Directly reports to the Maintenance Supervisor and responsible to the Maintenance Manager.  Functionally responsible for maintaining all manufacturing equipment and components at Almag Aluminum. As a member of the Maintenance team, openly shares knowledge and information including training of team members.

The duties and responsibilities of the Maintenance Millwright detailed below, but not limited to the following:

• Accountable for all mechanical, fluidic, welding and plant equipment maintenance with minor electrical troubleshooting to ensure minimal downtime.

• Work with minimal supervision in a safe manner maintaining a clean and orderly shop.

• Respond to breakdowns immediately and /or provide communication for repairs.

• Openly share knowledge and train team mates on equipment functionality and history, procedures, and drawing mark ups.

• Coach Operating personnel on equipment capability, limitations and preventative measures to improve equipment reliability.

• Follow and take initiative as directed in PM program including improving the program itself.

• Maintain the inventory of spare parts though initiating purchase request, orderliness of the racks and parts.

• Troubleshoot Hydraulic systems including Pneumatic and Electrical circuits.

• Repair, Overhaul, Fabricate, Assemble, and dismantle equipment using power tools, hand tools, machine tools and welding tools.

• Operate and maintain machine tools such as a Lathe, Milling machine, Drill press and various cutting tools to fabricate machine parts to dimensional specifications.

• Independently weld and fabricate to in order to repair machinery and improve production.

• Monitor equipment performance, document and evaluate potential problems for root cause solutions and improvements.

• Focus on continuous improvement of equipment performance to improve efficiency.

• Must communicate effectively with all plant personnel.

• Comply with all ISO and quality related policies, procedures and system requirements

Continuous Improvement is everyone’s responsibility in ALMAG’s high-performance culture.  We not only value your input, we look to you to actively work to improve the processes you do, by eliminating waste (non-value add) and variation that results in customer dissatisfaction.

Requirements

**Education/Experience**

• Possession of a valid Ontario Industrial Mechanic Millwright (433a) Trade Certification with minimum grade 12
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Millwright/Maintenance Mechanic in related industrial maintenance
• High energy level, good creativity, self-confidence, time management and must be a team player
• Training or experience in troubleshooting related industrial maintenance machine’s

Technical Skills/Competence

• A strong understanding of hydraulics and Pneumatics is essential
• Exposure to Electrical Controls and PLCs (Allen Bradley) would be a strong asset
• Welding and Fabrication experience
• Ability to read Electrical and mechanical drawings and schematics
• A solid understanding of the following equipment/technology; hand tools, drill press, lathe, crane and lifting equipment, multicentre and electrical instruments, cut-off saw, welding machine, forklift and scissor lift equipment, power tools, milling machine, torch and cutting equipment

Benefits

We offer a full and competitive benefits package including:

• Profit sharing
• Health care spending account
• Health and dental
• Life AD&D
• Education assistance program
• Gym memberships