Industrial Electrician

Our client is a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing company. They are currently seeking an Industrial electrician to join the team.

• Working location: North York, or Richmond Hill, ON
• Overnight Shift, On-site, Full-time position
• Competitive salary with a great benefit package

The Technician, Electrical role is a key production function, specializing in electrical troubleshooting, repairs, preventative maintenance, calibrations and GMP activities to ensure SISPQ and machine integrity. This role requires technical expertise in order to help train and teach proper operations procedures to ensure the longevity of the equipment and improve reliability through production project and maintenance activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain predictive and preventative maintenance programs and/or calibration programs on material handling/production/process/development equipment ensuring compliance with SISPQ.
• Initiate and execute production maintenance projects (execute OQ’s, electrical upgrades & improvements) to completion.
• Install, repair and maintain electrical, electronic equipment, instrumentation as well as computerised systems (HMI, PC’s, vision systems & network troubleshooting) related to production machinery and systems. Must be able to perform work to CSA and ESA standards.
• Capable of using electrical testing equipment to diagnose problems.
• Understand and practice proactive maintenance and contribute in correcting problems before they become downtime issues.
• Supply training and coaching on equipment when necessary. Able to travel for training if necessary.
• Take ownership and accountability for issues, working proactively to resolve. Work efficiently to maximize department goals of minimizing equipment downtime.
• Ensure issues, follow-up actions and /or resolutions are clearly communicated to peers, vendors, customers and supervisors. This information should be transferred at shift overlaps as well as during the shift.
• Be a team player, a positive contributor; be open to suggesting and implementing ideas to better the business.
• Assist with mechanical repairs as needed.
• Effectively use SAP maintenance module to search history, create work orders and find parts and ensure supporting documentation is prepared.
• Able to create and modify drawings, P&ID’s and schematics when required.
• Prepare and update standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and standard documents (SD’s).

Job Requirements

• Ontario Industrial Electrician license (442A) or Construction and Maintenance Electrician License (309A) is required for this role. Apotex will consider candidates who expect to be licensed within 3 months
• Experience troubleshooting electronic and electrical control systems in a manufacturing environment.
• An Electronics, or Electro-Mechanical Technician or Technologist Diploma would be a definitive asset.
• Experience programming and troubleshooting Allen Bradley SLC500 Programmable Logic Controllers using RS Logix500 software.
• Extensive Knowledge on Omron, Siemens Simatic 7, Klockner Muller, and Toshiba PLCs is a definitive asset.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and willingness to learn new skills.

We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you require accommodation throughout the hiring process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.