TEAM LEAD, MAINTENENACE  
Job location: Jarvis, ON
Employment type: Full Time Employment
Hours: 40 Hours per week

Reporting to the Director, Operations – Thrive, the Team Lead, Maintenance is responsible for the safe, effective, and efficient use of all manpower, materials, parts, and other resources under their control as well as providing capacity, asset reliability and best life cycle cost to the operation. Under minimal direction, this role is responsible for defining, implementing, and managing the systems, maintenance organization structure, and processes necessary to achieve and sustain the proactive and preventative maintenance.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Oversees, motivates and trains assigned staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, continuous learning and encourages innovation. 

• Authorizes and coordinates vacation and overtime requests. Monitors and evaluates staff performance, approves salary increments, and recommends disciplinary action when necessary. 

• Establish priorities for scheduled and unscheduled equipment and facility maintenance activities, ensure completed in a timely and cost-effective manner. 

• Ensure work related to the maintenance, calibration, repair or alteration relevant to equipment and building systems is documented and approved (CMMS work orders, reports, etc.) 

• Develop and manage a department budget; report on variances to budget 

• Develop and measure Key Performance Indicators to monitor performance of department, align with Corporate Reliability KPI’s and Systems 

• Be data driven, use data to measure effectiveness of countermeasures. 

• Develop, implement and monitor the Preventative Maintenance Program on all equipment and building systems, including in-house and contracted services 

• Audit and track life cycle of equipment and building systems for replacement. 

• Oversee external service providers and ensures preventive maintenance work is completed as per the contracts and predetermined key performance indicators. 

• Evaluate performance of contractors and consultants. 

• Participates in the identification of major capital projects. Assists in project delivery and coordination. 

• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions and Standard Documents are developed and revised as necessary. 

• Ensure all processes and compliance programs are met (Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety, etc.) 

• Ensures staff are trained in Health and Safety, Policies, SOP’s and for specific work requirements in the unit. 

• Ensures compliance with safety matters under Occupational Health and Safety legislation. 

• Actively and proactively engage in the ongoing management and improvement of Aurora’s quality system. 

• Understands and follows Divisional and Corporate procurement policies and procedures. 

• Where applicable, must adhere to Aurora’s SOPs and comply with Health Canada’s Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR). In addition, must adhere to ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001 (Environment Management System) and OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series). 

• Ensure 24/7 coverage for onsite response to emergencies. 

• Other duties as required 

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:  

• Proven experience as a maintenance or facilities manager, or relevant position 

• Proven experience in the implementation and management of an integrated CMMS 

• Accreditation to, or eligibility for, PEMAC certification 

• Post-secondary education in engineering or equivalent work experience 

• Minimum 3-5 years experience in managing maintenance or facilities in a manufacturing facility  and 2 years in a leadership position.

• Considerable knowledge of Mechanical/ Electrical systems, HVAC and BAS systems. 

• Knowledge of contract management, vendor management, and project management. 

• Demonstrated knowledge in developing and managing operating and project-based budgets 

• Well-versed in technical/engineering operations and facilities management best practices 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

• Excellent organizational and leadership skills 

• Flexible, adaptable and previous experience in a fast-paced environment 

• Strong relationship-building capabilities 

• Strong skills in Excel, Word and other MS Office tools 

Why you’ll love working at Aurora

Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here’s how we do it…  

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! With flexible working hours to compressed work weeks to paid sick and vacation time, you will be empowered to achieve work-life balance.  

• Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary or hourly wage (with shift premiums), stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.  

• Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with $1500 of coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).   

• Life-long learning: we’re lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.  

• Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time, modern technology and snacks and beverages at all our office locations.

• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with medical cannabis.  

Diversity and inclusion

At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know! We are here to help.
 

Next steps
Think you have what it takes to join our team? So do we!

Apply today by submitting your resume along with salary expectations through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by a human recruiter (not a robot) shortly after you apply, and our team will contact you via email if we see a fit.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways! We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity!

Not the role for you? That’s okay! Visit our careers page to find the perfect opportunity for you or share this posting with a friend or colleague that you think would be a great fit (hot tip: if you are already an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by referring this posting to a friend! If they are successful, you will receive a bonus!

If applicable, Aurora Human Resources will contact you via your email address provided. We do not contact candidates over Facebook or other Social Media apps. You will never be requested to provide confidential information such as banking information or your Social Insurance Number in the interview process.