General Maintenance Technician

General Maintenance Technician at JBS Food Canada

With approximately 3,300 employees, JBS Food Canada ULC (“JBS Canada”) is one of Canada's largest beef processors. Consisting of four locations—the main processing facility located in Brooks, Alberta; the Head Office and a case ready plant (Mountain Creek Farms), both based in Calgary, Alberta; and JBS Ontario, a case ready plant located in Belleville, Ontario. The JBS Canada facility in Brooks has the capacity to produce products ranging from boxed beef primals, ground beef, beef trimmings, beef by-products and hides which are shipped across Canada and worldwide. At the multi-protein Mountain Creek Farms case-ready facility in Calgary, JBS Canada produces value-added products including marinated, portion sized, multi-pack options, kebabs and much more.

At JBS Canada, our people are our greatest asset. We are very proud to have a team of high achieving, engaged employees. We are currently seeking a General Maintenance Technician to join our team at our MCF plant in Calgary, AB.

About the Role

As a General Maintenance Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of all production machinery at Mountain Creek Farms.

• Maintain, troubleshoot and provide preventative maintenance to all production machinery
• Conduct start up procedures upon completion of maintenance tasks on machinery
• Support production supervisors, team leads and operators to reach daily targets
• Keep accurate maintenance records/documentation
• Follow all safety procedures in accordance to company policies
• Work as part of a team to ensure all targets are met.

What You Bring

We are looking for a candidate with a strong mechanical background and a commitment to safety and teamwork.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing maintenance environment preferred
• Mechanical diploma or certificate. Equivalent experience will be considered
• Ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical components
• Use of hand tools, power tools and machine shop equipment

Working Environment

The role involves working in a dynamic industrial setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee may be exposed to wet, dry, hot, cold or humid, high noise environments. The work site environment can be noisy, have odours, and is cold/refrigerated.

This is a permanent full-time employment opportunity.

Please note that Applicants will be asked to complete a pre-hire medical and drug and alcohol test. Any offer of employment to the Applicant will be conditional upon passing satisfactory completion of the medical and passing the drug and alcohol test.

Exceptional Benefits Including

• Competitive Wage
• Extended Health/Medical Benefit
• Group Life & Accidental Death Insurance
• Vision/Dental Care
• Pension

Key skills/competency

• Preventative Maintenance
• Troubleshooting
• Mechanical Repair
• Production Machinery
• Safety Procedures
• Hand Tools
• Power Tools
• Machine Shop Equipment
• Manufacturing Environment
• Documentation