Equipment Maintenance Technician - Food Manufacturing

Shearer's Foods; Calgary; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A food manufacturing company in Calgary is seeking an Equipment Maintenance Technician to maintain and troubleshoot production equipment. The ideal candidate will have post-secondary education in a mechanical trade and over 4 years of experience in the industry. Responsibilities include preventive maintenance, repairing machinery, and ensuring compliance with safety protocols. This position requires the ability to work a rotating shift and offers potential for permanent employment after one year.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience as a field service technician in a food manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and extended hours.
• Welding will be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant systems and equipment through preventive maintenance.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and restore machinery and equipment.
• Perform inspections and adjustments on various machinery.

Skills

Automation troubleshooting

Problem-solving skills

Good judgment

Organizational skills

Ability to use hand and power tools

Education

Post-secondary education in a mechanical trade

Job description

Equipment Maintenance Technician - Food Manufacturing

For over 60 years, Super-Pufft has been in the snack food business. Over the past two decades since the business was purchased by new ownership, Super-Pufft has grown from a small popcorn factory to having 3 state‑of‑the‑art SQF certified facilities across Canada. The new owners brought their previous manufacturing experience and entrepreneurial nature to Super-Pufft.

Just a few years after purchasing the company, new product lines were added, extending the range and volume of snack food offerings. The company has always been in tune with the dynamic of demand and capacity, and continues to innovate market‑winning products.

Shift: 8 to 12 hours rotational

We are seeking a mechanically skilled individual who can work on maintaining plant systems and equipment by completing preventive maintenance schedules, troubleshooting, and repairing any issues that may arise during production. Responsibilities include restoring, repairing, rebuilding, or replacing faulty or inoperative components and parts. Equipment used in this food processing facility includes industrial, electromechanical, and hydraulic equipment as well as pumps and conveying systems.

The Maintenance Mechanic must be able to troubleshoot, install, align, dismantle, and move stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment, such as pumps, fans, tanks, conveyors, furnaces, generators, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, packaging machines, VFDs, PLCs, etc.

Other duties include:

• Inspect and examine machinery (conveyors, packers, seasoners, sensors, PLCs, VFDs, etc.) to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions.
• Perform maintenance tasks according to work orders (cleaning, lubrication, etc.).
• Adjust machinery and repair or replace defective parts.
• Perform good troubleshooting and root cause analysis of equipment breakdowns.
• Have a pro‑active mindset; find solutions to different problems and complexities.
• Adapt and learn quickly to problems. Operate in a high‑pressure environment.
• Perform daily maintenance and repairs needed in the production area.
• Set up, take down, and relocate processing and packaging equipment.
• Comfortable with electrical & PLC controls.
• Follow safety and food safety protocols.
• Stay on call for emergency repairs of production equipment.
• Perform additional related duties as assigned.

Required Education, Experience & Skills:

• Post‑secondary education in a mechanical trade.
• 4+ years’ experience as a field service technician or field repair technician in a food manufacturing environment.
• Strong proven skills in automation and troubleshooting.
• Good judgment and decision‑making skills, organizational skills, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to function in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
• Must be able to use hand and power tools.
• Must be able to work a rotating shift as well as some extended hours and weekends.
• Welding will be considered an asset.

The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This job is performed in a shop environment: hazardous materials; greasy, slippery factory floors. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Note: The candidate will be hired through an employment agency as a temporary employee for the period of 1 year with the scope of becoming permanent depending on the performance at work and ability to take responsibilities and work with minimal supervision.

Our Plant address is Super Pufft Snacks, 705 East Lake Rd NE, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada T4A 2J6

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