Hands-On Equipment Reliability 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

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.