JOB PURPOSE
The Maintenance Lead role is critical to the development of our factories to World Class, which means zero defects, zero waste and zero losses. The Maintenance Lead role will focus on elimination of breakdowns and maintenance of basic conditions through use of Focused Improvement and Quality improvement methods including implementation of countermeasures that simplify processes, utilize predictive / preventative maintenance effectively and introduce increased automation and controls. The maintenance lead will lead the department while working directly with the cross-functional teams. This role will also support technical training for maintenance team and provides coaching in phenomena identification, root cause analysis and the establishment of countermeasures. This role also has responsibility and support for preventative maintenance functions to improve reliability, efficiency, and cost.
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are action oriented, growth focused and possess positive leadership skills, then this role is just for you
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Consumer & Customer Focus: Building world class factories will eliminate losses and ensure that we do not pass on the cost of inefficiencies to our customers and consumers. Bias for Action. By providing consistent and near real time information, decisions can be taken quickly which leverage our resources.
Building Talent & Teams: Our vision is to move to autonomous teams and we require Maintenance Lead with a passion for achieving results through excellent teamwork, an ability to teach new tools and methodologies and ensuring that you and your colleagues are fully aligned and drawing on one another’s strengths.




Accountability & Responsibility: Taking responsibility for building your team’s performance and sharing your best interventions to help support other function groups in their improvements.
Growth Mindset: By building world class factories, we will become more competitive in the marketplace and set the standards to which others aspire.
Apply the full set of UMS methods and tools to identify root causes, define countermeasures and validate their effectiveness;
Establish standards to support line operators and mechanics sustain new basic conditions. Process and Organizational Design.
Leverage technical knowledge and a systems approach to ensure factory lines and processes are optimally resourced.
Analytical capability: Collect and analyse complex data to penetrate problems’ phenomena and understand root causes.
Eliminate Loss according to the UMS prioritization process using PM, FI and QC pillar tools and methodologies.
Implement preventative, predictive maintenance and design / automation improvements to maintain basic conditions and increase MTBF
Train maintenance crews on technical standards and sustainability of basic conditions (Stability sustainability).
Identify and extend good practice to other lines.
Key Performance Indicators (as driven by Cost Deployment Analysis): Breakdowns (PM Loss), MTBF, Maintenance Cost Benefit/Cost Ratio
Spare parts standards,



define critical parts and maintain.
REQUIRED SKILLS
Must have 3-5 years of maintenance experience in manufacturing
Gradual level education in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering or related field
Strong troubleshooting skills;
Able to visualize clearly what the ideal production system is;
Able to clearly understand operating principles and establish correct operating standards;
Able to present findings and rationales clearly so that whole factory team can understand;
Able to make logical decisions based on data;
Possess challenging and pioneering spirit.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Prior leadership experience
Work experience in a unionized environment
Experience in automation and controls, control panels
Allen Bradley PLC Experience
NFPA 70 E electrical safety standard experience, electrical designs, schematics, Autocad experience
Experience with P&IDs;, PFDs, HAZOP, FMEA
Experience in statistics and process control tools.
Experience in AM, PM, Quality and FI tools and processes.
Confident in applying problem solving tools (5 W1 H, 4 M, 5 WHY etc.)
Process and instrumentation experience
Leadership
You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leader

📌 Maintenance lead (Toronto)
🏢 Unilever
📍 Toronto