Director of Asset Reliability

Interested in joining Canada's largest poultry processor? At Maple Lodge Farms, we're not only passionate about our chickens, but our people, too. We operate to the latest in technological, health and safety, and quality standards. With rapid expansion over the years, and continued innovation and investment in growth, we're looking for committed, team players to join the Maple Lodge family. As a proudly family-owned Canadian company, we're passionate about what we do. If you're a committed team player, we would love to have you as part of our team.

About the Role:

Reporting into the Senior Director-Engineering and Plant Services, the Director of Asset Reliability is responsible for ensuring that an organizations physical assets, such as machinery, equipment, and infrastructure operate reliably and efficiently. This role involves the development and implementation of maintenance strategies, conducting risk assessments and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to minimize downtime and optimize asset performance.

What's in it for you?

• Health benefits and pension plan
• Weekly pay
• Onsite Cafeteria
• Discount at our Chicken Shop
• Opportunities for career advancement
• A culture that values humility, a respect for family and hard work

What you will be doing:

• Provide Leadership and establish overall vision and direction for Maintenance Organization within Maple Lodge Farms Network. Lead and coach a high performance, knowledgeable, and responsive Maintenance and Asset Reliability team.
• Develop and Implement Maintenance Strategies and create and oversee preventive and predictive maintenance plans to reduce unplanned downtime and enhance asset reliability for Maple Lodge Farms Operations.
• Conduct Reliability Assessments and perform studies and analyses to identify potential risks and areas for improvement in asset performance. Understanding of an asset lifespan and able to conduct a repair/replace evaluation
• Manage / Optimize Maintenance Programs and oversee the execution of maintenance programs, ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards. Continue to optimize work processes such as CMMS system and CBM initiatives.
• Organizational Capabilities Development to develop capabilities in the Maintenance Team to further the High-Performance Team Culture. Assist with development of Machine Operators to develop base Maintenance capabilities for Autonomous Maintenance Tasks.
• Review and forecasts annual Repairs & Maintenance costs for Maple Lodge Farms Operations including labour, spares, contractor, etc. costs. Provide key input for Capital Planning for Asset Replacement Strategy. Monitor the financial performance of the Maintenance Department against the approved budget to ensure we stay on targeted budget and identify potential performance improvement areas. Current MRO annual budget of $16MM and MRO Capital replacement $18MM.
• MRO Parts Management: Knowledge of MRO levels and critical spare parts with an understanding of how to balance carrying costs against the uptime and age of equipment.
• Prepare, recommend and manage a budget for the direct area of responsibility by conducting analysis and preparing data to support requested budget.
• Monitor the financial performance of area of responsibility against approved budget so that areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified and rectified promptly and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalized on.
• Capital project submission approvals.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience in the field;
• Minimum ten to fifteen years of technical experience in engineering and maintenance required;
• Ability to work / excel in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail and effective multi-tasking is essential;
• Advanced knowledge of food and meat plant regulatory standards (CFIA, etc.), GMP, HACCP, BRC, food safety, food quality, Ammonia Refrigeration systems, BRC requirements etc.;
• Working knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), WHMIS, and all other workplace H&S regulations;
• Demonstrated success in building strong, collaborative teams, setting stretch objectives, and holding people accountable for commitments with a track record of delivery favorable results;
• Analytical, with problem-identification and problem-solving capabilities;
• Team-player with the ability to interact professionally with internal and external stakeholders
• Team-player with excellent leadership skills, able to motivate others, negotiate effectively, and interact professionally with internal and external stakeholders;
• General Computer Skills (e.g. MS Office);
• Process improvement including autonomous maintenance (TPM) 6 sigma and lean manufacturing. Knowledge of implementation of TPM programs in a manufacturing environment and development in plant culture;
• Familiarity with reliability analysis tools, predictive maintenance techniques and asset management software.

Maple Lodge Farms was established in 1955. We are the largest chicken processor in Canada, and we remain family owned. The principles that guided us from our humble beginnings, when Lawrence May sold eggs door-to-door, are the same principles that guide us today: hard work, agricultural wisdom and family values. We are creating a sustainable future by providing healthy, wholesome, best quality chicken products with a focus on the humane treatment of animals, the responsible use of resources and the positive development of our employees and the communities in which we operate.

Please note that any offer of employment will be conditional upon background and reference checks, including a criminal record check.

In accordance with Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) 2003, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the recruitment process. Applicants are required to make their needs known in advance.

We thank all applicants for applying, however, only those chosen will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.