Welder

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled Welder to join our team at Cardinal Concrete, a division of Holcim, in Squamish. As a key member of our operations team, you will be responsible for maintaining, improving, and optimizing the mechanical operations of our Ready Mix Plant.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform planned and breakdown maintenance on plant production and service equipment
• Service, repair, and install bilge pumps, motors, gears/drives, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems
• Service and repair gearboxes, clutches, pumps, and vibrating screens
• Service and repair fixed belt conveyors and portable hydraulic conveyors
• Service and repair manual mooring winches and mooring lines
• Maintain paper and electronic records
• Maintain shop equipment and housekeeping
• Complete reports to record problems and work performed
• Estimate parts and labor costs
• Maintain safety, health, and environmental policies and procedures
• Keep accurate records of work completed, parts used, and costs

Safety and Operations

• Demonstrate a commitment to communicating, improving, and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas
• Ensure that all work is performed in a safe and efficient fashion
• Proactively address breakdown events with a sense of urgency without compromising safety or product quality requirements
• Actively inspect and monitor all mechanical equipment to ensure the majority of tasks performed are preventative rather than breakdown maintenance

Teamwork and Communication

• Work both individually and as part of a team to accomplish goals
• Regularly communicate with operational and delivery coworkers and managers to identify and remove constraints of a mechanical or process nature
• Keep managers informed and take responsibility for actions and decisions, both good and bad

Qualifications

• Journeyman status
• Level C ticket welder
• Minimum two years of heavy manufacturing/mining/marine experience
• A commitment to working safely
• Troubleshooting skills
• Self-starter: Capacity to work as part of a team and independently
• Ability to work in various work environments (hot and cold)
• Reliable and dependable
• Experience operating heavy equipment, specifically a loader would be considered an asset
• Proficiency in welding, fabrication & rigging
• Valid driver's license
• Must be able to work overtime, weekends, and evenings as required by management
• Must be able to walk and stand for periods at a time

Compensation and Growth

• $36 to $42 per hour - depending on experience
• Opportunity for over time
• Develop into an operations role, Maintenance Manager or Shut Down Manager

Requirements

• Pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing and a criminal record check, may be required