Maintenance Manager - Surrey, Canada - Central City Brewing Company Ltd

Central City Brewing Company Ltd

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Surrey, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

Central City Brewers and Distillers is a craft brewery in the business of developing and selling international award-winning premium craft beer and high-quality distilled spirits brewed without compromise. Based in Surrey, British Columbia, CCBD was voted Canada Best Brewery of the Year in 2010 and 2012. Its Red Racer brand has become a cult icon among craft beer enthusiasts throughout North America. Founded in 2003 as a brewpub and liquor store in downtown Surrey, CCBD celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2013 with the grand opening of a brand new, 68,000 sq. ft. brewery and distillery on Bridgeview Drive. In 2019 we opened a 40,000 sq. ft. storage facility with approximately 2000 barrels of whiskey ageing in this facility. We are proud of being a local-Canadian Brewery that is currently expanding. In 2021 the company completed installation of a new canning line designated for contract manufacturing.

JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the VP of Operations, the

Maintenance Manager is responsible for providing day-to-day support for the maintenance functions, ensuring proper preventive maintenance of physical plant and all operating equipment, electrical troubleshooting, minimizing equipment downtime to provide maximum production capacity, and compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety regulations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Continuously improving manufacturing processes in terms of quality and performance measurements, and identifying and eliminating bottleneck areas
Seek to ensure reliability of plant and equipment operation while optimizing maintenance and operation costs and satisfying all safety, environmental etc. regulations in the process
Identify and solve safety concerns encountered during design and study of manufacturing processes
Devise hands on improvement processes to reduce scrap and defects while improving throughput and document SOPs and the implementation of Best Practices into the facility. Coordinate the installation of new equipment to maximize production efficiency and maintainability
Work with production to make modifications to equipment and work areas for maximum efficiency of operation
Maintain a knowledge base in the capacity of existing utilities and the current level of utilization
Stay abreast of the latest safety, environmental and other regulations which affect the facility to ensure compliance
Oversee the maintenance of the equipment and the facility to ensure the company receives maximum utilization of its assets
Ensure that systems are in place & followed to maintain reliability of the equipment & processes specifically champion the annual reviews of SOPs
Keep written documentation of environmental compliance current
Reviews, evaluates, counsels, disciplines and discharges employees as necessary to ensure department meets or exceeds productivity requirements
Evaluates and recommends improvements to product manufacturability
Responsible to adhere to food quality and food safety as per quality standards and/or Safe Quality Food requirements
Ensure compliance to all safety and environmental regulatory and corporate standards. Investigate and identify root causes of any noncompliance
Accountable for a safe working environment through the development of strategies focused on accident reduction as well as energy and waste minimization

QUALIFICATIONS/DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

Working knowledge in Excel, Word, SAP or similar ERP systems
Proven Leadership experience in a Production environment
Strong team player who is able to work across multiple functions
Ability to analyze and solve problems, results oriented
Able to work under deadline pressures
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written
Ability to share knowledge and continuously broaden the level of knowledge of the department
Undergraduate degree in a related field
5+ years relevant work experience in Management
Experience in Food/ Beverage Manufacturing preferred
HACCP experience is considered an asset
Experience in the creation, implementation, and maintenance of a robust Preventative Maintenance program

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