Maintenance Technician - Brampton, Canada - Cardinal Meat Specialists Limited

Cardinal Meat Specialists Limited

Verified Company

Brampton, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job description

Cardinal Meat Specialists is a family-owned business that has been operating for more than 50 years, specializing in ground and fully cooked meat products.

Tenets of innovation and partnership with customers, have led to numerous firsts in the meat industry in the areas of food safety, forming and technology design in the North American market.

Our focus on quality products and service has been recognized by Canada's premier restaurants, grocery and retail chains, and independent operators.

Cardinal Meats is truly dedicated to providing a positive and rewarding work environment for its employees with training, recognition, and special events.

Summary of Position:

Equipment and premises maintenance ensuring the safe operation, maximum operating time, and service to production needs
Flexible work hours, minimum 40 hours a week with opportunity for weekend & overtime work.
High commitment to safety and excellent communication skills.
Strong work ethic with a team player mentality.
Able to conduct and complete scheduled preventative maintenance tasks and checklists, complete work orders, and ensure any parts that are used are documented for reordering.
Able to troubleshoot, identify deficiencies, read schematics and blueprints as well as consulting equipment manuals.
Provide technical support, replacing parts, adjusting settings, confirming proper operation, and making recommendations for continuous improvements.
Read and follow assembly drawings, prints, and instructions.
Maintain work area and equipment in a clean orderly condition and follow prescribed safety procedures.

Specific Accountabilities:

Live our Core Values
Optimize operations efficiency KPI
Training of production staff on setup, trouble shooting and running of plant equipment
Spare parts inventory coordination with maintenance buyer
Cross training of others in your department
Ensure that all products are manufactured in accordance with company specifications
Demonstrated Servant Leadership
SQF and HACCP Accountabilities
Continuous improvement in company policies and procedures
Coverage for planned and unplanned absences which could compromise our policies, procedures, and programs
Safety, Quality and Productivity (in this order)
Act within the company philosophy
Safety of fellow employees

Ideal Mechanical Qualifications:

Electrical certificate (442A or 309A)
Mandatory
Skilled in electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and schematics
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) experience
Experience with control panels
Experience with electrical drawings and blueprints is a must.
Ability to use all electrical testing equipment
VM, Megger etc.
Welding experience is strongly preferred (MIG, TIG and etc)
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Flexible to work at both plants, all shifts and weekends as required
Proven to work with minimum supervision
Food industry and manufacturing experience preferred
Forming equipment experience preferred
Proficient user of maintenance programs (CMMS) and computer literacy
Flexible for oncall requirements and overtime
Ability to learn operation of forklift, manlift, and other material handling mobile equipment.
Ability to safely operate a variety of power tools
Willingness to work at heights
Ability to use simple math to perform basic calculations.
Knowledge and ability to use common measuring instruments and hand tools such as tape measure, level, or square.
Solid problemsolving skills.
Willingness to work additional hours (OT) in order to meet tight deadlines.