Generalist technician

Michelin, the Worldwide leader in Tires, is hiring

Make a difference as a Generalist Technician. We recruit you for your personality, your skills and your experience for a career in the company.

Motivated by our purpose - We care about Giving People a Better Way Forward - Michelin offers our employees a comprehensive Total Rewards package with competitive well-being, health care, life insurance and retirement benefits and perks such as:

• Collaborate with colleagues all over the world
• Support for professional development
• A stimulating role in a highly innovative company
• An employee assistance program
• Discounts on products
• Varied activities and opportunities to get involved
• Modern offices

If Respect for people, Teamwork and Trust are some values you live by you should consider joining us, the Worldwide leader in Tires

Your role:

Working closely with the validation center and the Product development teams, the selected candidate’s main responsibilities will be to test and analyze various products used for off-road vehicles. His/her role will be to provide a clear result to the product development teams with the help of the validation team.

We need you for:

• Test products on different types of off-road vehicles (snowmobile, ATV, quad, agricultural, construction, and others).
• Follow up with a daily inspection of the test progress.
• Complete detailed test reports including measurement charts and photos.
• Ensure daily follow-ups of your tests with the validation team and/or the development team.
• Strictly follow established testing procedures to ensure team coordination and site safety.
• Be responsible for the maintenance and non-mechanical maintenance of your vehicles.
• Perform characterization of your tested products and complete product analysis upon completion of the field test.
• Perform internal opening of products to analyze non-visible components (e.g., cutting rubber with a blade knife).
• Use different types of procedures such as X-ray, ultrasound and thermal variation analysis as needed.
• Finalize the report on your tested products and make a presentation to the development teams.
• Perform certain tests on a simulator when required.
• Participate in the implementation of best practices in product validation.

What do you need to possess for being successful?  

• You are available to carry out vehicle tests over a long period.
• You can work outside in different conditions.
• You are autonomous to carry tests outside Magog.
• You hold a high school diploma or equivalent.
• You have a valid class 5 driver's licence and able to travel (see for passport)
• You are critically minded with good analytical skills and open to different ways of doing things.