Company Overview
Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging is a family-owned and operated business that has been serving Vancouver since 1981. Renowned for our commitment to quality and innovation, we are dedicated to providing exceptional print and packaging solutions while fostering a supportive environment where our employees can grow their careers.
Position Summary
Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging is seeking a hands-on, electrically focused Electrical Maintenance & Facilities Lead to help build and lead an effective maintenance program within our fast-paced manufacturing environment.
The ideal candidate is a licensed Journeyperson Electrician, preferably with industrial or manufacturing experience or an exceptional senior-level electrical apprentice who is actively progressing toward certification. The successful candidate will have strong electrical troubleshooting capabilities, sound mechanical aptitude, and the curiosity and willingness to learn and work on mechanical equipment and systems within the limits of their qualifications.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong and resourceful maintenance professional who is ready to take greater ownership and grow into a broader maintenance leadership role.
The Electrical Maintenance & Facilities Lead will work closely with production leaders to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, and establish a disciplined preventive maintenance program. The position will also support capital projects, equipment installations, facility improvements, and the final phase of our building expansion.
This position reports to the Vice President of Operations, with a dotted-line relationship to the Manufacturing Manager. The Facility Coordinator will report to this role.
Key Responsibilities
Electrical Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Provide hands-on electrical troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance support for production equipment, building systems, and plant infrastructure.
- Diagnose electrical faults involving motors, sensors, switches, relays, contactors, control circuits, safety devices, variable-frequency drives, and other industrial electrical components.
- Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns and work with production leaders to restore operations safely and efficiently.
- Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, equipment manuals, and technical documentation.
- Diagnose recurring electrical problems and implement sustainable corrective actions rather than temporary fixes.
- Support the troubleshooting of automated and electronically controlled production equipment, including basic PLC-related diagnostics where qualified and appropriate.
- Inspect electrical equipment and identify potential safety, reliability, or compliance concerns before they result in failures.
- Coordinate specialized repairs with equipment manufacturers, service technicians, licensed electricians, and other external contractors when additional expertise or authorization is required.
- Ensure electrical work is performed within the limits of the individual’s qualifications and in accordance with applicable codes, regulations, permits, and company safety procedures.
- Maintain accurate records of electrical failures, repairs, downtime, parts used, and corrective actions.
- Participate in root-cause investigations for significant or recurring equipment failures.
Mechanical Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Apply strong mechanical aptitude to support the troubleshooting, repair, adjustment, and maintenance of production and facility equipment.
- Develop broader mechanical maintenance capabilities through hands-on experience, training, manufacturer support, and collaboration with internal and external technical resources.
- Troubleshoot and maintain mechanical systems involving bearings, belts, chains, conveyors, rollers, pumps, motors, gearboxes, pneumatics, hydraulics, compressed air, and mechanical power transmission.
- Identify when specialized mechanical, millwright, or manufacturer support is required and coordinate the appropriate resources.
- Support equipment alignment, adjustment, component replacement, lubrication, and general mechanical reliability improvements.
- Work collaboratively with operators and production leaders to understand equipment performance and identify early warning signs of failure.
Preventive Maintenance Program
- Build, organize, document, and continuously improve the company’s preventive maintenance program.
- Establish a complete equipment inventory and develop practical preventive maintenance schedules, checklists, procedures, standards, and equipment histories.
- Ensure electrical and mechanical preventive maintenance requirements are incorporated into the program.
- Review equipment manuals, manufacturer recommendations, service history, and operational experience to determine appropriate maintenance frequencies and standards.
- Oversee preventive maintenance activities performed by trained production employees and ensure work is completed properly, safely, and on schedule.
- Maintain clear documentation of completed inspections, repairs, deficiencies, follow-up actions, and outstanding maintenance work.
- Partner with production leaders to plan maintenance activities while minimizing disruption to production.
- Identify critical electrical and mechanical spare parts and establish appropriate inventory levels and replenishment practices.
- Help evaluate and implement an appropriate CMMS or other maintenance-tracking system.
- Track and report maintenance performance using measures such as equipment downtime, preventive maintenance completion, emergency versus planned work, recurring failures, response time, and outstanding work orders.
- Regularly review maintenance data and recommend priorities for reliability improvement.
Facilities and Contractor Coordination
- Provide direction and support to the Facility Coordinator.
- Oversee facility maintenance priorities, including electrical distribution, lighting, building systems, utilities, compressed air, waste-extraction equipment, and general plant infrastructure.
- Serve as the short-term liaison between the general contractor and plant leadership during the remaining phase of the building expansion project, which is expected to conclude within the next few months.
- Coordinate contractor access, work schedules, permits, safety requirements, shutdowns, and potential operational impacts.
- Review contractor scopes of work and help ensure work is completed safely, properly, and to the agreed standard.
