Maintenance Manager

NWI Precision specializes in high-precision machining of helicopter masts, turbine shafts, engine thrust links, and nuclear pressure vessel components used in the aerospace and nuclear industries worldwide. NWI Precision’s 120,000 sq. ft. facility is located at 9 Fenmar Drive in Toronto. Our dedicated team prides themselves on delivering the highest quality products, to specifications and on time. NWI Precision is currently seeking an experienced Maintenance Manager.

The Maintenance Manager oversees all aspects of equipment and facility maintenance, repair, and building operations to ensure a safe, secure, and efficient workplace. This role includes managing maintenance staff and contractors, developing preventive maintenance schedules, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations, and managing the building’s physical security systems. The position requires strong leadership, planning, and technical skills to maintain critical infrastructure while minimizing downtime and security risk.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Predictive, Preventative and Corrective Maintenance: Be an expert on deep hole drills, manual and CNC lathes, Milling machines and grinding machines. Eg: Mazak, Danobat, Doosan, Okuma, Tacchi etc Develop, implement, and maintain preventive maintenance programs for equipment.
• Maintenance Scheduling: Develop and execute detailed schedules with minimal impact to production with the aim to reduce unplanned downtime. Use diagnostic tools and predictive technologies (like vibration analysis or thermal imaging) to identify potential failures before they occur.
• Machine Reliability: Maintain and improve the performance of production machinery, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems. Apply root-cause analysis (RCA) to recurring failures and recommend long-term reliability improvements.
• Team Management: Lead and supervise maintenance technicians, cleaners, and contractors to ensure efficient workflow and quality standards. Set priorities and allocate resources effectively to meet production and delivery schedules.
• Facility Management: Oversee building security systems, including access control, CCTV surveillance, alarm systems, and perimeter protection. Conduct regular facility inspections and risk assessments for safety and security vulnerabilities. Responsible for compliance activities and audits with ESA, ISO9100, insurance and financial institutions
• Emergency Systems: Coordinate emergency response plans, including fire drills, evacuation routes. Maintain critical emergency systems such as Generators, Sprinklers, Alarms.
• Maintenance budgets: Control costs, and maintain accurate records of repairs, and inventory. Support capital improvement projects, infrastructure upgrades, and facility expansion initiatives

Expectations

• Implement maintenance planning tools such as CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) to manage spares, repairs, preventative and predictive maintenance activities on equipment, building and infrastructure.
• Ensure machine uptime is maximized in line with organizational goals.
• Plan and execute all projects on time and on budget.
• Maintain 100% compliance to the PM schedule
• Excellent team attendance and vacation planning
• No safety events or injuries in the department
• Monitor machine downtime, time to repair, OEE
• Meet budget cost for building maintenance and machine maintenance
• Eliminate all products defects due to machine performance
• Lead adoption of predictive tools to increase machine uptime
• Lead efforts to guarantee CNC machine alignment on all axis
• No machine downtime affecting deliveries

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Diploma or degree in Facilities Management, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of facility or building maintenance management experience; industrial or manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience managing physical security systems and building access controls.
• Strong understanding of health, safety, and environmental (HSE) standards.
• Proficient in CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems) and MS Office.
• Leadership, communication, and organizational skills essential.
• Ability to work flexible hours and respond to emergencies as required.

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience in maintaining a complex manufacturing system from basic to exceptional with multiple work centres, multiple products and multiple product flows.
• Minimum of 10 years related work experience maintaining a complex manufacturing system.
• Demonstrated ability with software programs related to scheduling and linking programs.
• Experience working in aerospace industry is preferred
• Knowledge of AS9100, ISO9001.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Implementation experience with scheduling system.
• Detail-oriented, proactive planner with a safety-first mindset.
• Capable of balancing technical, operational, and security priorities.
• Strong problem-solving ability under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for coordinating with multiple departments and external vendors.
• Creative thinker and goal oriented.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Superior ability to plan, schedule activities within a manufacturing environment.
• Expert ability to conduct analysis, prepare reports, problem solve.
• Sound judgment and decision-making ability.
• Customer and relationship building focus

NWI Precision will make reasonable accommodations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless undue hardship to NWI Precision would result. Any applicant or employee who requires accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of a job should provide details to Human Resources.

NWI Precision is strongly committed to the recruitment, selection, development, and promotion of employees based on individual merit. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national original, age, or disability. We continually seek to build and maintain a workforce that reflects the customers and organizations we serve.

Any employment agency, person or entity that submits a résumé in response to this posting or to a hiring manager does so with the understanding that the applicant's résumé will become the property of NWI Precision. NWI Precision will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Work Location: In person