Mechanical Engineering Technician jobs in Canada

Element has an opportunity for an Associate Corrosion Technician whose primary responsibility is to perform routine, metallurgical, mechanical, failure, corrosion testing facilitating metallurgy operations at site or at a laboratory.

Our Cambridge laboratories provide state-of-the-art capabilities in corrosion testing and analysis, chemistry, mechanical testing, hydrogen embrittlement and stress rupture testing, along with metallurgical and failure analysis.

If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, Element Materials Technology will not consider your job application. Any candidate must be lawfully eligible to work in Canada as a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada.

Pay rate $21-23/hr CAD

• Set-up, monitor, and document corrosion tests. Use provided work instructions which follow standardized test methods
• Prepare, process, and measure test samples
• Work independently to photograph and analyze samples during after testing
• Operate and maintain laboratory equipment including cleaning, troubleshooting, verifications, and maintaining daily work logs
• Assist with planning and execution of projects
• Occasionally working outside normal business hours

• Possesses a recognized scientific or engineering qualification, associate or bachelor’s degree and/or 1-2 years of significant experience in a testing related field through which an equivalent level of knowledge has been attained
• Self-motivated team playing with excellent organizational and communication skills
• Understand what must be completed each workday and takes the initiative to complete those tasks properly and timely.
• Possess strong computer skills

Physical Demands:

• Frequency of required physical force: Minimum to Moderate
• Lifting requirements: lifting <30 lbs. often, 30-50 lbs. occasionally and >50 lbs. on occasion (team lift)
• Ability to stand on feet for long periods of time

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Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.