Position Title: Complex Engineering Manager 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time 

Position Location: Florenceville Potato 

Requisition ID: 31793 

McCain Foods (Canada) is currently seeking a Complex Engineering Manager for our Florenceville - Bristol complex. Reporting to the Plant Manager, the successful will be responsible for care and maintenance of all buildings, equipment and property owned by McCain Foods that fall under the control of McCain Foods (Florenceville Potato and Prepared Foods). Design, develop, and manage mechanical processes, conveyance and pumping systems including service generation and distribution, for plant operations and expansions using state-of-the-art technologies. This position is required to be on-site.

What you’ll do:

  • Assist in the development of new installation techniques and standards.
  • Conduct employee appraisals and evaluations.
  • Develop or revise standard operational and working practices.
  • Develop, plan, and administer departmental budget.
  • Ensure adequate staffing and training of new employees.
  • Evaluate new process technologies to improve existing systems and resolve process and safety problems. 
  • Fills in for maintenance manager and environmental supervisor in their absence.
  • Implement McCain Driving Impact (MDI) and Lean Manufacturing practices relative to Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People (SQCDP).
  • Interface with engineers to define project scope requirements and incorporate corporate standards.
  • Oversee the design and review of equipment and systems using corporate standards.
  • Acquire and negotiate project contractor bids.
  • Manage capital projects to meet deadlines and budgets. Identify and effectively utilize project resources.
  • Manage release of design input to suppliers (contractors, component suppliers, etc.).
  • Manage technical documents provided by suppliers.
  • Manage the resolution of technical issues identified by suppliers.
  • Perform supplier site visits to ensure compatibility of equipment designs with current plant configurations.
  • Play a coordination role for fire and safety processes. This will require liaison between Insurance brokers, carriers, facility staff and Finance department staff.
  • Prepare project tender documents.
  • Produce site visit reports, contractor job meeting minutes, project material listings, purchase orders, installation schedules and preparation of any other documentation relating to installation of systems.
  • Work with finance, production, and safety to develop justifications for capital projects and prepare the Request for Expenditure Authorization (REA) in a timely and accurate fashion.
  • Provide technical assistance to processing facilities, to improve quality and efficiency. 
  • Responsible for the following departments:
  • Maintenance
  • Processing Maintenance
  • Electrical Maintenance
  • Packing Maintenance
  • Planning Department
  • Engineering
  • Environmental
  • Boiler and Refrigeration
  • Stock Room
  • Other projects/duties as assigned or needed.

Your Skills & Experience:

  • A bachelor’s degree in Engineering required. Mechanical or electrical preferred
  • Professional Engineering License preferred
  • 5 years leading teams and mentoring supervisors
  • 5 years of progressive engineering experience with a minimum of 2 years directly related to food processing
  • Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
  • Sound fact-based decision making and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering results and resolving day to day operational challenges
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate and successfully lead projects/work teams
  • Adaptable and flexible team player who is a champion of change
  • Skilled in developing and executing strategic site plan

Want to learn more? Ask our recruiter on LinkedIn! #LI-MN1 #LI-Onsite

About McCain: McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

Why You Should Join Our Team:

McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:

  • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
  • Pension Benefits
  • Career Development & Education Reimbursement Assistance
  • Apprenticeship, Internship, & Coop support and opportunities

Sustainability and Plant Friendly Practices are at the Heart of McCain:

We’ve embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. Food that will use fewer natural resources in factories and farms, answer the need of increasingly health and planet-conscious consumers, and contribute to positive change in the rural communities where we grow our ingredients.

  • We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.
  • Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.
  • Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Manufacturing; Engineering & Technical 

Division: NA Potato Manufacturing 

Department: Florenceville Potato Maintenance 

Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol 

Company: McCain Foods (Canada) 

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