Senior Manager, Technical Services
- Manufacturing
- Winnipeg
- Permanent
To apply, please forward your resume and cover letter by Feb 08, 2026
The Mint is hiring a Senior Manager, Technical Services who can thrive in a dynamic and inclusive environment.
Reporting to the Senior Director, Winnipeg Manufacturing, you will lead all maintenance activities to ensure the site operates at peak performance. You’ll lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team of approximately 40 employees (directly and indirectly) who are responsible for efficiently maintaining highly specialized production equipment of the Winnipeg facility - where every Canadian circulation coin and coins for countries worldwide are produced. This role requires a customer focused leader to foster a culture of safety, inclusion, employee engagement and professional growth.
Your Responsibilities:
- Champion health and safety by upholding safe work practices, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a culture where safety is a top priority.
- Foster an inclusive, and accessible workplace that promotes employee engagement, teamwork, and collaboration.
- Define and oversee maintenance strategies, service part supply, contract management, capital improvement plans, and adoption of new technologies.
- Manage a $13M operational budget for labor, parts, and external contractors; oversee reporting, performance tracking, and improvement plans.
- Provide effective leadership and direction to ensure production and product quality targets are achieved.
- Recommend solutions and evaluate program and service performance using analytical and evaluative thinking.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish shared goals and drive organizational success.
- Establish and champion equipment reliability, including standardization to enhance operational efficiency.
This position requires you to work from the Winnipeg location five days per week.
Qualifications:
Languages Requirements:
This position requires an advanced level of English proficiency. Proficiency in multiple languages is considered a strong asset.
Education & Designation:
- Technical diploma or University degree in a related field.
- Professional Engineering designation, technical accreditation, or trades certification is considered an asset.
Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years of related business experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive management experience.
- Proven experience applying maintenance principles, best practices and emerging technologies to lead innovation and efficiency.
- Extensive experience with maintenance data management and reporting systems (ERP) system, preferably Microsoft D365.
- Significant experience in a unionized manufacturing environment with a focus on health and safety, continuous improvement and technical services.
- Experience leading and implementing Work Management best practices in a collaborative and teaching environment.
Additional Qualifications:
- Proven ability to motivate, coach and develop employees to foster a safe and inclusive work environment.
- Excellent leadership, team building, negotiation and communication skills with the ability to influence and drive change.
- Capable of developing strategies and action plans in concert with strong change management skills.
- Technical knowledge of trades work (primarily mechanical and electrical) with strong project management skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Suite, and a working knowledge of artificial intelligence technologies.
- Solid understanding of mechanical, electrical, and machining concepts.
- Ability to respond effectively under pressure, including situations such as equipment failure, employee injury, or cost control challenges.
- Good knowledge of legislation related to the trades.
- Ability to build strong, collaborative working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities in a changing environment.
Why the Mint?
The Mint is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We value diversity and aim to provide an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment, selection and onboarding process to ensure that each candidate is treated respectfully. In accordance with the Employment Equity Act, you are invited to voluntarily self-identify with one or more of the four employment equity groups (women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities) by sending your application to the confidential email, EE@mint.ca that is accessed only by the Human Resources section.
If you need accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. We are committed to being an inclusive employer. For a confidential inquiry, simply email us directly at EE@mint.ca to make arrangements.
What to Expect:
In order to be considered for an interview, please clearly demonstrate on your application how you meet the language, education and experience qualifications. The additional qualifications may be assessed through interviews, exams, reference checks, etc. Selected candidates will be required to complete a background check facilitated by the Mint in order to obtain a security clearance.
Ready to mint your career? Please forward your resume to careers@mint.ca. We look forward to receiving your application!