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POSITION TITLE: Intermediate Network Administrator
LOCATION: Collingwood or Barrie, ON
MacLean Engineering is looking for a motivated and talented Network Administrator to add to the existing skills of our IT team. If you are passionate about keeping networks fast, reliable, and secure, enjoy working hands-on with modern infrastructure and security tools, and want to grow your career with a world-renowned company in the design and manufacturing of mobile mining equipment, this position is for you!
About the Position:
The Network Administrator plays a key role in keeping MacLean's technology infrastructure running securely and reliably across our manufacturing facilities. With a security-first mindset, you will administer, monitor, and protect our network, systems, and data, ensuring the connectivity and resilience our design, manufacturing, and business teams depend on every day. This is an intermediate-level role with a strong cybersecurity focus, suited to someone who enjoys both the day-to-day administration of network infrastructure and the challenge of defending it against evolving threats.
The following proficiencies are required:
- Administer, monitor, and maintain LAN/WAN, wireless, VPN, and core network services (DNS, DHCP, network time, etc.) across multiple sites to ensure performance, availability, and uptime.
- Configure, manage, and harden firewalls, switches, routers, and VLANs, and maintain effective network segmentation between corporate, guest, and operational technology (OT) environments.
- Implement, monitor, and continuously improve cybersecurity controls, including endpoint protection/EDR, patch and vulnerability management, multi-factor authentication, access control, and email and web security.
- Monitor security alerts and logs (SIEM), investigate suspicious activity, and lead or support incident response, containment, and remediation.
- Conduct and coordinate vulnerability scanning and remediation, and support penetration testing, security assessments, and audits.
- Administer identity and access management through Microsoft 365 / Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Active Directory, enforcing security policies and least-privilege access.
- Maintain and test backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes to protect against data loss and downtime.
- Support and maintain server and virtualization infrastructure (e.g., Windows Server, Hyper-V/VMware) and related services.
- Document network architecture, configurations, security procedures, and asset inventory, and keep documentation current.
- Provide escalation support to the IT helpdesk and mentor junior team members on networking and security best practices.
- Partner with stakeholders and vendors to plan, test, and roll out infrastructure and security improvements.
- Stay current with cybersecurity threats, network technologies, and industry best practices in manufacturing and OT security.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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:
- Diploma or Degree in Computer Networking, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
- Three or more (3+) years' experience in a Network Administrator, Network Engineer, or similar role administering networks in a business environment.
- Solid hands-on experience with firewalls, switching, routing, VLANs, VPNs, and enterprise wireless.
- Strong understanding of network and cybersecurity principles, including segmentation, defense-in-depth, and secure configuration.
- Experience administering Microsoft 365 / Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Windows Server, and Active Directory.
- Familiarity with security tooling such as endpoint protection/EDR, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, patch management, and multi-factor authentication.
- Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose issues across the network and security stack.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment, with willingness to participate in occasional on-call or after-hours support and maintenance windows.
- High level of professionalism, honesty, and integrity, with a strong sense of confidentiality given access to sensitive systems and data.
- Industry certifications are an asset (e.g., CompTIA Network+ or Security, Microsoft certifications, or CISSP/CISM in progress).
- Scripting and automation skills (e.g., PowerShell) are an asset.
- Valid driver's license and the ability to travel between our facilities as needed.
- Bilingualism is an asset (French and/or Spanish are desirable).
- Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or operational technology (OT) environment is beneficial but not required.
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:
- 3 weeks' vacation annually
- Paid sick and family emergency time
- Paid overtime after 40 hours worked
- Free coffee!
- Flexible Group benefits Package (Once probationary period is completed)
- Employee and family assistance program
- Voluntary DPSP (Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan) and GRRSP (Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan) (Once probationary period is completed)
- Annual Employee Bonus
- $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.