Millwright Apprentice (3rd or 4th Year)

Millwright Apprentice (3rd or 4th Year) 

Parrish & Heimbecker

Join our team that shares your Passion & Heart for Canadian agriculture! Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) has an opportunity for a motivated, forward-thinking, and dedicated individual as a Certified Millwright for our Milling division based in Saskatoon, SK.  

P&H Milling

P&H is the largest Canadian-owned milling company. The P&H Milling Group sources wheat from Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada to produce quality flour and cereal products. The lineup includes hard red spring wheat flour for breads and other bakery products, soft winter wheat flour for cakes and cookies, as well as semolina flour for pasta, organic flour, and atta flour for chappati. In our specialty milling operation in Saskatoon, we also mill pea fractions.

From its mills in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Acton, Hanover, Hamilton, and Cambridge, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Lethbridge, Alberta, the P&H Milling Group supplies flour to customers throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Iceland, and Pacific Rim countries.

Wage and Benefits

Wage:
3rd Year Millwright Apprentice: $33.11/hour, increasing to $36.22/hour over 18 months.
4th Year Millwright Apprentice: $36.22/hour, increasing to $39.35/hour over 18 months

Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd has a people-first approach therefore, we offer many perks to our hard-working staff! Some of our benefits include:

• Learning and Development Programs
• Dental, Vision, and Extended Health Care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• RRSP Matching
• Wellness Program
• Company Events

Your Role

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Millwright Apprentice will be responsible for conducting routine preventative maintenance, service, repair, and maintenance of plant and facilities equipment in a safe and efficient working manner. Maintaining the safety and reliability of machinery and equipment is critical in achieving optimal production efficiency of the plant operations and production.

Day to Day

• Assemble, align, dismantle and position stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment according to specifications.
• Inspect, diagnose and repair malfunctioning machinery and equipment.
• Clean, lubricate, and perform other routine maintenance work on machinery.
• Use precision measuring and installation tools such as micrometers, bore gauges, dial indicators, feeler gauges, torque wrenches, etc.
• Troubleshooting and repair of pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Perform general facility maintenance.
• Complete and comply with all health, safety and food safety training relating to the job.
• Ability to complete fall arrest, forklift, telehandler, and arial work platform training.

Required Qualifications

• Registered 3rd or 4th year Millwright Apprentice
• Able to work in environments subject to dust allergens and higher temperatures as well as in all outside weather conditions.
• Understanding and working knowledge of quality control practices and procedures as per BRCGS regulations.
• Physically fit with the ability to safely lift 25kg.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Dependable with the ability to work with an on-call schedule.
• Previous experience (ideally in flour mill operations) which include elevators, conveyors, rotary valves, compressors, blowers, fans, grinders, electric motors, gearboxes, filtration equipment, and packaging equipment.
• Ability to read blueprints, diagrams, and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
• Working knowledge of CMMS

Work and grow with a family-owned company.

Join our team with Purpose & History! P&H’s roots go back over 115 years. We have always been a Canadian, family-owned and managed agri-business that understands the qualities and conditions needed for meaningful growth. Our corporate culture values are family values; honesty and integrity with a focus on listening and continuous learning. Like family, we support our staff to always do better.

With over 80 locations spanning from coast to coast, and trade links around the globe, P&H is growth-oriented, diversified and vertically integrated with operations spanning across grain merchandising, flour milling, crop input distribution and animal feed production.

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We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

P&H is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that is reflective of Canadian society. As a result, Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. We welcome applications from women, aboriginal people, people with disabilities and members of visible minorities. Accommodations in relation to the job selection process are available upon request.