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Maintenance Lead Hand – Fort Erie

Siltech Corporation, a Canadian owned global provider of organo-functional silicone specialties, is looking to hire immediately a full time, permanent Maintenance Lead Hand/Millwright for our new Fort Erie Plant, a state-of-the-art, 200,000+ square foot manufacturing facility expected to be online in 2025. This position will initially train at our Mississauga plant and then relocate to the Fort Erie area.

This position takes a leadership role in coordinating and facilitating maintenance of the plant equipment and building.

Main Duties

  1. Schedules and leads daily/weekly/monthly/annual maintenance activities at the Fort Erie Site including breakdown repair and preventative maintenance
  2. Ensures maintenance has all the proper spare parts, identified by Engineering, are in stock
  3. Recommends changes to the PM program to Engineering
  4. Ensures equipment is available and safe for production when required
  5. Along with the daily maintenance activities performed (wrench time), works with production and engineering in root cause failure analysis and root cause elimination
  6. Evaluates contractor services on an ongoing basis
  7. Ensures maintenance activities are properly logged in the Siltech Computerized Maintenance Management System
  8. Manages work order backlog
  9. Assigns work orders to direct reports
  10. Creates necessary equipment maintenance and contractor supply contacts for equipment maintenance and service
  11. Coordinates site maintenance shutdown in conjunction with the Plant Engineer
  12. Responsible for the site’s security program
  13. Regularly communicates and coordinates training matrix requirements with plant admin
  14. Keeps alert to and takes corrective action on any unsafe conditions or practices in the plant
  15. Always works in compliance with regulations.

Knowledge Required

  1. 5 years’ experience working in a plant team-based maintenance environment
  2. Practical knowledge of Plant Equipment
  3. Understanding of skills expected from various trades
  4. Safe maintenance practices in a chemical environment
  5. Red Seal recognized designated trade (i.e. Millwright)
  6. Critical / logical thinking
  7. Excellent communication skills
  8. Manages well under pressure
  9. Experienced leading small teams.

Please apply at HR@Siltech.com with the job title as subject reference.

Please refer to Siltech Careers page for more opportunities.