The Opportunity:

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the safe, disciplined, and effective execution of maintenance activities to support plant reliability, safety, and production performance. This role owns day-to-day maintenance execution, technician leadership, and schedule adherence, ensuring work is completed as planned and standards are consistently enforced.

The Maintenance Supervisor serves as the primary execution link between Maintenance Planning, Reliability, and Operations. The role is critical in stabilizing a reactive maintenance environment by reducing emergency work, improving work order quality, developing technician capability, and restoring confidence in the maintenance system.

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by February 23. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

Compensation:  $61,000 – $91,000 USD base pay annually plus annual short-term incentive

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

1. Safety, Environmental & Regulatory Compliance

• Enforce all safety standards including LOTO, confined space, hot work, and permit-to-work requirements.
• Exercise stop-work authority for unsafe conditions or behaviors.
• Ensure maintenance work complies with environmental and wastewater requirements and escalate abnormal conditions immediately.
• Hold technicians accountable for housekeeping and job-site restoration as part of every task.

2. Work Execution & Schedule Discipline

• Own execution of the published weekly maintenance schedule and drive >90% schedule compliance.
• Control and challenge break-in and emergency work; ensure true emergencies are clearly defined and documented.
• Lead daily maintenance execution meetings and shift handovers.
• Monitor work order progress multiple times per shift and actively remove barriers to completion.
• Escalate systemic schedule disruptions to Maintenance Management and Operations.

3. Backlog & Work Order Management

• Actively manage maintenance backlog health, aging, and prioritization.
• Ensure all work orders meet CMMS quality standards including labor hours, failure codes, comments, and completion status.
• Verify accuracy and completeness of work orders before returning them to Planning.
• Review job delays and variance between planned vs. actual labor to identify improvement opportunities.

4. Technician Leadership & Capability Development

• Assign work based on demonstrated competency, not availability.
• Hold technicians accountable for work quality, documentation, safety compliance, and standard work.
• Conduct regular skills assessments against the skills matrix and implement corrective training plans.
• Remove technicians from complex or critical work when competency gaps are identified.
• Lead mentoring and apprentice development programs.

5. Planning & Reliability Interface

• Ensure planned jobs are executed as written and provide structured feedback to Planning for job plan improvement.
• Verify tools, parts, kits, and materials are staged and ready prior to job execution.
• Partner with Reliability by providing high-quality execution feedback, failure observations, and data to support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and PM optimization.
• Ensure defective parts and assemblies are routed for repair or rebuild promptly.

6. Asset Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Support Preventive and Predictive Maintenance execution and compliance.
• Participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis for major or chronic failures as required.
• Track and improve maintenance execution KPIs including schedule compliance, PM completion, emergency work percentage, and value-added maintenance work.
• Ensure maintenance standardization and continuous improvement initiatives.

Measures of Success

• Schedule compliance
• PM completion rate
• Emergency / break-in work percentage
• Quality and timeliness of CMMS feedback
• Maintenance safety and environmental performance
• Technician skill progression and engagement

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Maintenance Technology or related field or 5–10 years of progressive industrial maintenance supervisory experience.
• Proven success stabilizing high-reactive maintenance environments.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, correct, and develop diverse technician skill sets.
• Experience working within a CMMS-driven maintenance organization.
• Technical knowledge of industrial electrical systems, PLCs, motor controls, mechanical systems, pneumatics, and automated equipment.
• Familiarity with predictive and condition-based maintenance tools.
• Knowledge of OSHA and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Food or regulated manufacturing experience preferred.

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

• Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
• An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best. 
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
• Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events, and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career.
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program that supports continuous learning and development of our team members through investment in eligible degrees, diplomas, professional certification, or trades programs.
• Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

About Us:

We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let’s build a better future, together.

We’re passionate about food. For more than 100 years, we’ve made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf®, Schneiders®, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co.® We’re on a journey to become the most sustainable protein company – not just in Canada – but on earth.

• We are carbon neutral.
• We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set science-based targets.

We’re a global food company with approximately 10,000 team members. We operate sites in 20+ locations across Canada. We also have locations in the U.S. and Mexico, and do business in Asia.

A diverse and inclusive work environment

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision and living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values. We believe in building, investing in, recognizing, and rewarding remarkable people who value an inclusive workplace, embrace all forms of diversity, and commit to including every voice in our collaborative environment. We’re so much stronger when we know we’re accepted and valued for who we are and what we each bring to the workplace.

We embrace a strong, values-based culture

Our eight Leadership Values are our north star. They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders: our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.

• Doing What’s Right
• Shared Value
• High Performance
• Diverse and Inclusive Teams
• Disciplined Decision Making
• Our Accountability
• Intense Curiosity
• Transparency and Humility

We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position.

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision, living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values, and delivering winning results. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Talent Attraction Team at accommodations@mapleleaf.com.

The above compensation reflects the target compensation for the position at the time of posting. The base salary offered may vary based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, education, training, job- related knowledge, and other organizational requirements. For part-time roles, salaries are adjusted according to scheduled hours.  In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in Maple Leaf’s annual short-term incentive plan. 

Disclaimer:  Please note that salaries posted on sites other than the MLF Careers Page are not a reflection of Maple Leaf Foods and are an estimated salary range provided by that particular job board.  Maple Leaf Foods offers competitive wages and an attractive total rewards package, which will be discussed during an interview with our Talent Team.