Position Title:

Maintenance and Facilities Manager

Department:

Supply Chain – Manufacturing Operations

Reporting Manager:

Plant Manager

Why Wakefield Canada? Lead. Grow. Make an impact.

Join a purpose-driven, Canadian-owned company—The exclusive manufacturer and distributor of Castrol branded lubricants in Canada, one of the world’s most recognized brands. Step into a high-impact leadership role where innovation, integrity, and people come first. We’re growing fast—and so will you. Join an empowered high-performance team where our greatest asset is our people and ability to move fast.

Competitive compensation, benefits, and rewards. Real influence.

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About Wakefield Canada

Wakefield Canada is the exclusive distributor of Wakefield and Castrol premium lubricants in Canada. A trusted industry leader, we deliver innovative, high-performance solutions across automotive, heavy-duty, and industrial sectors. Our commitment to excellence, customer satisfaction, and a robust performance-driven culture has made Wakefield a top-tier workplace and partner of choice nationwide.

Position Overview This position will be responsible for Coordinating and Managing Maintenance and Facilities for the Toronto campus and other operating departments within Wakefield sites.

In addition, this position will have key accountability and responsibility for Wakefield’s Risk Mitigation Activities, including Risk Assessment Permitting, as it pertains to Building and Facilities Maintenance, as well as the effective organization and management of Maintenance/Facilities Records to meet ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 requirements.





Lead and participate in all exploration and development of key change initiatives supporting continuous improvement or new opportunity development from a maintenance and facilities perspective.

Key Accountabilities: Health & Safety

Work with HSSE team to ensure all engineering, maintenance, contractor and other technical functions are executed in compliance with HSSE policies and parameters

Participate in the JHSC to understand and address HSSE issues which can be resolved by appropriate maintenance follow up or capital.

Ensuring all contractors are aligned and compliant to HSSE standards and that all capital work is completed in accordance with Wakefield’s safety standards.

Maintenance

The development, implementation, and continuous improvement of a maintenance reliability program centered on a balance between operator and trades based on maintenance tasks.

Utilize Fast Maintenance CMMS Maintenance Management Software for ongoing Preventive Maintenance of operational assets and Work Orders to meet Safety and Regulatory Code requirements.

Develop, monitor and work in continuous improvement fashion for maintenance Key Performance Indicators to maximize capital (asset and labour).

Manage planned Repairs & Maintenance budget.

Orchestrate and oversee a trades apprenticeship program as appropriate and where applicable.





Support the Operations Team Leaders and Regional Logistics Managers for the delivery of day to day maintenance requirements, with technical support and leadership.

In conjunction with the Production Operations Manager identify and develop an ongoing plan for the training of trades to keep current in safety, new technology, methods, codes, and other technical requirements.

Development and maintenance of Equipment & Facility library containing all necessary documentation for: Machine & equipment maintenance manuals and Standard Operating Procedures

Drawings and documentation for facility, utility services, electrical power distribution, P&ID;, EASR, HVAC, Tank Instrumentation and PLC logic

Facilities

Coordinate and manage all facilities maintenance tasks, developing a process to stay connected to occupant needs, and addressing through proactive maintenance plans and planned capital initiatives as required.

Develop and partner with Regional Logistics Managers for common facilities maintenance structure for all Wakefield locations. Provide contractor standards and compliance framework and provide technical expertise for oversight of significant change/asset upgrade initiatives.

Develop and oversee processes to ensure adherence of facilities to regulatory and Wakefield-standards of compliance for HSSE and facility optimization including office space utilization.

Negotiate utility contracts with local/ regional suppliers.

Oversee plant energy conservation programs to optimize utility usage.

Capital

Liaise with internal customers and our engineering group to develop and prioritize the annual capital plan.

Effective and timely execution of capital priorities with

📌 Maintenance and Facilities Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Wakefield Canada
📍 Toronto