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POSITION TITLE: Manufacturing Engineering Co-op
LOCATION: Collingwood
MacLean Engineering is looking for an energetic Manufacturing Engineering Co-op to add to the existing skills of our Manufacturing Engineering team in Collingwood, ON. This is a great opportunity to be a part of a specialized team working with engineering, production, and various other groups, including vendors and customers. This quality-focused role supports the design and manufacturing of heavy mobile mining equipment. If you are looking for an opportunity to apply and continue your education in a dynamic Engineering and Production environment, this position is for you!
About the Position: The Manufacturing Engineering Co-op position includes problem solving and root cause analysis in various disciplines and with various products, primarily liaising between production and engineering. This is a great opportunity to get involved with product and process development, apply your education, and to learn more about the business! The following proficiencies are required:
- Using SolidWorks, add manufacturing details to existing drawings, and to new designs, to outline the optimal manufacturing process for welding, machining, electrical/mechanical assembly, and paint;
- Jig, fixture, part, and process design using SolidWorks or AutoCAD, and coordinating release into production with ECN;
- Create SOP’s and Work Instructions to standardize and define processes;
- Respond to customer, factory, and vendor non-conformances and document problems using out ‘Product Problem Reporting Database’. This includes coordination of interim actions (i.e. inspection, containment, rework), root cause analysis, and corrective action assignment or execution as applicable;
- Identify and coordinate improvement opportunities, define ROI, and manage implementation as applicable;
- · Participate in quotation of contract manufacturing projects and manage projects from start to finish
About You: The successful candidate(s) must be willing to learn, open-minded and flexible, organized and detail oriented, team oriented, disciplined, and must have a positive attitude, along with the following qualifications:
- Enrolled in an Engineering Technician or Technologist in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial discipline, or equivalent;
- Positive attitude, high aptitude, humble and willingness to learn is a must;
- Trade experience in machining and/or welding is a strong asset;
- Trade experience in mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical assembly in an asset;
- Some experience working in Quality or Manufacturing Engineering and an OEM fabrication environment;
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and SolidWorks;
- Able to demonstrate a strong mechanical aptitude;
- Able to self-start, and schedule priorities as assigned, working with minimal direct supervision;
- Ability in problem solving, value stream mapping, and constructive communication is an asset
About Us:
Founded in 1973 in Ontario, Canada, MacLean Engineering is the world’s largest Canadian-based manufacturer of underground mining equipment. While continuing to expand both our product range and global footprint, we remain privately owned and committed to the founder’s original design principles: safety, productivity, and enduring quality. Our company delivers mobile equipment solutions for both underground and surface mining, supported by unit-of-one manufacturing expertise and a global service network.
Driven by a strong commitment to safety, productivity, and customer support, MacLean serves mining operations worldwide through branches in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, and Australia. We operate five manufacturing facilities located in Collingwood, Owen Sound, Barrie, North Bay, and Mexico, and employ over 1,000 people across six countries and four continents. The next chapters of MacLean’s mining innovation story are being written within the broad themes of electrification, automation, and digitalization of the global mining industry.
Our skilled tradespeople work in a safety‑first environment to build high‑quality components and equipment for the underground mining, municipal, environmental, and industrial sectors. Join MacLean and contribute to a legacy defined by innovation, craftsmanship, and meaningful impact.
We offer competitive wages and benefits including:
- Paid overtime after 40 hours worked
- Free coffee!
- $250 annual safety shoe allowance
- $200 biennial prescription safety glasses allowance
- Employee appreciation days, raffles/draws, BBQ’s and much more
If you are interested in being a part of an established and growing Canadian Company, we want to hear from you!
We thank all applicants in advance for their application and interest in MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co Limited. However, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Please note that employment with MacLean Engineering is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check conducted by our third-party provider, Sterling Backcheck. This process may include verification of employment history, education, and a criminal record check, depending on the requirements of the position.
MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005).
MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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About MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co Limited
Great Things Happen Here
Equipping the mining world with innovative mobile equipment solutions is what we do at MacLean, but more importantly is the why. We aspire to be best-in-class leaders in the design, manufacturing, and support of engineered solutions that make mining safer, greener, and more productive. This brand promise is inextricably linked to our people.
We are building a diverse, top-performing employee base by hiring entrepreneurial, creative, hardworking, ethical, and safety focused candidates who want to make a lasting difference and build a career doing it. If this sound like you, dive in and join the MacLean innovation wave!
Join the MacLean innovation wave!
We are a global, family-owned company where we treat each other, our customers, and our host communities as if they were family. This is our competitive differentiator across the board when it comes to employee development, customer relationships, and business results.
Our production facility and branch footprint on four continents and market reach into six continents is in keeping with the scope of our ambition to develop paradigm-changing, tech-enabled mining vehicles the world over. This transformative vision requires a wide range of talent working together across the company’s manufacturing, engineering, product management, marketing, sales, aftermarket support, finance, and human resource functions.
Who we are
MacLean specializes in mobile equipment solutions based on underground mining experience, unit-of-one manufacturing expertise, and worldwide customer service and support.
We have been innovating for mining equipment safety and productivity for almost 50 years, supporting customers worldwide with branches across Canada as well as in the United States, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, and Australia.
Our Story
MacLean is the world’s largest Canadian-based underground mining vehicle manufacturer.
From modest beginnings retrofitting farm tractors out of an apple orchard barn in Southern Georgian Bay, Ontario, to today’s multi-national corporate network of some 1,000 employees across four continents and six countries, the next chapters of the MacLean mining innovation story are actively being written within the broad themes of the electrification, automation, and digitalization of the global industry.
The constant across the shifting sands of time and geography is the MacLean commitment to pursuing engineered solutions that make the underground environment safer and more productive.
The foundation for all of our work together is a shared culture of entrepreneurial innovation and customer focus. When we create what we call MacLean ‘Application Intelligence’ for the mining sector, we are leveraging multi disciplinary engineering expertise, continental manufacturing capacity, and decades of mining knowledge, to deliver safety and productivity enhancing solutions to the end-users who operate and maintain our products in underground mines around the globe.
We are a major employer in our host communities and, as such, we strive to be an employer of choice. On the leading edge of technological and manufacturing innovation, we never lose sight of the people behind the machines – the MacLean employees across our production facilities who work to create products of lasting value for the mining sector.
Our Values
The MacLean Way is our overarching vision, mission, and values statement. It is the embodiment of our history, present, and future: where we came from, who we are now, and where we are going.