Maintenance Electrician

at  Canada Malting

ABOUT THE COMPANY

United Malt is the fourth largest commercial maltster in the world, delivering high-quality malt to brewers and distillers across the globe. Our malt is blended into some of your favourite industry-leading beverages and local craft brews.
Our family of brands include Bairds Malting, Barrett Burston Malting, Canada Malting Company, Country Malt Group, Cryer Malt and Great Western Malting. We produce approximately 1.25 million tonnes per annum of capacity across 12 processing plants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. We also operate an international distribution business, which provides a full service offering for craft brewers and distillers, including malt, hops, yeast, adjuncts and related products.
Our more than 900 employees are proud of the rich heritage of our family of brands and are committed to living our company values of safety, quality, integrity and passion. We celebrate the diversity of our people and together strive to create an environment where all employees are safe, welcomed and have a sense of belonging

POSITION SCOPE

Canada Malting is seeking a Maintenance Electrician for our malting plant. Located in the heart of Thunder Bay, our malting facility utilizes various industrial equipment in conjunction with our highly skilled employees to ensure quality malt is produced and delivered to our customers locally and worldwide. The Maintenance Electrician is responsible for the maintenance of specialized and unique equipment that allows a trades person the ability to gain knowledge and insight of many aspects of the trade. We offer a 4-10hour day shift and a one week on call every 5-6 weeks working schedule that allows a great work-life balance.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Must have Trade Ticket 442A or 309A (Red Seal) Industrial Electrician or Construction Maintenance Electrician
• Proven experience as an industrial or maintenance electrician
• Experience working in a safety sensitive position
• Excellent communication skills
• Motivated to achieve high-quality standards of working
• Positive attitude and self-starter
• Team player and willingness to help others out
• In good standing with Skilled Trades Ontario

The successful candidate will be required to perform a various number of duties including but not limited to the following:

• Safely maintain equipment, perform repairs and preventative maintenance in a fast-paced environment
• Troubleshoot and repair plant equipment
• Safely complete assigned preventative maintenance tasks
• Perform all work in accordance with quality standards and established safety procedures
• Ensure all work complies with Ontario Electrical Safety code
• Recommend improvements to equipment and processes
• Show patience and leadership while mentoring apprentices
• Assist employees and contractors in lockout procedures
• Fabricate necessary supports and brackets.
• Install and maintain all plant lighting
• Use and maintain PLC and SCADA programs
• Interpret electrical blueprints and schematics
• Plan, design and install updated electrical/ PLC infrastructure
• Install or replace electrical field devices (i.e., Motors, sensors, controllers, PLC cards, cables, circuit breakers, fuses, actuators, variable frequency drives etc.)
• Install all necessary infrastructure to integrate new field devices into existing plant electrical system
• Maintain necessary housekeeping tasks.
• Work in a team-oriented, unionized environment