Maintenance Engineering Manager

Aurora, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 17, 2026
1 position

$70,000–$90,000 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Lead maintenance operations and manage planning, scheduling, work orders, and preventive maintenance to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and support production targets. Coordinate repairs, upgrades, procurement, suppliers, and contractors while collaborating across teams and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Job details

About The Role This role is responsible for improving equipment reliability, optimizing preventive maintenance programs, reducing downtime, and ensuring safe and efficient production. The successful candidate will bring strong maintenance leadership skills, knowledge of industrial equipment, and experience with automation, robotics, maintenance planning, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Lead and improve day-to-day maintenance operations to support production targets and equipment reliability. Develop and manage maintenance planning, scheduling, work orders, and preventive maintenance (PM) programs. Monitor maintenance performance metrics, equipment effectiveness, downtime, and maintenance costs. Coordinate equipment repairs, upgrades, installations, and continuous improvement initiatives. Manage relationships with equipment suppliers, vendors, and external contractors. Coordinate parts procurement and ensure the timely availability of maintenance materials and components. Collaborate with Production, Quality Assurance, and Operations teams to minimize downtime and improve efficiency. Support troubleshooting and maintenance of automated equipment, robotics, and industrial production systems. Use engineering tools such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks to support equipment layouts, modifications, and installations. Ensure compliance with applicable health and safety requirements and food manufacturing regulations. Identify opportunities to improve maintenance processes, equipment performance, and operational cost control. Qualifications And Experience Minimum 5 years of maintenance or engineering leadership experience in a manufacturing or food production environment. Strong understanding of industrial equipment, automated systems, robotics, and production processes. Demonstrated experience managing preventive maintenance schedules, work orders, and maintenance planning. Experience coordinating parts procurement, suppliers, vendors, and external contractors. Familiarity with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and maintenance planning tools. Working knowledge of AutoCAD or SolidWorks. Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Engineering education or a related technical background is preferred but not required.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires at least five years of maintenance or engineering leadership experience in manufacturing or food production, with knowledge of industrial equipment, automation, robotics, and production processes. Candidates should have experience with preventive maintenance, maintenance planning, CMMS, procurement, and suppliers, plus working knowledge of AutoCAD or SolidWorks; an engineering education or related technical background is preferred but not required.