Shop Hand - Millwright Helper

Overview
With over 27 years of experience in recycling industry contracting, Our services include sales of recycling equipment as well as millwrighting, preventative maintenance, installations, fabrication, machining, hydraulics, and electrical services.

Position Overview and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will provide support to more experienced millwrights in all millwrighting tasks and provide shop support when needed. Millwrighting tasks will mainly include troubleshooting and repairing machinery, assembling, and installing machinery, welding, fabrication, and manual machining. Shop support will include basic shop maintenance, sweeping, organizing shelves, painting, moving machinery and shelving, loading, and unloading vehicles, cleaning vehicles, and running errands.

We are a lean manufacturing environment so consistent improvement and following processes is very important.

Skills Include:

Installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting on production equipment in a variety of manufacturing industries, such as Food, Automotive, Steel, Pulp and Paper, and Recycling
Conducting Preventative Maintenance activities and prioritizing tasks accordingly
Ability to identify root cause of equipment failures and follow-up onfeasibility of modifications
Experience laying out, fitting, welding (MIG and TIG) custom fabrications
Ability to design and fabricate one-off pieces independently, as well as following blueprints and verbal direction
Manual machining
Experience with hand tools (grinder, drill, die grinder, various saws)
Experience with shop tools (various saws, welders, drill press, iron worker)
Attention to detail leading to high quality work
Ability to multitask
Working safely
Working independently (independent problem solving), as well as in a team
Strong interpersonal skills
Mechanical aptitude
Comfortable with computers
Training in Lift Truck, Aerial Platforms, and WHMIS would be considered an asset but not a requirement
Understanding of Lean principles
Commitment to continuous improvement
Required Education:

High School Diploma/Certificate

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.20 per hour

Additional pay:

Overtime pay
Benefits:

Dental care
Extended health care
Life insurance
Vision care
Schedule:

8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

How long did you stay at your last job?
Experience:

Heavy equipment painting: 1 year (required)
Fabrication: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:

G license with a clean driving abstract (required)
Location:

Brantford, ON N3S 7X3 (required)
Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2025-05-05