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
- Schedules and leads daily/weekly/monthly/annual maintenance activities at the Fort Erie Site including breakdown repair and preventative maintenance
- Ensures maintenance has all the proper spare parts, identified by Engineering, are in stock
- Recommends changes to the PM program to Engineering
- Ensures equipment is available and safe for production when required
- Along with the daily maintenance activities performed (wrench time), works with production and engineering in root cause failure analysis and root cause elimination
- Evaluates contractor services on an ongoing basis
- Ensures maintenance activities are properly logged in the Siltech Computerized Maintenance Management System
- Manages work order backlog
- Assigns work orders to direct reports
- Creates necessary equipment maintenance and contractor supply contacts for equipment maintenance and service
- Coordinates site maintenance shutdown in conjunction with the Plant Engineer
- Responsible for the site’s security program
- Regularly communicates and coordinates training matrix requirements with plant admin
- Keeps alert to and takes corrective action on any unsafe conditions or practices in the plant
- Always works in compliance with regulations.
Knowledge Required
- 5 years’ experience working in a plant team-based maintenance environment
- Practical knowledge of Plant Equipment
- Understanding of skills expected from various trades
- Safe maintenance practices in a chemical environment
- Red Seal recognized designated trade (i.e. Millwright)
- Critical / logical thinking
- Excellent communication skills
- Manages well under pressure
- 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.