Original job description
If you are a skilled technician who thrives on solving tough mechanical problems, taking initiative, and making systems run better, this is your opportunity. We are an established, Canadian-owned manufacturing facility looking for a motivated Maintenance Specialist ready to make a tangible impact on our operations - and step up into leadership as our team expands.
Position: Millwright
Location: Guelph
Shift: Straight Days (Monday to Friday)
Payrate: $40-45/hour
If you have previous experience with polyethylene, we want to hear from you!
Advantages
- Career Advancement Pathway: Clear potential to step directly into a Maintenance Lead or Maintenance Manager role as leadership capabilities are demonstrated.
- Job Stability: Steady, year-round employment with a long-standing, established Canadian manufacturing business.
- Competitive Compensation: Top-tier wage packages tailored to technical expertise.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Full health, dental, and medical coverage options.
- Retirement Support: Company-matched retirement savings program.
- High-Impact Work: Complete ownership over facility reliability and the opportunity to build maintenance systems from the ground up rather than just doing daily repairs.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshooting & Repairs: Diagnose and fix complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and PLC control issues across production lines and facility systems.
- Proactive Maintenance: Design, implement, and refine preventative and predictive maintenance schedules to minimize downtime and extend machinery lifespan.
- Root-Cause Analysis: Investigate recurring equipment failures to identify underlying causes and implement long-term technical solutions.
- Project & Vendor Coordination: Manage external contractors, suppliers, and engineering agencies during machinery overhauls, retrofits, and new equipment installations.
- Inventory & Documentation: Maintain accurate maintenance logs, update technical documentation, and manage spare parts inventory.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with production and safety teams to improve machine performance, workplace safety, and plant efficiency.
- Operational Leadership: Establish maintenance best practices, share technical knowledge with team members, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- A post-secondary diploma or technical credential in Industrial Maintenance, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or a relevant trade discipline.
- Proven troubleshooting abilities across mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical control systems.
- Practical experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment (continuous processing or extrusion experience is a strong asset).
- Familiarity with PM software (CMMS) and maintenance planning.
- Strong communication skills, self-motivation, and a clear interest in stepping into a Maintenance Lead or Manager role
Summary
If this is something you are interested in please submit your application or email your resume to Paulina Galinski at paulina.galinski@randstad.ca
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Millwright at Randstad Canada will diagnose and fix complex equipment and control problems across production lines, and plan preventative maintenance to reduce downtime. The role also investigates recurring failures, manages outside contractors during overhauls and installations, keeps maintenance records and spare parts, and works with production and safety teams.
Requirements
Candidates need a post-secondary diploma or technical credential in industrial maintenance, mechanical engineering technology or a related trade, plus proven troubleshooting across mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical control systems. Practical experience in a fast-paced manufacturing setting is needed, with continuous processing or extrusion experience an asset, and familiarity with CMMS software is expected.
Skills
- PLC troubleshooting
- Hydraulic systems
- Pneumatic systems
- Electrical control systems
- Mechanical repair
- Preventative maintenance
- Predictive maintenance
- Root-cause analysis
- CMMS
- Maintenance planning
- Contractor coordination
- Vendor management
- Spare parts inventory
- Technical documentation
- Machinery overhaul
- Equipment retrofit
- Continuous improvement
- Preventive maintenance scheduling
- Polyethylene
- Extrusion
- Millwrighting
- Industrial machinery repair
Benefits
- Health, dental and medical coverage
- Company-matched retirement savings
- Steady year-round employment
Categories
- Manufacturing
- Trades
- Engineering
Keywords
- Millwright
- maintenance specialist
- industrial maintenance
- mechanical maintenance
- preventative maintenance
- predictive maintenance
- troubleshooting
- hydraulics
- pneumatics
- PLC
- electrical controls
- root-cause analysis
- CMMS
- maintenance planning
- manufacturing
- extrusion
- continuous processing
- polyethylene
- plant maintenance
- maintenance lead
Fields of study
- Industrial Maintenance
- Mechanical Engineering Technology
