Maintenance Specialist

**MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST**

** Surrette Battery offers very flexible shifts, on a permanent, non-rotating basis. In general, all manufacturing employees work 3 or 4 days a week. **

A Maintenance specialist at Surrette Battery will also require a fair amount of physical labour and handling of tools, equipment, materials as well as products up to 45kg (100lbs).

**SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Setup equipment for production
- Repair production equipment as well as facilities where required
- Tech
- Troubleshooting emergency breakdowns as necessary
- Preventative maintenance, fixing breakdowns and/or replacing parts on many different production machines.
- Fabrication by drilling, welding, operating many power tools as required to fix machines or build new parts
- Working with different systems including: pneumatic, hydraulic, and automated equipment
- Reading blueprints, diagrams and schematic diagrams

**ACCOUNTABILITY**: Reports to the Maintenance Supervisor

**EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**:

- Provincially recognized credentials for Industrial Mechanic / Millwright / Electrician or Technical training
- Forklift experience
- WHIMIS or First Aid tickets, (asset as training will be provided)
- 2 to 5 years experience in a similar role
- Licensed Journeyman or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated ability to follow safe work practices and procedures
- Able to problem solve and use critical thinking and decision making skills
- Able to follow oral and written directions
- Able to function well in a team environment and to communicate clearly with others
- Being flexible and adaptable
- Having a proactive/preventive approach
- Able to work with mínimal supervision
- Being punctual and reliable
- Experience as a Maintenance Mechanic in a similar environment would be a definite asset

**SKILLS**:

- Production
- Diagrams
- Decision making
- Critical Thinking
- Safety
- Machinery
- Maintenance

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY STATES OR IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE. HE/SHE WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW ANY OTHER INSTRUCTIONS AND TO PERFORM ANY OTHER DUTIES REQUESTED BY MANAGEMENT.