Afternoon Maintenance Technician

Highline's Vision and Values:

Passionately nourish people, the environment and the community, through embracing our core values, which include:

Position Summary:

Responsible for providing daily maintenance operations for the farm, prioritizing major and minor repairs to minimize production downtime. Responsible for training new Maintenance associates; PM’s, repairs, troubleshooting farm equipment and safe operation of equipment. Supports the farm by providing new installations and restorations to equipment and/or buildings, implementing efficiencies to reduce or minimize breakdowns, and ensuring timely repairs.

General Duties:

• Has knowledge of all farm operations, equipment, and maintenance responsibilities

• Has low voltage electrical experience and knowledge; completes minor electrical jobs

• Performs minor and major repairs on buildings and equipment unsupervised including, but not limited to, welding, replacing and repairing parts, hydraulics, pneumatics, low voltage electrical, and equipment, buildings and facilities

• Trains new maintenance associates on PM’s, repairs, troubleshooting farm equipment and safe operation of equipment.

• Completes preventative maintenance duties and completes checklists as assigned

• Assists in evaluating jobs and determines requirements

• May operate a computer which controls and monitors mechanical equipment and utility systems

• Responds to emergency maintenance requests as required

• Assists and supports contractors

• Assists in verifying that smoke detectors and fire extinguishers are operable, as requested

• Assists maintenance personnel with major and minor repairs

• Performs building upkeep, including shop cleaning, painting, removing garbage, etc.

• Performs occasional grounds keeping as required

• Constructs catwalks and front of rooms as needed

• Observes and reports any issues on farm

• Able to come in after hour call-ins

• Performs any other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Must be at least 16 years of age.

• Must be eligible to work in Canada for any employer, without restrictions.

• Ten to fifteen years of experience in building and mechanical equipment maintenance/repair preferred

• Experience and/or education/training in pneumatic controls, welding, hydraulics, farm equipment is an asset.

Hours of Work:

• Shift start time: 4:00pm - finish around 1:00am

• Any 5 days / week

• Public Holidays / Weekends as scheduled

• Daily shift end times vary based on production needs

Earnings:

• $32.00 - $36.00 hourly

• Premium of $1.00 for the hours worked after 5:00pm

Benefits:

• Extended health, vision and dental for associates and their eligible family members

• Life insurance and dependent life insurance

• Short term disability

• Annual safety shoe allowance

• Pension matching

• Overtime eligible

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Vacancies: 1

Locations of Work:

• 506 Mersea Rd. 5, Leamington, ON N8H 3V5

How to Apply:

• Through careers.highlinemushrooms.com ,

• On Indeed,

• In Person at 506 Mersea Rd. 5, Leamington, ON N8H 3V5

Highline encourages applications from all qualified candidates. When requested, Highline will accommodate people with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment, assessment and hiring process.

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