Regional Director - Plant Maintenance & Capital Projects - Food / Temperature Controlled / Cold Storage and similar
HaysRegional Director - Plant Maintenance & Capital Projects - Food / Temperature Controlled / Cold Storage and similar
• Food Multi -Site Plant Maintenance – HVAC / Refrigeration / Equipment Maintenance / Plant Reliability & Maintenance Processing / Food Storage
• Food Brown Field / Green Field Projects
• Food Temperature Controlled Cold Storage
Location: Mississauga – Brampton – Toronto, ON
Salary
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: 140K -185K base, Bonus, Benefits
5 days on site
30-40% travel
Our client is a well-established food importer / cold storage business with multiple sites across Canada, focused on the import of fresh and frozen foods from Far East countries (China and the region). They have an existing job open for Regional Director - Plant Maintenance & Capital Projects – Food to support their growth and expansion plans. The candidate will be responsible for overseeing all capital projects – (green field & brown field projects, architects/ electrical / mechanical contractors) & Plant Maintenance- Asset Health / Building / Plant Processing equipment -refers / freezers / and similar. This is 5 days on site and will involve 30-35% travel to sites in other provinces. Cantonese / Mandarin is highly preferred to be able to communicate with central offices in far East.
Regional Director - Plant Maintenance & Capital Projects – Food will be fully responsible for Capital budgets (plant expansions, modification, equipment upgrade and similar) and Plant Maintenance budgets / spends/ MRO / tooling / parts and the overall asset health. You will lead maintenance & plant engineering teams including refrigeration, HVAC building maintenance, conveyors, coolers and similar, select & manage construction contracts (architectural , electrical , mechanical plant contractors, plant equipment OEMs etc ), optimise capacity and floor plans and maintain project milestones time / cost on several projects simultaneously. You will overall maintenance reliability, asset protection and the effective operation of existing facilities, while overseeing budgets, capital improvements and the expansion and development of new upcoming facilities.
Regional Director - Plant Maintenance & Capital Projects – Food will have minimum 12-15 years of Food Maintenance experience (MUST have) in Food Processing / Food Warehousing / Distribution centres / Cold Storage and similar; 5-10 years of overseeing Food Plant expansions / Food Plant Construction / Food Plant New Build under the Health Canada and liaison with Municipalities and similar. B.Sc. / B.Eng. Bachelors degree / Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering degree, Capital project management experience, Budgets, Capital and Plant maintenance, people leadership of multiple sites and similar are all MUST haves. Food industry experience in temperature-controlled environments is a MUST have. Strong hydraulics, pneumatics, construction project management for food grade plants, experience working with general contractors, consultants, landlords and other external stakeholders, ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities, interpret blueprints, drawings, specifications and technical documentation are all a MUST have. Cantonese / Mandarin communication skills highly preferred to be able to work with central leadership. Ability to travel to multiple sites 30% travel.
Qualified candidates willing to work 5 days in Mississauga / Brampton / Toronto, ON area are welcome to send their resumes as WORD doc to Preeti.Dayal@hays.com . Please write “Regional Director - Plant Maintenance & Capital Projects- Food” in the subject line of the e mail.
While we thank all applicants for your interest, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted due to volume of applicants.
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