Shop Lead

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) is an ISO 9001:2015-registered organization established in 1975 to provide a unique resource to both prairie farmers and agricultural machinery manufacturers. Today, in addition to continuing our agricultural priorities, PAMI has also evolved to serve the needs of both the mining and transportation industries. With a professionally diverse staff, PAMI is committed to providing excellence in product development, testing, and design. We offer our clients access to valuable agricultural testing and benchmarking equipment as well as first-rate testing equipment for industry. PAMI also offers computer-aided engineering technologies. With these technologies, PAMI is able to digitally prototype a structure, bulk material, or fluid to analyze the performance of a particular product or system.
**The Opportunity**:
You will join a team of 4 technical leads who are responsible for strategic skills such as electronics, instrumentation, numerical modeling, design and fabrication. The current technical lead opportunity will be responsible for the team who fabricates and supports project set up and execution of tests.

You will report directly to the Director of Technical Services.

The Technical Service Leads collaborate extensively with others in the Project Management team to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget. Technical Service Leads generally split time between people management and operational duties on a basis of ~25/75%.
**Duties and Responsibilities**:
The following are the general duties of this position but are not inclusive of all the detailed tasks that may be required:

- Supervising staff by providing expertise, training, work, and guidance at a high level training capacity and, where applicable, with up to a maximum of 10 direct reports
- Overseeing input into assigning the duties of shop staff to operate the department at an optimum level
- Managing inventory levels and ensuring test equipment is optimally maintained
- Managing relationships with contractors many of whom are local to Humboldt
- Monitoring the preparation of budgets for the shop and managing it effectively
- Ensuring the maintenance of buildings, grounds, vehicles, and equipment is managed effectively by documenting usage and maintaining licenses
- Supporting research and development projects at an advanced level of complexity with a wide range of variety in machining, welding, sheet metal work, carpentry, painting, and fabrication, under the direction of Project Leaders, Project Managers or Program Directors
- Providing estimates and monitor time and material costs incurred for projects that are most often for clients but may also be required for internal purposes
- Comply with and monitor budgets for the department
- Procuring vehicles, shop equipment, building upgrades, etc.
- Developing a properly resourced team with the right tools to execute project tasks efficient and in a cost-effective manner
- Ensure that the shop is operated in a safe manner to protect staff, clients and bystanders by monitoring safety environment and developing and providing safety training to staff
- Oversee reporting and documentation of issues and processes, including operator and parts manuals
**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**:

- Advanced knowledge of shop equipment use
- General knowledge - supervisory skills, blueprint and work instruction reading/interpretations
- Excellent organizational skills
- Creative problem-solving skills
**Credentials and Experience**:

- Diploma or certificate (technician or technologist) with significant experience (15+ years); or
- University undergraduate degree in applicable area with appropriate designation with 15+ years’ experience; or
- Journeyman Trade with significant experience (15+ years)

**Benefits**:

- Competitive base salary noting every other Friday is an earned day off
- Pension Plan
- Group Insurance Benefits
- Employee and Family Assistance Plan

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Humboldt, SK S0K 2A0: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)