Do you love pets? Do you enjoy working on a team with great, hardworking people who want to be the best at what they do?
We are currently looking for an Electrician to join our Maintenance team!
Reporting to the Senior Electrician and Maintenance Manager, the Electrician performs installation, maintenance, and repairs to update and resolve electrical issues. They will use strong Process Logistics Control programming knowledge to collaboratively resolve system control issues and minimize and eliminate downtime in accordance with safety codes and regulations.
This is your chance to join this locally owned, Canadian company that provides training, career advancement, and secure, long-term employment.
Starting Wage: $39.35 per hour
Night Shift Hours: 11:00pm to 7:00am
About Us…
Elmira Pet Products is the largest Canadian Private Label dry pet food manufacturer. We deliver unique solutions driving growth for global partners. We have over 30 years' experience producing a full range of products, including therapeutic diets (vet channel), holistic, premium, mid-range, and price sensitive formulations.
Our customer base is diverse. We produce well-known brands for mass merchandise, grocery, and the pet specialty channels. Our expertise also allows us to manufacture unique diets for distribution to niche markets.
Visit our website at: http://www.elmirapet.com
Why work at Elmira Pet?
Employees from all areas of the company work together to contribute towards meeting our common goal of producing the highest quality pet food in the industry. We are proud of our strong work ethic and “small town” values, including honesty, integrity, and respect. We are proudly Canadian-owned and operated.
Health and safety are our top priorities, enabling our employees to approach their work with peace of mind. We also offer an employee Wellness Program. This program focuses on employee health and wellbeing, by offering healthy lifestyle activities, information, and training.
We offer:
- Competitive wages
- Steady shifts
- $3,700 annual bonus – paid quarterly
- $500 bonus – for referring friends and family who get hired
- $185 Safety Shoe Reimbursement – annually
- 40% Employee discounts on pet food products
- Christmas Bonus
- Comprehensive Benefits Package including extended health care, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, mental health services, and short-term and long-term disability – after 6 months
- RRSP matching program – 4% after 6 months
- Optional overtime - 1.5x your regular rate after 40 hours; Sunday’s are paid at double time
- Within your first year, you are eligible for wage increases every 3 months! General wage increases are determined annually.
- Additional compensation for being on-call
- Many opportunities for career enhancement with corresponding increases in pay.
What you’ll do:
- Maintain, repair and resolve electrical issues within the facilities.
- Install and provide advice with respect to new electrical ensuring that Canadian electrical safety code requirements are met.
- Maintain inventory of electrical supplies.
- Contact vendors to establish and contract best prices and delivery for all electrical materials.
- Work with outside contractors to ensure work/projects are completed on time with minimal costs incurred.
- Provide programming, operation and maintenance support for PLCs throughout the plant.
- Work collaboratively with design engineers, operation engineers, maintenance, packaging technicians and other internal staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
What you’ll have:
- Industrial Electrician Trade Certification (442A) or Electrician Construction and Maintenance Trade Certification (309A).
- 1 to 2 years’ working experience in industrial maintenance and electrician experience within a high-speed manufacturing environment.
- Experience in diagnostic, troubleshooting and preventative maintenance.
- Experience in interpreting and designing electrical schematics.
- Strong PLC Programming skills.
- Mechanical and technical aptitude.
- Intermediate computer skills.
This posting is to fill an existing vacancy.
Elmira Pet Products is an equal opportunity employer and, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), we will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection, and assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If you require disability-related accommodations, please contact our Human Resources team.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $39.35-$43.59 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Store discount
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Elmira, ON N3B 2A1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- How did you hear about Elmira Pet Products?
Education:
- AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (required)
Experience:
- Industrial electrician: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
Work Location: In person
