Maintenance Senior Manager

Job summary

The Senior Manager, Maintenance will lead the development and execution of site-wide maintenance and reliability strategies to maximize operational uptime. They will also oversee technical team development, manage capital project priorities, and ensure strict compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

Job details

Job Description Summary: At The Coca‑Cola Company, our purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. Behind every beverage is a commitment to operational excellence — and that’s where you come in. We are hiring a Senior Manager, Maintenance for our Peterborough, Ontario plant, a key site for juice and dairy manufacturing. In this role, you will lead a maintenance and reliability strategy, ensure compliance across critical systems, and drive improvements that reduce downtime and elevate performance. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, leadership capability, and a passion for building team competence and efficiency in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Position-Related Duties and Key Responsibilities Lead the development and execution of a multi-year maintenance and reliability strategy for the site, including alignment on capital project priorities. Drive preventive and predictive maintenance programs to maximize uptime of process, packaging, utilities, and building systems. Build technical capability across maintenance teams through structured coaching, mentoring, and skills development programs. Partner with production, quality, safety, and warehouse teams to deliver operational improvements that meet site performance and compliance targets. Ensure regulatory and internal compliance with systems including ammonia refrigeration, wastewater treatment, utilities, TSSA, CFIA, and KORE standards. Oversee the planning and allocation of resources for maintenance activities, spare parts management, and contractor coordination to ensure efficiency and continuity of operations. Utilize analytical tools to track the Department’s KPIs, identify failure modes, and implement corrective actions to minimize unplanned downtime. Serve as the site Subject Matter Expert for maintenance processes, engineering change control, and technical upgrades, ensuring smooth integration of new systems or technologies. Support the execution of capital projects by collaborating with corporate engineering and on-site project teams. Champion a culture of continuous improvement by initiating focused improvement projects for safety, quality, and operational reliability. Act as a key partner in internal and external audits, driving ownership of findings and corrective actions to ensure sustained compliance. Communicate progress against maintenance KPIs, cost metrics, and reliability performance to stakeholders, delivering insights that inform operational decisions. Ensure safe work practices across all maintenance operations while fostering sustainable maintenance approaches aligned with corporate sustainability goals. Provide leadership and direction for on-site troubleshooting during complex technical issues across systems such as process automation, utilities, and building infrastructure. Education and Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or a similar Engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience required. Minimum 5 years of experience in similar industrial maintenance positions, including leadership roles with strategic responsibility. Advanced knowledge of refrigeration systems (including ammonia), wastewater treatment, and critical utilities operations. Expertise in maintenance and engineering compliance standards for food manufacturing, including ISO, GMP, HACCP, and CFIA guidelines. Proven experience managing site preventive and predictive maintenance programs leveraging modern CMMS platforms such as SAP. Solid technical background in troubleshooting processing and packaging machinery/equipment, utilities, and automation systems (PLC, SCADA, HMI). Familiarity with regulatory frameworks for safety, environmental, and electrical compliance in Canada; knowledge of CSA and TSSA codes and standards is highly desirable. Ability to interpret and modify technical drawings, P&ID diagrams, and engineering schematics for troubleshooting and process improvement. Strong analytical and data literacy skills to leverage equipment performance data and reliability metrics for decision-making. Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional collaboration and managing external contractors in a manufacturing environment. Excellent organizational, communication, and team leadership skills with the ability to build engagement and capability within a diverse workforce. What We Offer Provide a critical leadership role where you will shape maintenance excellence in a high-performing manufacturing environment. Ensure access to advanced technologies, tools, and corporate support to deliver sustainable reliability improvements. Enable professional development and technical growth through continuous learning opportunities and cross-functional project involvement. Empower you to impact site performance directly by driving efficiency, compliance, and safety across the plant. Skills: Pay Range: Canada: 134,800 - 151,900 CAD Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered. Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 15 Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target. Location(s): Canada City/Cities: Peterborough Travel Required: 00% - 25% Relocation Provided: No Job Posting End Date: October 16, 2026 Our Purpose and Growth Culture: We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

What you’ll do

The Senior Manager, Maintenance will lead the development and execution of site-wide maintenance and reliability strategies to maximize operational uptime. They will also oversee technical team development, manage capital project priorities, and ensure strict compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent and possess at least 5 years of industrial maintenance leadership experience. Expertise in refrigeration systems, wastewater treatment, and modern CMMS platforms like SAP is required.

Benefits

• Medical
• Financial
• Annual Incentive

Listed skills

• Continuous Improvement · Preferred
• SAP · Preferred
• Preventive Maintenance · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Maintenance strategy
• Reliability engineering
• Preventive maintenance
• Predictive maintenance
• Ammonia refrigeration
• Wastewater treatment
• CMMS
• SAP
• PLC
• SCADA
• HMI
• Team leadership
• Capital project management
• Continuous improvement
• Compliance management
• Technical troubleshooting
• Industrial Repair And Maintenance
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Continuous Development
• Data Literacy
• Dairy Manufacturing
• Technical Issues
• Automation Systems
• Growth Mindedness
• Curiosity
• Food Manufacturing
• Regulatory Frameworks
• Operation Maintenance
• Planning
• Agile Methodology
• Ammonia
• Absorption Refrigeration
• Business Process Automation
• Good Manufacturing Practices
• Decision Making
• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Corporate Sustainability
• Engineering Change Order
• External Auditing
• Failure Causes
• Packaging And Labeling
• Focused Improvement
• Warehousing
• Leadership
• Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
• Internal Auditing
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Machinery

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Food & Beverage
• Security & Safety
• Maintenance Manager
• Mechanical Engineering Technicians
• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

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