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manager, maintenance

Title posted on indeed.com - Maintenance Manager

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Employer details Murray Brothers Lumber Company, a division of Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd.

Job details

*Job Title: Maintenance Manager* Do you enjoy the great outdoors? Have you ever envisioned yourself living and working in a beautiful location, where the lakes, rivers and forests seem endless? How about a region where home ownership is still affordable? Perhaps you?re looking for a place to raise a family with small town values. Maybe you dreamed of driving your boat, ATV or snowmobile to work? We are perfectly situated just outside of the village of Madawaska, with a hospital, schools and shopping all within 20 minutes. Our team members enjoy their work life balance with access to over 100,000 acres of Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve land and the endless recreational choices available. Murray Brothers Lumber Company, a division of Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve, is a modern outfit committed to producing high quality forestry products, including dimensional lumber, specialty products, and residuals. Working at Murray Brothers allows employees to work in a dynamic environment in one of the most beautiful places in Ontario. There is a reason over 30% of our team members have been with us for over 25 years! At its core, Haliburton Forest is a sustainable multi-use private land stewardship company with operations that include guided tours, forestry, sawmilling, recreational trails, value-added manufacturing, ecological research, and much more. Through our work, we try to minimize our environmental impact as we manage private lands and operating assets on our own terms. We try to generate meaningful profits, but we do so in a manner that earns our social license and fulfills our land ethic. We try to balance sustainable forest management, manufacturing, tourism, research, and conservation all at the same time. We try to continuously improve, take risks, and grow our business, while setting a positive example for all our stakeholders. *Your Contribution* Our Madawaska Division is seeking talent to fill a Maintenance Manager position. The Maintenance Manager reports directly to the Eastern Ontario General Manager, and will work closely with other Divisional Maintenance Managers across the region while getting up to speed and for larger Capital Projects. The Maintenance Manager is a motivated individual with strong leadership skills and technical abilities. This position will be based in Madawaska at our Murray Brothers Lumber Company Division. *Compensation* ? Your compensation will be negotiated during the interview process and is dependent upon candidate experience and qualifications. This position also offers a comprehensive benefits package. *Work Life Ballance* ? Monday-Thursday: 6am to 3:30pm / Friday 6am-2:30pm *Responsibilities * * Provide direct, day-to-day supervision and guidance to a team of maintenance staff, including millwrights apprentices, welders, saw filers and general maintenance workers. * Lead continuous improvement initiatives relating to the performance of the sawmills, planers, stackers and kilns, including installing new equipment, modifying existing equipment, and renovating facilities. * Ensure preventative maintenance tasks are completed in a timely and efficient manner on an ongoing basis and inventories of spare parts are organized and maintained * Ensures that activities are performed in accordance to established processes as well as internal and external requirements including but not limited to environmental, health and safety, fire protection * Collect and monitor operating data in order to identify opportunities to reduce downtime, increase efficiency, increase production, and improve product quality * Perform all tasks in accordance with established Safe Work Practices, Standard Operating Procedures, hot work permits and lock out tag out procedures * Prepare budgets, forecasts, reports, and project plans when requested * Respond to emergency situations, providing timely and appropriate resolution * Collaborate with other departments as required to ensure safe and efficient