Mechanical Engineer Technologist

at  Saputo Inc

At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We’re a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence. Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we’ve grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter–from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.
Temporary - 3 - 4 months
Overview of the Role
Reporting direct to the Maintenance Manager, this role is an opportunity to introduce the successful candidate to the Saputo maintenance department.
This is an opportunity for practical experience shadowing and supporting an experienced maintenance team comprising of millwrights, electricians, planner, and coordinator; with a mission to increase machinery and equipment reliability and efficiencies.
This role will be part of a maintenance service team that will use analysis skills on equipment performance problems; learning how legacy problems on that machine has affect its performance therefore developing an action plan through root cause analysis activities.
The present schedule is Monday – Friday, 40 hours/week with some night and weekend shift rotation happening depending on the tasks and assignments given. Availability for evening/weekend a must for this role.
How you will make contributions that matter:

The successful candidate will be required to be involved under supervision of an experienced maintenance personnel in the following:

• Involved in reactive, predictive, and preventative maintenance troubleshooting on plant equipment and machinery.
• Will be expected to do some repairs and modification on equipment in breakdown situations to minimize downtime.
• Perform visual inspections and general equipment setup and preventative maintenance tasks to identify potential failures.

Depending on the successful candidate’s specialty, 1 of the following projects will be considered as the main focus:

Design and Automation: Project Industry 4.0

• Successful candidate will be part of the project that is developing methods to connect machinery to continuous monitoring.
• Supporting the Operational Technology and Continuous Improvement departments in ensuring successful connectivity.
• Working with Saputo designated PLC programmer on developing secure methods to connect machinery to the network.
• Identifying, developing, and actioning a plan that connects switches, sensors and servers that monitor equipment performance.

Design and Analysis: Project Efficiency Enhancement.

• Successful candidate will be part of the project that is focused on understanding machine efficiencies and critical failures.
• Find strategic ways to improve reliability of mechanical systems which improves production uptime and reduced costs.
• Analyzing repetitive critical equipment failure and make recommendations on improvement actions and strategies.
• Study the technical downtime daily. Provide feedback and identifying trends, potential issues, improvement opportunities.

Design and Development: Project Health Safety/Food Safety Response

• Successful candidate will be part of the project that is focused on developing solutions that will be used to resolve safety issues.
• Developing ideas, designing proposed solutions that will enhance any health & safety concerns or food safety requirements.
• Be part of an experienced investigation team for root cause analysis and incident investigation on safety specific problems.
• Design and develop proposals to enhance staff safety through improved guarding, or platforms as observed during inspections.

You are best suited for the role if you have the following qualifications:

Education:

• Currently enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Diploma program

Skills:

• Good class attendance and referral available from at minimum 1 of the course teachers.
• Highly organized with strong analytical, coordination and communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently and with a team, with the ability to be flexible.
• Focused on success, able to multitask and successfully complete objectives.
• Ability for report writing and documentation of tasks on a daily an added advantage.

We support and care for our employees and their families by providing:

• Competitive salaries
• Advantageous corporate agreements
• Full range of group insurance benefits
• Group retirement pension plan with employer contribution
• Purchase option of company stocks
• Group RRSP
• Health and wellness program in the workplace
• Assistance program for employees and their families

We support employment equity. Saputo strives to embed diversity and inclusion in its operations and invites candidates from all horizons to join its family.
Our story began in Canada in 1954, when the Saputo family’s hard work and dedication created a thriving dairy business. More than 65 years later, our roots in this country remain strong with our Corporate Headquarters in Montréal. Today, we are a leading cheese manufacturer and fluid milk and cream processor in Canada with well-loved brands, such as Saputo, Alexis de Portneuf, Armstrong, Baxter, Dairyland, Joyya, Milk2Go, Milk2Go Sport, Neilson, Nutrilait, Scotsburn* and Woolwich Goat Dairy. Thanks to our national footprint, we’re proud to bring our best to our customers and consumers, and have plenty of opportunities for our employees to grow in their own way. And we do it while also striving to build a healthier future for our people and the communities where we operate, guided by our values and the Saputo Promise.

Join the Saputo Dairy Products Canada team to make your contributions matter every day!

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