- Coordinate required inspections, servicing, and documentation for applicable equipment and building systems.
- Ensure maintenance and contractor activities comply with company safety requirements and applicable regulations.
- Maintain organized facility, contractor, inspection, and service records.
Capital Projects and Continuous Improvement
- Assist with the design, evaluation, installation, commissioning, and implementation of capital equipment and facility projects.
- Provide practical electrical, mechanical, maintenance, and reliability input during equipment selection and project planning.
- Review proposed equipment requirements, including electrical service, controls, utilities, compressed air, ventilation, and facility connections.
- Support equipment relocation, electrical and utility connections, testing, start-up, troubleshooting, and employee handover.
- Work with equipment manufacturers, engineers, contractors, and internal stakeholders during installations and commissioning.
- Ensure relevant manuals, schematics, spare-parts lists, training materials, and maintenance requirements are collected and properly documented before project handover.
- Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, workplace safety, energy efficiency, and maintenance costs.
- Recommend practical equipment modifications or process improvements that reduce recurring failures and production interruptions.
- Work with production, quality, and operations leaders as a collaborative business partner.
On-Call Support
- Participate in an after-hours on-call rotation or coverage arrangement for urgent equipment downtime and troubleshooting.
- Provide remote troubleshooting support when appropriate.
- Attend the facility in person when significant downtime or operational risk cannot be resolved remotely.
- Maintain reasonable availability and response times in accordance with the company’s on-call expectations and compensation policy.
Qualifications and Experience
- Journeyperson Electrician certification, preferably as an Industrial Electrician, is strongly preferred.
- An exceptional senior-level electrical apprentice who is actively progressing toward Journeyperson certification may also be considered.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting and maintaining industrial electrical systems and production equipment.
- Strong understanding of electrical safety, lockout procedures, control circuits, motors, sensors, relays, contactors, variable-frequency drives, and industrial electrical components.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, equipment manuals, and technical documentation.
- PLC troubleshooting or industrial automation experience is considered a strong asset.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and a demonstrated willingness and ability to develop broader mechanical maintenance skills.
- Experience working with industrial production equipment in a manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with pneumatics, hydraulics, bearings, conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, compressed-air systems, and mechanical power transmission is beneficial.
- Experience in printing, folding-carton packaging, converting, or a related manufacturing environment is considered an asset.
- Experience establishing or administering preventive maintenance programs, maintenance schedules, or CMMS software is an asset.
- Experience coordinating contractors, equipment installations, building improvements, or capital projects is an asset.
- Previous lead-hand, project leadership, or informal team leadership experience is preferred but not required.
- A valid driver’s licence may be required for occasional travel to suppliers, service providers, or related facilities.
Skills and Attributes
- Electrically strong, mechanically inclined, and comfortable working directly on the plant floor.
- Exceptional troubleshooting and practical problem-solving ability.
- Curious and motivated to learn unfamiliar equipment, technologies, mechanical systems, and manufacturing processes.
- Able to remain calm, systematic, and focused during urgent equipment breakdowns.
- Organized and capable of building practical maintenance systems and documentation from the ground up.
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, reliability, and accountability.
- Able to balance immediate repairs with preventive maintenance and longer-term reliability improvements.
- Able to distinguish between work that can be completed internally and work requiring specialized or licensed external support.
- Collaborative approach and ability to build productive relationships with operators, production leaders, contractors, equipment suppliers, and senior management.
- Clear verbal and written communication skills.
- Safety-minded and willing to stop, isolate, or escalate work when appropriate.
- Comfortable working independently while keeping the appropriate leaders informed.
- Resourceful and persistent in identifying the root cause of equipment problems.
What This Opportunity Offers
- An opportunity to build and shape an effective electrical and mechanical maintenance program.
- Significant exposure to production equipment, automation, capital projects, and facility improvements.
- A clear path to expand technical, mechanical, project, and leadership responsibilities as the maintenance function develops.
- The opportunity to work directly with senior operations leadership and influence equipment reliability across the plant.
- Support for continued technical development and progression toward broader industrial maintenance capabilities.
- A collaborative environment where maintenance and production work together to improve safety, quality, uptime, and performance.
Working Conditions
- Full-time, primarily onsite position in a manufacturing environment.
- Regular work around operating production equipment, electrical systems, noise, and industrial machinery.
- Some physical activity, including standing, walking, bending, lifting, climbing, and accessing equipment, will be required.
- Work may occasionally require access to confined, elevated, or difficult-to-reach equipment areas, subject to appropriate training and safety procedures.
- Availability for occasional after-hours troubleshooting and emergency onsite attendance is required.
- Appropriate personal protective equipment must be worn as required.
- All work must be performed within the employee’s qualifications and in accordance with company safety procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
Pay: $70,000.00-$100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Richmond, BC V6V 2G9: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Electrician Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
