Plant Manager

We are seeking a high-caliber Plant Manager to spearhead our client's grain milling facility in the Edmonton area. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the full lifecycle of production—from raw grain procurement to final packaging. The ideal candidate will be a strategic operator who balances technical milling expertise with a sophisticated approach to team development, safety culture, and financial performance.

Advantages
Compensation: Highly competitive executive-level salary.
Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Balance: Generous PTO and holiday schedule.
Growth: Investment in your continued professional development and industry certifications.

Responsibilities
Operational Excellence & Strategy
End-to-End Oversight: Drive the daily pulse of the facility, managing grain intake, cleaning, sophisticated milling processes, blending, and high-speed packaging.
Performance Optimization: Engineer strategies to maximize extraction rates (yield) and throughput while maintaining rigorous quality benchmarks.
Asset Management: Modernize maintenance strategies by overseeing preventive and predictive programs to ensure 24/7 reliability.
Capital Projects: Lead the charge on facility upgrades and capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects to keep the plant at the cutting edge of milling technology.
Regulatory & Quality Leadership
Compliance Stewardship: Serve as the primary liaison for government and industry bodies, ensuring flawless reporting to Statistics Canada, CGC, and CFIA.
Food Safety Champion: Maintain a "gold standard" facility, adhering to HACCP, FSSC 22000, and GMP requirements. You will lead the team through external audits and champion immediate corrective actions.
EHS Excellence: Cultivate a "Safety First" environment, overseeing WCB/Labour Canada reporting and proactive incident prevention.
Leadership & Financial Acumen
People Development: Mentor and mobilize a diverse workforce of supervisors and technicians, fostering a culture of accountability and professional growth.
Board Engagement: Act as a key stakeholder in board-level meetings, providing operational insights to shape company direction.
Fiscal Responsibility: Manage the P&L for the plant, including budget forecasting, labor cost optimization, and utility efficiency

Qualifications
Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Food Science, or Agriculture.
Industry Tenure: 10+ years within food manufacturing or grain milling, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership or Plant Manager capacity.
Technical Mastery: Deep knowledge of milling machinery; Oat processing experience is a significant competitive advantage.
Business Intelligence: Strong ability to interpret KPIs and financial statements to drive operational change.
Working Environment & Expectations
Setting: High-activity manufacturing environment (dust, noise, and machinery).
Agility: Ability to support operations during peak seasons, which may include extended hours or on-call availability.
Safety: Absolute commitment to PPE and industrial hygiene protocols.


Summary
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please forward your resume via email to Kristy Weckl kristy.weckl@randstad.ca

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.