Maintenance Mechanic

Sunrise Farms is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry.

From our hatcheries to our “ready to eat” state of the art cooking facilities we service customers in the retail, food service and industrial sectors. We are proud of our support of the Canadian farm as well as our investment in the latest equipment and technologies at our facilities across Canada. Our test kitchens have the most current cooking equipment replicating that used in commercial establishments, to facilitate precision testing. This way you know the product you receive will perform to your expectations. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships with family-owned Canadian chicken farmers to produce high quality products.

Objective of the Role:

To assist the Maintenance Technicians in providing the plant with a high level of maintenance expertise, that ensures departmental downtime, meets Company objectives efficiently and to carry out equipment and building repairs as required, while adhering to quality, safety and legislative guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Complies with the company safety, federal, state and local regulations, plus environmental requirements in performing the following but not limited to;
• Performs all tasks as per recommended job methods, procedures, etc., particularly on the repair installation of production machines, bearings, seals and their alignment.
• Maintenance of RTU filters, belts and general maintenance.
• Carries out preventive maintenance tasks to Production & common areas
• Diagnose complex and common faults of mechanical equipment by inspection and using appropriate tools of preventive maintenance.
• Through familiarity, knowledge and uses of power and hand tools and equipment in a skillful, efficient manner, maintaining them in clean operating condition. Uses hand and power tools to build, buggies, carts, airlines, castors and rails.
• Replacement of solenoids, motors, pumps and gearboxes.
• Inspect equipment to ensure all safeguarding is in place and functional, including safety sensors, limit switches and photo-eyes.
• Electrical knowledge to replace lamps, ballasts and familiarity with thermostats and sensors.
• Plans and organizes all aspects of work and job assignments, in an efficient and productive way.
• Maintains work areas in clean and safe conditions, removing all waste on completion of job, or earlier if necessary.
• Reports all defects, errors in production, and machines which may affect the workplace to the Maintenance Supervisor/Operations Manager
• Performs and assists on other maintenance duties as required.
• Work closely with contractors and oversees activities as required. Provides resource support as required.
• Completes tasks at the request of the Maintenance Manager/Operations Manager
  
  

Requirements

• Maintains prompt and courteous response to production team requests within the guidelines set forth by Sunrise Poultry, Lethbridge.
• Experience in millwright, welding, 5th class power engineering
• Must Perform Overtime, Weekend work and On-Call/Support as required.
• Shift Work as required.
• Grade 12 education mandatory.
• Have 1 to 3 years related experience.
• Experience in a Food Processing Plant an asset.
• Experience with Live Animals and proper care and handling.
• Be success-driven and have a “can do” attitude.
• Be able to work independently, as well as being a strong team player.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Have a good safety record.
• Flexible and adaptable in ever-changing environments.
• Basic welding
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Welding ticket/experience is an asset.
• Mechanical aptitude
  
  

Only candidates who are authorized to work in Canada will be contacted.

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At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

Please note that the expected new hire salary range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sunrise Farms. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.