Employment type:

Permanent, full-time Industry: Manufacturing

Reports to: Plant Manager

Base salary: $125,000 - $140,000 CAD+ bonus

About the Role

Our client, a manufacturing operation in the Greater Oshawa Area, is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead its maintenance and reliability function in a unionized environment. You will be accountable for equipment uptime, asset reliability, safety and cost control, while leading a skilled trades team and maintaining a constructive working relationship with the union.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach and develop the maintenance team, including unionized skilled trades (millwrights, industrial electricians, mechanics and related trades), supervisors and planners
- Build and execute a maintenance and reliability strategy that improves equipment effectiveness, reduces unplanned downtime and extends asset life
- Manage preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance programs, including CMMS administration, work order planning and scheduling, and PM optimization
- Apply root cause analysis and continuous improvement methods to eliminate recurring failures
- Administer the collective agreement day to day: manage grievances, discipline, scheduling, overtime, job postings and trades jurisdiction in partnership with HR
- Build solid working relationships with union leadership,



stewards and the bargaining committee, and support collective bargaining as required
- Develop and manage the maintenance operating budget, capital projects, spare parts inventory and contractor spend
- Ensure compliance with the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, lockout/tagout, and company safety and quality standards
- Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, EHS and Supply Chain to support plant targets
- Track and report KPIs such as OEE, MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, schedule attainment and maintenance cost per unit

Qualifications

Required

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or a related technical field
- Progressive experience in maintenance and reliability within a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Proven experience managing unionized skilled trades.
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including building productive relationships with trades and management
- Strong working knowledge of CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance, and reliability tools (RCA, FMEA, condition monitoring)
- Solid understanding of health and safety legislation and practices in Ontario
- Excellent leadership, communication and problem-solving skills

📌 Maintenance Manager (Oshawa)
🏢 CQ Search Group
📍 Oshawa