Maintenance Technician

Requisition ID:  10370
Location:  Woodstock, ON, CA, N4S 0A8
Pay Type:  Hourly

Objective & Overview

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for safely installing and maintaining machinery and supporting structures according to the manufacturer’s specifications at the Woodstock Plant. The Incumbent will have a strong understanding of Lafarge's commitment to Health and Safety. In addition, the Maintenance Technician will be responsible for Preventative Maintenance and Continuous Improvements on equipment and repairs on all production/facility-related equipment.

Responsibilities

• Safety: Promotes a positive safety culture through leadership by example; performs all work activities following all relevant safety policies/procedures ensuring alignment with the company’s vision and critical success factors.
• Technical Skills: Required to read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
• Operations: Install, align, dismantle, and move stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment, such as pumps, fans, tanks, conveyors, and generators according to layout plans using hand and power tools. Responsible for installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining power transmission, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and programmable logic controls. Will be responsible for assembling machinery and equipment before installation using hand and power tools, welding equipment, and torches.
• Operator Functions: Operate hoisting and lifting devices such as cranes, jacks, and tractors to position machinery and parts during the installation, set-up, and repair of machinery. Also operate machine tools such as drills and grinders to fabricate parts required during overhaul, maintenance, or set-up of machinery.
• Troubleshooting: Inspect and examine machinery and equipment to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions.
• Maintenance: Adjust machinery and repair or replace defective parts. Also are responsible for cleaning, lubricating, and performing other routine maintenance work on machinery as part of the PM program.

Relationship with Others
Maintenance Technicians in Woodstock will work together with a team of Maintenance Technicians and interact with production workers to accomplish assigned work tasks.

Specific Accountabilities:
Maintenance Technicians at Woodstock must complete the following:

• Participate in plant safety including performing risk assessments before each job
• Maintain good attendance
• Complete scheduled work on time
• Provide feedback to the Production Supervisor for work improvements

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk climb stairs & ladders, reach with hands and arms, talk, hear and smell as well as work in awkward situations, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• The employee is frequently required to sit and operate mobile equipment
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and rarely lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee will perform work outdoors in all weather conditions and will work around moving mechanical parts and equipment.
• The role will include working at heights and confined spaces, appropriate training will be given as needed.

Dimensions
Maintenance Technicians report to the Production Supervisor

Qualification Profile

• Preference will be given to those who possess their Industrial Mechanic Millwright certification from the College of Trades or their interprovincial red seal certification.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an industrial environment, preferably in a slag/grinding/cement manufacturing environment.
• Must possess good welding skills and properly utilize various welding and cutting equipment.

Lominger Competency

• Problem-solving
• Technical
• Creative
• Organized
• Motivated