About the Role
Working closely with the Engineering and Maintenance teams, you will support and improve manufacturing operations by becoming a technical expert on critical production equipment across all plants. You will troubleshoot and repair equipment, and be part of Preventative Maintenance in a fast paced, high impact manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Identify and troubleshoot process equipment problems to minimize down time and recommend solutions
- Assemble and repair existing equipment to ensure efficient operation
- Assist with training shift mechanics as required and provide technical insights and knowledge transfer
- Document Assembly and Design reviews of installations on applicable manufacturing test equipment
- Read schematics/assembly drawings, layouts, data and process sheets to perform testing, build fixtures, analyze and trouble-shoot equipment
- Installs and validates equipment and processes in the production area to improve yield and/or reduce cycle time following the established validation procedure
- Available to work shiftwork and support Preventative Maintenance on weekends
- Travel between production facilities to assist critical repairs as needed
- Promote and support Continuous Improvement activities in Manufacturing
- Simulate and troubleshoot high speed robotic packaging equipment
- Contributes/fosters Health & Safety/GMP’s
- Monitors existing processes and makes recommendations for improvement
- Involved in new processes
Requirements
- 3-4 years‘ experience mechanical/electro mechanical maintenance/installation
- Ideally food or pharmaceutical experience
- Experience building/installing conveyors/protype equipment
- Must have a valid driver’s license and be comfortable travelling between site and off-site locations
- Ability to read mechanical schematics and prints
- Basic understanding of PLC’s/logic controls and panel view navigation (HMI)
- Experience with maintenance systems and computer programs (MS Office; Excel; Outlook)
- Experience with hand tools and welding
- Passionate about mechanical repair
- Flexible to work extended or after hours (when required)
Skills
- Troubleshooting
- Repair
- Preventative Maintenance
- Assembly
- Technical Expertise
- Schematic Reading
- Process Validation
- Robotic Packaging Equipment Troubleshooting
- Health & Safety
- GMP
- Continuous Improvement
- Welding
- Hand Tools
Location
- Multiple production facilities
Work Type
- Shiftwork
- Weekends
- Travel
Experience Level
- 3-4 years
Education Level
- Post-Secondary education in Engineering or Engineering Technology or related field is an asset
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Health Benefits
- Generous flexible medical / Health spending account
- RRSP matching program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Discount program
About the Company
- FGF believes in Home Grown Talent, accelerated career growth with leadership training.
- Working at FGF Brands, there is never a dull moment! As a successful company that is continually growing there is always challenging yet rewarding work to be a part of.
- We have an entrepreneurial spirit which encourages all our team members to use their own creativity and out of the box thinking to come up with solutions and new ideas.
- Our culture is unique. We dive headfirst into the unknown. If you’re fun-loving, talented and fearless, we’re for you.
Equal Opportunity
- In compliance with Ontario’s Bill 190, we confirm that this posting represents a current, existing vacancy within our organization.
