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Mars UK • CAN-Alberta-Acheson | Canada

Supervisor Maintenance - Afternoon Shift

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Job Description

Job Description:

Champion Petfoods is expanding! We are excited to announce we are looking for a Maintenance Supervisor to join our rapidly growing company.

Champion Petfoods is an award-winning pet food maker with a reputation of trust spanning 35+ years. Founded in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Champion – with its ORIJEN® and ACANA® brands – is a key player in the global premium pet food industry across three major geographic regions.

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about personal and professional growth and see yourself as a key player contributing to our continued success as an award-winning company.

Here's the Scoop – Summary

As a Maintenance Supervisor, you will report directly to the Maintenance Manager. You will supervise and coach the Maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient execution of the maintenance works and optimal operational effectiveness in line with corporate and site objectives.

What a typical day looks like:

Safety

  • Ensure compliance to Company’s policies, practices and procedures related to Health and Safety, Food Safety, and the Environment

  • Comply with all safety training and departmental SOPs, and with all regulations relating to equipment and chemical approvals for a food manufacturing facility

  • Ensure that all reporting employees are aware of, and comply with, company policies and procedures related to health and safety and to the environment and commit to personal compliance

Leadership

  • Provide direction, supervision to diverse workforce of 5 to 10 employees

  • Recruit, hire, train and manage employee performance

  • Provide daily direction to team and ensure job tasks are done efficiently and safely

  • Manage time & attendance of team

  • Develop and maintain good communication practices with departmental Production staff to advise of lead times required to obtain maintenance parts, and/or services

Maintenance

  • Assist in the identification and implementation of industry best practices, procedures and service systems that will successfully address day-to-day maintenance issues and create opportunity to improve future production capacities and/or productivity

  • Oversee implementation and compliance with all aspects of security, preventative and reliability maintenance for the building, equipment and inventory, and all environmental issues and health and safety aspects for the departmental workforce

  • Analyze equipment issues, identify solutions, or determine options for resolution and ensure repairs to the facility and/or equipment are carried out on a least cost basis

  • Create and maintain appropriate work orders, reports, and records, including information related to repair turn-around time

  • Participate in regular discussions and/or meetings with the Manager, Maintenance with regard to determination of budget items related to maintenance and other related issues.

Other

  • Consult and organize activities with other teams and departments

  • Perform other duties as required or assigned

What are we looking for?

  • 3 to 5+ years of supervisory experience in an industrial, manufacturing, preferably in food industry

  • Engineering graduate preferably Electrical or Mechanical

  • Ability to successful complete a pre-employment Drug & Alcohol and Fit-to-Work test up to 50 lbs

  • Ability to clear a Criminal Record Check

Working Conditions

  • Shift: Monday – Friday – Afternoon Shift (2:00 PM to 10:30PM)

  • Working inside a clean, modern, state-of-the-art pet food manufacturing facility, with brand new equipment.

What can you expect from Champion?

  • Safety: a strong commitment to ensure all people are provided with a safe, healthy and respectful environment.

  • Earnings: Competitive Wages that give financial peace of mind, RRSP with Company, and donation matching.

  • Industry Competitive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and Employee Assistance Programs to meet your individual or family needs.

  • Continuing Education: In House & Online Learning & Development, as well as an Education Assistance Program.

  • Quality: a dedication to uphold the highest standards of authenticity, nutritional integrity, and food safety, to earn the trust of Pet Lovers everywhere.

  • Other Perks: Free Bag of Premium Pet Food each month, Free Parking and more!

What are you waiting for? Join the pack!

Come as you are.

We value diversity in all forms and know the power it can bring. Workplace equality allows for creative ideas to bloom, diverse points of views to be heard, and increases overall happiness. That sounds pretty good to us.

Champion is an equal opportunity employer. Regardless of your race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, or any other creed, you are wanted here.

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Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave
Family health insurance
Pregnancy support
Neo-natal leave
Faith rooms
Meditation space
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Annual bonus
Employee discounts
Cinema discounts
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Theme park discounts
Lunch and learns
In house training
LinkedIn learning license
Studying sabbaticals
Open to part time work for some roles

Working at Mars UK

Company employees:

4,000 In the UK

Gender diversity (m:f):

57:43

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