Equipment Engineer

Quiet Capital; Oakville; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Vital Biosciences Inc. in Oakville, Ontario, seeks an hands-on Equipment Engineer to own the lifecycle of plant equipment—installation to retirement—while ensuring reliability across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and HVAC systems.

You will coordinate maintenance, calibration, and qualification efforts for a diverse asset portfolio on the shop floor. The role demands a mechanical/electrical background, CMMS experience, strong documentation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
• 2-5+ years in equipment engineering, maintenance, reliability, calibration, or related role.
• Experience managing preventive maintenance and calibration programs.
• Strong troubleshooting across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, controls, and HVAC.

Responsibilities

• Own the equipment lifecycle from installation through operation, maintenance, calibration, relocation, and retirement.
• Own and maintain the CMMS, ensuring correct classification based on criticality and regulatory impact.
• Establish asset tagging, ownership, and documentation standards.
• Coordinate internal and third-party calibration and maintenance within required intervals.
• Develop preventive maintenance programs for critical equipment and facility systems.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, controls, pneumatic, refrigeration, HVAC issues.
• Coordinate repairs with vendors, Engineering, Facilities, and internal teams.
• Lead root cause analyses for recurring failures and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

HVAC systems

Troubleshooting

Documentation

CMMS experience

Calibration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

About you:

You are a hands-on, highly organized equipment engineer who is technically strong across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, controls, and HVAC systems. You're comfortable working directly on the floor and coordinating maintenance and troubleshooting activities across a diverse equipment portfolio in a fast-paced environment. You take ownership of equipment lifecycle and reliability, and you work effectively across Facilities, R&D, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, EHS, and external vendors.

What you'll do:

• Own the equipment lifecycle from installation and commissioning through operation, maintenance, calibration, relocation, and retirement.

• Own and maintain the CMMS, ensuring equipment is appropriately classified based on criticality, calibration requirements, maintenance requirements, and regulatory impact.

• Establish equipment identification, asset tagging, ownership, and documentation standards.

• Support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, and handover into routine operation.

• Assess new equipment for utility, maintenance, calibration, spare parts, and service requirements before deployment.

• Coordinate internal and third-party calibration and maintenance activities, ensuring calibrations are completed within required intervals.

• Manage out-of-tolerance (OOT) calibration events and support impact assessments and investigations with Quality and equipment owners.

• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance programs for critical equipment and facility systems, establishing schedules based on manufacturer recommendations, criticality, operating history, and risk.

• Perform or coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance activities.

• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, controls, pneumatic, refrigeration, HVAC, and other equipment issues as appropriate.

• Coordinate equipment repairs with vendors, contractors, Engineering, Facilities, and internal technical teams.

• Analyze recurring failures and lead root cause investigations and corrective actions.

• Develop strategies to improve equipment reliability, uptime, and maintainability.

• Support maintenance and reliability of facility infrastructure, including HVAC and environmental systems, compressed air systems, DI/purified water systems, and building automation systems.

• Participate in equipment qualification, change control, deviation investigations, and CAPAs where applicable.

• Ensure work orders are documented and closed appropriately, and maintain accurate equipment records, calibration schedules, PM schedules, service records, certificates, manuals, and equipment history.

• Develop dashboards and KPIs for equipment performance and maintenance effectiveness.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• 2-5+ years of experience in equipment engineering, maintenance, reliability, calibration, manufacturing engineering, or a related role.

• Experience managing preventive maintenance and calibration programs.

• Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, controls, and/or HVAC systems.

• Experience working with CMMS or computerized equipment-management systems.

• Strong technical documentation and record-keeping skills.

• Ability to interpret equipment manuals, drawings, schematics, specifications, and calibration documentation.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage a large and diverse equipment portfolio.

• Experience with equipment qualification, including IQ/OQ/PQ is a bonus.

Compensation range for this role is $80,000 - $90,000 CAD. Final compensation will be determined based on the individual's demonstrated experience, education, training, relevant certifications or licensure, and other applicable business and organizational factors.

This role is a current, onsite vacancy.

About Vital Bio

Vital is revolutionizing point-of-care diagnostics with our VitalOne platform, delivering real-time care wherever patients are. Our mission is to democratize health technology, making healthcare more accessible and proactive.

Our global team of experts spans chemistry, software, engineering, and microfluidics. We thrive on change, operate on trust, and value diverse perspectives. Our growth-minded culture empowers front-line decision-making and fosters impactful work.

We seek tenacious, bold individuals ready to transform healthcare. At Vital, your talent will make a difference as we work to ensure everyone has access to care when and where they need it.

Vital Biosciences Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual needs in keeping with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require accommodation in order to participate in our hiring process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance

As part of our recruitment process, we may use automated or AI-supported tools to assist with application review and screening. These tools are used to support, not replace, human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our hiring team.