Maintenance Technician

Join our team that shares your Passion & Heart for Canadian agriculture! Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited has an opportunity for a motivated, forward-thinking, and dedicated individual as a Maintenance Technician for our New Life Mills division based in Listowel, ON.

P&H New Life Mills

New-Life Mills is a Canadian-owned manufacturer of livestock nutrition since 1964. With five production facilities and a dedicated team of experts in species management, nutrition and production, our commitment to the best possible inputs, feed, and services for broiler chickens, eggs, turkey, beef, dairy, and swine, is the driving force behind our success. Company-owned farms facilitate responsible nutrition and species management research, and a strict quality assurance/quality control program supports our FeedAssure certification. We believe that what we put into the feed helps livestock get more out of the feed – proven nutrition for a more profitable performing animal.

Benefits

• Learning and Development Programs
• Dental, Vision, and Extended Health Care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• RRSP Matching
• Wellness Program
• Company Events

Your Role

As Maintenance Technician, the successful candidate will be responsible for executing a preventative maintenance program, troubleshooting, and identifying problematic equipment and developing solutions to repair plant equipment in a safe and efficient manner. Maintaining the safety and reliability of machinery and equipment is critical in achieving optimal production efficiency and minimizing downtime of the feed mill operations.

Day to Day

• Conduct mechanical and preventative maintenance on plant machinery and equipment.
• Perform troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment.
• Prepare and update preventative maintenance program.
• Participate in water treatment programs involving high pressure steam equipment.
• Work effectively in a feed manufacturing environment with emphasis and compliance to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point and Good Manufacturing Practices requirements.
• Optimize safety and reliability of machines and equipment by following and complying with appropriate precautions to prevent risk to employees and to the product.
• Complete and update maintenance reports as per company and regulatory standards.
• Perform maintenance post clean up and maintain high standard of sanitation and housekeeping in the production area and maintenance shop.
• Proactively forecast Parts needs/requirements and order accordingly.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a maintenance position, preferably in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Some experience in electrical and/or pneumatic equipment is required.
• Ability to work 8+ hour shift as required
• On call availability for emergency repairs during evenings and weekends.

Preferred Qualifications

• Millwright or Electricians certificate.
• Knowledge of feed manufacturing and processing equipment.