Maintenance Technician

**Maintenance Technician**

**Division: Science and Innovation**
**Job location: Comox, BC - Coast Facility**

**Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday**

**Employment type: Permanent full-time position onsite**

**A little about us**

Hi, we’re Aurora Cannabis, and we’re so excited to meet you

We’re a global cannabis company with operations across Europe and North and South America. We’re driven by our passion to help people improve their lives and have a diverse team who bring their best every day, so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family - from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71, Greybeard and Whistler.

Our Breeding and Genetics program was established to provide the science, technical innovations and services that underpin the Aurora’s global cannabis production. We use modern plant breeding approaches to develop next generation cannabis varieties and genetics research to understand how this plant functions at a molecular level. Our research efforts allow Aurora to achieve more economical production, through higher yields, reduce pressure from disease and reduce inputs, and to produce higher value cannabis products that meet patient and consumer needs. Our plant science and breeding activities are focused at our Coast facility in Comox, British Columbia. This dedicated research facility includes over 10,000 square feet of laboratory/research space and a 22,500 square foot purpose designed greenhouse.

**Job Summary**
We’re searching for a dynamic technician to plant their roots with us as a **Maintenance Technician**. In this role, you will be supporting our R&D facility by ensuring our infrastructure is operating and maintained to meet the needs of a high-tech, automated, environmentally controlled growing facility.

**As the Maintenance Technician you will focus on**

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITES**:

- Perform routine daily inspections of select Facilities operations and be able to find issues before they become larger issues.
- Able to handle Facilities contractors of all types to ensure desired results from planned jobs and unplanned work.
- Work with our Engineering Dept. to assist in their larger projects at site maintaining compliance as required by Health Canada.
- Responding to automated fault detection alarm systems on your phone during or after-hours, e.g., Fire Systems
- Respond to production issues in a timely manner.
- Be responsible for repairing, maintaining and performing preventative maintenance on equipment.
- Keep all equipment in good working condition.
- Inspect and test machinery and equipment.
- Safely operate all required equipment and tools including standard shop safety processes
- Utilize precision measuring tools to verify parts, components and details are dimensionally correct.
- Work independently to service various internal customers.
- Other duties as required.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- 5+ years working as a licensed Journeyman in one of the Trades (equivalents will be considered on a one-by-one basis).
- Comfortable with interpreting building, electrical and mechanical drawings.
- Previously overseeing/tending to equipment in a greenhouse environment an asset.
- Facility experiences a must.
- Understanding of large scale HVACR will be considered an asset.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and use time effectively.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to establish business relationships with key contractors/suppliers, and stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills within a multi-disciplinary team and diverse internal and external customers/suppliers.
- Able to follow and uphold standard operating procedures precisely and consistently; accountable for results, strives to meet and exceed expectations.
- Able to respond to complex situations/competing interests and resolving issues quickly and positively.
- Operational excellence and continuous improvement oriented; safety minded and able to always follow strict safety protocols.

**Why you’ll love working at Aurora**
Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here’s how we do it
- **Flexibility**:you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, vacation time, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more.
- **Total rewards**:we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.
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