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Maple Leaf Foods

Canada-based meat and plant-based protein producer

Ingénieur de projet

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeLaval, QC, Canada$85 - $103

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience as a mechanical/electrical engineer or technologist, or more than 10 years of equivalent project experience.
  • Proven experience managing multiple medium-to-large projects.
  • Effective leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and planning abilities combined with practical business judgment.
  • Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and project-management software.
  • Working knowledge of industry codes and regulations, including OH&S, WHMIS, and HACCP.
  • Proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage plans, operations, budgets, and schedules for annual and multi-year capital projects.
  • Provide technical support to the operations group and assist senior management in developing and justifying capital expenditure requests.
  • Study practical, economical, and innovative plant-improvement solutions.
  • Apply Six Sigma and other project-management tools, methodologies, and principles.
  • Negotiate contracts and oversee equipment suppliers, service providers, and contractors.
  • Participate in company initiatives, including innovation, sharing groups, MyMLF, and energy efficiency.
  • Troubleshoot equipment failures, identify root causes, and determine strategies to improve reliability.
  • Review spare-parts strategies to optimize equipment availability.
  • Support continuous improvement for maintenance professionals and technicians, engineers, and reliability specialists in troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and proactive maintenance strategy development.
  • Act as the subject-matter expert for technical issues across multiple equipment categories.
  • Work with the corporate Asset Reliability group to advance site reliability maturity in alignment with corporate strategies.
  • Lead and own site reliability-centered maintenance initiatives, including asset criticality analysis, critical-parts analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, maintenance task analysis, and sporadic or chronic root-cause analysis.
  • Promote risk-based, condition-based, and predictive maintenance.
  • Collaborate with internal and global teams to adapt improvements.
  • Identify, design, and implement projects and programs to increase productivity and reliability.
  • Monitor process parameters and predictive-maintenance data for critical systems; review and analyze performance key performance indicators to predict and prevent failures, and proactively recommend corrective actions for operational or integrity issues.
  • Develop and optimize equipment strategies and lead efforts to remove performance barriers.
  • Develop solutions to recurring failures and other issues that negatively affect plant operations, using root-cause analysis, reliability-centered maintenance, and failure mode and effects analysis.
  • Use SAP and other computer applications effectively.
  • Collect and track key performance indicators related to the proactive maintenance program.
  • Participate in design and installation phases for new assets and modifications to existing assets.
  • Review and address production losses and assets with unusually high maintenance costs.
  • Manage risks to achieve company strategic objectives for environmental health and safety, asset capacity, quality, and food production.
  • Lead efforts to ensure the reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety systems.
  • Define, design, develop, monitor, and refine maintenance strategies based on asset performance.
  • Provide technical assistance in reviewing equipment rebuilds and supplier performance.
  • Travel as needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of and experience in the food industry.

About the Company

Maple Leaf Foods

Canada-based meat and plant-based protein producer

Maple Leaf Foods is a large Canadian food company that produces protein foods, including packaged meats and plant-based products. Its products come from in-house facilities that turn raw ingredients into meats, deli products, and plant-based proteins sold under brands like Lightlife and Field Roast. The company focuses on a diversified protein portfolio, combining traditional meat with plant-based options, and has reduced its bakery business to sharpen this focus. Its goal is to grow as a leading protein company by expanding brands, improving processing efficiency, and pursuing strategic splits to optimize growth for each business.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Mississauga, Canada
Founded
1927

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