Maintenance Director

Description:

Arcand et Associés is recruiting a National Maintenance Director for a well-established Canadian food industry group. This newly created strategic role reports directly to senior management and is aimed at structuring, harmonizing, and deploying a modern maintenance vision across a network of highly automated and regulated manufacturing plants throughout Canada.

The successful candidate will be a strategic leader responsible for consolidating maintenance practices on a national scale and driving continuous improvement in maintenance operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a structured national maintenance program.

• Oversee maintenance operations across multiple Canadian sites.

• Supervise and support the performance and development of local maintenance teams.

• Harmonize maintenance practices and establish national KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).

• Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance and operational performance.

• Collaborate with local teams on reliability and performance issues.

• Lead strategies for preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance.

• Support technological advancements including automation, robotics, and Maintenance 4.0 initiatives.

• Act as a strategic change agent and a mobilizing leader across sites.

Candidate Requirements:

• Proven multisite management experience in Canada (mandatory).

• Degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering; engineering title highly preferred.

• Significant experience in the food industry or highly regulated industries.

• Strong expertise in automated environments, unionized settings, and management tools (CMMS, KPIs, OEE).

• Strategic leadership skills, rigor, and collaborative mindset.

• Bilingual in French and English (required).

• Residency in the Greater Montreal area.

• Willingness to travel regularly across Canada (approx. 30%).

Benefits Offered:

• Permanent strategic position with national impact.

• Opportunity to create and influence maintenance standards and culture.

• Direct access to North American manufacturing leadership.

• Structured, regulated, and automated manufacturing environment.

• State-of-the-art equipment.

• Comprehensive group insurance plan.

• Employer-contributed retirement plan.

• Telemedicine and employee family assistance programs.

• Culture based on respect, rigor, and multisite collaboration.

• Key role in implementing a sustainable and structured maintenance model nationwide.

• Well-established, growing company with strong human values.