials, equipment and processes use proper lifting techniques, etc.)
- Use equipment and materials only in the manner intended
- Attend required safety training programs and apply knowledge gained from these training sessions
EDUCATION:
- Diploma or degree in Facilities Management, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of facility or building maintenance management experience; industrial or manufacturing experience preferred.
- Experience managing physical security systems and building access controls.
- Strong understanding of health, safety, and environmental (HSE) standards.
- Proficient in CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) and MS Office.
- Leadership, communication, and organizational skills essential.
- Ability to work flexible hours and respond to emergencies as required.
EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE:
- Experience in maintaining a complex manufacturing system from basic to exceptional with multiple work centres, multiple products and multiple product flows.
- Minimum of years related work experience maintaining a complex manufacturing system.
- Demonstrated ability with software programs related to scheduling and linking programs.
- Experience working in aerospace industry is preferred
- Knowledge of AS0, ISO1.
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Implementation experience with scheduling system.
- Detail-oriented, proactive planner with a safety-first mindset.
- Capable of balancing technical, operational, and security priorities.
- Strong problem-solving ability under pressure.
- Excellent interpersonal skills for coordinating with multiple departments and external vendors.
- Creative thinker and goal oriented.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Superior ability to plan, schedule activities within a manufacturing environment.
- Expert ability to conduct analysis, prepare reports, problem solve.
- Sound judgment and decision-making ability.
- Customer and relationship building focus
If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for to be successful in this role, please apply online or email your resume to:
Natasha Beharry
We are an equal opportunity Employer.