Technical Supervisor

The Technical Supervisor is responsible for leading and optimizing all maintenance, reliability, and technical operations that support production, warehouse, and facility activities.

The role provides direct leadership to the maintenance team while serving as the primary technical authority for equipment reliability, automation systems, asset lifecycle management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The Technical Supervisor is accountable for maximizing equipment availability, minimizing downtime, improving maintenance effectiveness, and ensuring regulatory compliance across all production and warehouse assets.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all day-to-day maintenance operations for production, warehouse, utility, and facility equipment.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Drive asset reliability initiatives to maximize equipment uptime, efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Analyze equipment failures and lead root cause investigations to eliminate recurring issues and improve long-term reliability.
• Establish maintenance standards, procedures, and best practices aligned with reliability and operational goals.
• Serve as the site's technical expert for automation, PLCs, SCADA systems, HMIs, robotics, conveyors, scales, ingredient handling systems, and process equipment.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting support for complex mechanical, electrical, controls, and automation failures.
• Participate in equipment commissioning, start-up activities, acceptance testing, and performance validation of new installations.
• Develop equipment lifecycle strategies and recommend capital improvements based on asset condition and operational requirements.
• Directly supervise maintenance technicians and contractors while establishing performance expectations and accountability standards.
• Manage workforce scheduling, resource allocation, and maintenance priorities to support business objectives.
• Mentor and develop technical staff through coaching, succession planning, skills assessments, and training initiatives.
• Support Technical manager in providing details around improvement opportunities within the team and be a role model for collaboration between the team.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on safety, reliability, ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and retention of skilled maintenance personnel.
• Act as the department lead during the absence of the Technical Manager.

Requirements:

• 5-10 years of progressive maintenance experience within a manufacturing, automation, food processing, or industrial environment.
• Minimum 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience managing technical teams.
• Demonstrated experience developing and leading preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Strong expertise in mechanical, electrical, controls, automation, and process systems.
• Advanced troubleshooting experience with PLCs, SCADA, HMI platforms, robotics, motion control systems, and industrial networks.
• Experience managing contractors, vendors, and capital improvement projects.
• Strong working knowledge of CMMS, ERP systems, maintenance planning, and asset management principles.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proven ability to analyze operational data and drive measurable performance improvements.
• Strong understanding of Canadian occupational health and safety regulations and food manufacturing standards.

Benefits:

• Eligible for annual bonus
• Travel 0-10%

Salary: $110,000 - $125,000 per year