Senior Manager, Maintenance/Production in Niagara Falls, Ontario

Senior Manager, Maintenance/Production

Location:

Niagara Falls, ON, CA, L0S 1J0

Req ID: 46196

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Status : Regular Full Time

Education Level : Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering) or a College diploma with specific industry experience

Location : Niagra, ON

Shifts(s) : Days

Working Environment : On Site

Travel : Up to 10%

Deadline to Apply : April 2, 2024

Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.

Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.

Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on — and off — the job.

ACCOMMODATIONS

OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so appropriate arrangements can be made.

If you require information in a format that is accessible to you, please contact AODA@opg.com

JOB OVERVIEW

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Senior Manager Maintenance/Production based in Niagara, ON.

Reporting to the Director of Plant Operations, the Senior Manager, Maintenance/Production , is responsible for overseeing skill trades maintenance technicians and driving new maintenance programs. This individual is also responsible for overseeing all aspects of maintenance and production operations, ensuring efficiency, safety, and quality standards are met or exceeded. The Senior Manager, Maintenance/Production plays a crucial role in driving operational excellence, optimizing processes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to Ontario Power Generation’s public outreach, engagement, and education efforts as part of the company’s commitment to growing its social license.

*KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES *

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of maintenance and production professionals, providing guidance, support, and training as needed.

• Manage assigned resources to execute site work programs in a cost-effective manner to support production, quality, environmental, stakeholder, and worker and public health and safety objectives.

• To provide personal expertise and input to the maintenance strategy, annual work plan, and annual outage program.

• Provide guidance to supervision team on current work activities of maintenance organization, supporting and/or removing barriers for maintenance work.

• Work closely with Senior Manager peers to effectively coordinate work across the organization.

• Set strategies for long term business performance and be accountable for work group objectives with support from the Niagara region leadership team.

• Develop and implement new maintenance initiatives and work management processes.

• Provide staffing oversight for workgroup including succession planning, hiring and development plans.

• Facilitate resolution of work group personnel issues or needs.

• Maintaining effective working relationships with employee representatives, staff, and peers.

• Provide direction and oversight for Health and Safety, Environmental, Work Protection, and Public Safety policies to minimize risk and drive improvements through effective action plans.

• Providing input and/or approving plant level policy and procedures.

• To manage in a manner consistent with corporate values and behaviours.

• Conduct work in accordance with applicable legal requirements, corporate policies and approved procedures and work practices.

• To provide support in response to requests for information, including internal and external investigations and audits

• Participate as required in identifying problems and developing, implementing, and verifying corrective and preventive actions.

• Drive initiatives to enhance employee engagement, morale, and development, fostering a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil Engineering) or a College diploma with specific industry experience.

   

   

QUALIFICATIONS

 

• Minimum of 7+ years of maintenance/production experience in heavy industrial work environment (nuclear, oil/gas, steel, hydro etc…)

• 5+ years of supervisory/people management experience, managing large teams of maintenance staff.

• Self-starter comfortable working with fair degree of autonomy, comfortable raising concerns and making decisions, on-site.

• Strategic leader with ability to drive new initiatives, maintenance programs.

• Experience with maintenance workers in a plant environment, both union and non-unionized personnel

• Proficient in MS Office Suite including MS Word, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint

• Ability to collaborate closely with Senior Manager peers.

• Strong communication and coordination skills, ability to coordinate with supervision team on work activities of their maintenance organization.

• Strong problem-solving abilities and communication skills.

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

What Makes a Career at OPG Different?

As Ontario’s largest clean energy generator, we’re building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.

At OPG, our values are our strengths.  They are fundamental truths about our organization that don’t change: 

Safety – it’s our business

Integrity – always lead with integrity

Excellence – never satisfied with good enough

Inclusion – working together for powerful outcomes

Innovation – creativity accelerates possibility

Here’s why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you:

• Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide

• Long-term career growth and development opportunities

• Electricity is vital to the province and OPG’s clean electricity is helping decarbonize other sectors.

Our promise to you:

• We care about the safety and the well-being of our employees. It is our utmost priority.

• A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day.

• Opportunities to stretch and develop.

• Offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate.

• Partner with Indigenous communities and support local businesses.

• We support employment equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Are you ready to start a career that has the power to electrify life on and off the job? Apply now.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please submit your application online at https://jobs.opg.com/ by 1 1:59 PM E.S.T., April 2, 2024 .  OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

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