Company Description

The Veolia group's ambition is to be the benchmark company in ecological transformation. With nearly 230,000 employees worldwide, the group designs and implements innovative, useful and concrete solutions for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary businesses, Veolia contributes to developing access to resources, preserving available resources and renewing them. By 2021, the Veolia group will have supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million with wastewater, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours and recovered 48 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) will achieve consolidated sales of 28.508 billion euros in 2021.

Job Description

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for (but not limited to):

1. Directs the development of maintenance strategies consistent with business
requirements, objectives, and established financial goals.
2. Leads a team of skilled mechanical, electrical, instrument and controls, and
maintenance professionals providing 24-hour services for the plant.
3. Develops overall maintenance schedules to maintain equipment availability and
coordinate planned outages.
4. Continually searches out and develops new technical improvements and business
strategies for maintenance and reliability excellence.
5. Represents a key stakeholder in overseeing plant warehousing and inventory
management including spare parts and tools inventories.
6. Manages the successful implementation utilization of the CMMS system as well as
the Asset Management program.
7. Works closely with management on site and in conjunction with Operations,
Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety departments, and senior staff to




coordinate daily activities and long term maintenance planning.

Key Responsibilities

1. Maintains plant equipment and infrastructure, collaborating with Operations
and Engineering to optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency while
minimizing costs.
2. Establishes and manages maintenance schedules, plans (work orders,
procedures, cost control), and reports on activities.
3. Improves work quality through employee motivation, new technology, process
revisions, and directs training and performance evaluations for maintenance
personnel.
4. Develops and supervises an in-house team, evaluates contract needs,
provides instruction, sets work standards, inspects compliance, writes
specifications, negotiates contracts, and manages projects.
5. Manages operating and capital budgets for the Maintenance Department,
assisting the Asset Manager with annual budgets and monitoring
expenditures for best value.
6. Leads safety and environmental programs, ensuring compliance, prioritizing
employee safety and plant reliability, and identifying improvement
opportunities.
7. Monitors cross-department functions to improve coordination and ensures
responsiveness of the work order system.
8. Establishes, directs, and monitors periodic, predictive, and preventive
maintenance programs, including plant outages,



instrument calibration, and
lubrication schedules.
9. Evaluates productivity and labor requirements, making staffing
recommendations and conducting facility inspections.
10. Manages plant warehousing, inventory, and spare parts ordering, utilizing
control systems for budgetary impact, efficiency, and contingency planning.
11. Collaborates with senior staff on company policies, procedures, guidelines,
financial controls, and leads company initiatives.
12. Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Experience and Required Certifications

- Possession of a valid Red Seal trade certificate in electrical, millwright, or a related field, or actively working towards certification.
- A minimum of five years of hands-on or supervisory experience in the maintenance field is required.
- Power Engineering certification or any maintenance-related certification (Power Engineering certification or any maintenance-related certification (Maintenance Management Qualified (MMP) /Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional) is considered an asset.
- A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or an Engineering Technology Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation & Controls is a plus.
- Proficient in the operation and maintenance of thermal power plants, especially Boiler and Steam Turbine systems, with previous experience in large-scale industrial plant environments being a strong asset.
- Possessing strong leadership and supervisory skills, managing teams in dynamic environments, comfortable with both union and non-union labor relations, and experienced in working with trades.
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📌 Maintenance Manager (Burnaby)
🏢 Veolia
📍 Burnaby