Royal Canin
Maintenance Lead
Tianjin, Cina
Behind every bag of our product is a team of skilled engineers and manufacturing experts dedicated to ensuring the highest quality and safety standards. Whether you're optimizing production lines, designing innovative solutions, or maintaining cutting-edge technology, your work will directly contribute to improving the lives of pets around the world. Make your mark on a team where innovation, precision, and passion come together every day.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
- Average Salary: $63K-$96K
Success Profile
What makes a successful Maintenance Lead at Royal Canin? We look for the right mix of the following traits when speaking with you.
- Analytical
- Curious
- Efficient
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Team player
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Purpose
Connect your passion for pets to the purpose: A Better World For Pets
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Health & Wellbeing
A comprehensive focus on your individual health & wellbeing
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Inclusion
A place where you can belong and be yourself
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Career development
Professional learning offerings, annual personal development plans, Mars University
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Attractive total rewards
Your financial wellbeing through a competitve salary and bonus plan
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Focus on sustainability
We invest in you so you can make a better world
I take immense pride in leading a team that is passionate about making a difference for pets. Every day, we focus on precision, innovation, and maintaining the highest quality standards. What truly sets Royal Canin apart is the commitment to development—whether it’s advancing our processes, adopting cutting-edge technology, or helping associates grow in their careers. It’s incredibly rewarding to know that our work not only drives success but also creates meaningful opportunities for everyone on the team.
JR Smith North Sioux City Site Director, Global Value Chain Operations
What would be your key responsibilities?
Quality Control Responsibilities
- Train technicians to interpret data (trend data, identify root cause, implement solution).
- Train technicians to formulate actions to address non-conformance issues.
- Analyze and develop permanent solutions to prevent chronic or significant quality issues.
- In-depth knowledge of quality systems and all work instructions for area. Provide input for improvements/changes to work instructions.
- Oversee of quality or product conformance issues to ensure corrective/preventative actions are implemented and completed.
Safety Compliance
- Train technicians on safe operating procedures to ensure zero accident.
- Provide input to any investigation for area of responsibility.
- Provide input as appropriate regarding safety.
- Ensure working conditions are Normal and enforce safety requirements.
- Provide input to project safety reviews (change management review) on systems in area.
Implement Continuous Improvement
- Drive continuous improvement by developing and implementing systems that optimize all phases of the manufacturing process and support key business objectives (waste, labour, reliability, ATS, line capacity, etc.).
- Provide input to feasibility and change management requests.
- Resource to other sites and across areas.
Maintenance Technician team management
- Lead the development of standard work instructions that reflect best practices and follow-up to be sure they are used appropriately.
- Technician performance tracking and coaching with performance management process
- Evaluate gap and conduct training (operational and technical) to ensure associates can perform standardized work within given time frames.
- Assists Technical manager with daily staffing. This includes vacation planning for areas of responsibility.
- Collect and report shift information
- Give input during planning sessions with the Area Lead and/or Technical managers to work on multiple levels of objectives
- Lead associates in Kaizen events and other Lean activities
Equipment Maintenance
- Effectively communicates and schedule PMs and improvements to area.
- Identify report and help any potential product contamination issue.
- Maintains clean work environment including 5S adherence and follow through to ensure completion of action plans to address sources of contamination.
What are we looking for?
5+ years of experience in maintenance/reliability engineering gained ideally in FMCG manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated capability to develop effective maintenance strategies to reduce technical losses in manufacturing site.
Experienced at using data to find the root cause of complex problems.
Solid track record of high-speed packaging and high volume processing equipment management.
Knowledge and experience with advanced maintenance management practices is preferred.