Millwright Apprentice

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Wonderbrands is a leading North American bakery company with a specialized focus across key bakery categories, including breads & rolls; alternatives breads, and others. We are the makers of WonderBread, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa tortillas. We bake our products in 14 facilities across Canada, conducting our business with integrity, contributing to our communities, and fostering a respectful culture. We are building a culture of success here, and it depends on our people striving for greatness and having the courage and commitment to getting better every day.

As we forge ahead in the transformation of our business, we are coming together as a united North American enterprise, rebuilding our asset base, adding significant new capacity, and focusing on the development of our people. These building blocks are essential to moving forward as a growth-focused, insights-driven, consumer-led company that will celebrate food and the central part that food plays in our life.

Location: 560 Victoria Street North, Kitchener

Wage: $30.51/ hour

Shift: Day shift (flexibility with working overtime, and on weekends, as necessary)

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the focus of this role is to repair and maintain all equipment used in the plan. This is primarily achieved through daily support of all processes completing Emergency, Corrective, Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PM) tasks. The Millwright Apprentice is a member of the maintenance team and as such, participates in team efforts to achieve assigned department goals; works closely with other team members to ensure all maintenance activities are completed on time, according to SOPs and regulatory requirements; and provides support to other roles within the maintenance team.

Responsibilities:

Plant Maintenance

• Verifies that machine guarding is in place, interlocks are in working condition at all times and applies proper LOTO (lockout tagout) procedures to equipment during repair
• Identifies and reports unsafe conditions / near misses and accidents in a timely manner
• Completes Preventative,Predictive amd Corrective Maintenance routines according to the Master PM schedule
• Works closely with production identifying and correcting all Mechanical, Electrical, Pneumatic and Hydraulic problems ensuring equipment is functioning properly, operatoring safely and running efficienctly
• Contacts equipment suppliers as required to gain information on equipment operation, maintenance or parts required
• Applies a methodical approach to problem solving/diagnosing of mechanical/electrical issues
• Identifies and coordinates improvements to address down time or efficiency issues
• Develops written recommendations for Preventative and Predictive Maintenance routines
  
  
  

General

• Understands and adheres to company policies, GMP’s (good manufacturing practices), SOP’s (standard operating procedures)
• Exhibits a mature and cooperative attitude to promote good communication and teamwork both within the department and with other departments
• Adheres to parts inventory and PM policy and procedures
• Demonstrates initiative to assist others readily and frequently
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Strong Mechanical Aptitude
• Problem solving skills and good communication skills are required
• Strong people skills - approachable, a good listener and empathetic
• Previously worked in a manufacturing environment (even better if it was food manufacturing!)
• Dedicated to the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues
• Digest constructive feedback as an opportunity to listen and improve your skills and performance
• Must be comfortable lifting up to 50lbs as needed
• A lover of bread and baked goods!
  
  
  

We offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including strong benefit and pension plans, paid vacation and holidays, overtime opportunities, and a growth path to line leader and supervisory roles.

If you’re excited about this opportunity and love baked goods, we invite you to apply!

Wonderbrands is committed to fostering a work environment with strong core values that support diversity through various policies, programs and activities that encourage sensitivity and accommodations. Wonderbrands offers employment regardless of race, colour, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Diversity is integral to our success as an organization and we will use diversity as a model to help identify and develop the best talent, create effective teams, and achieve overall excellence. In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.