Maintenance Technician - Electrician

What we offer:

Group Summary:

• Contribute to continuous improvement and cost reduction activities.

• Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, schematics and electrical code specifications to determine layout of industrial electrical equipment installations.
• Install, examine, replace or repair electrical wiring, receptacles, switch boxes, conduits, feeders, fibre-optic and coaxial cable assemblies, lighting fixtures and other electrical components.
• Evaluate and improve our processes for uptime and repeatability.
• Evaluate downtime situations for root cause and identify potential risks to similar process.
• Complete preventative maintenance on equipment and keep maintenance records to identify weakness in design.
• Assist in developing and/or updating preventive maintenance procedures.
• Monitor and participate in ensuring all Key Performance Indicators (Safety, Quality and Productivity) are being achieved.
• Communicate information throughout shift and at shift exchange.
• Co-ordinate activities of apprentices, helpers and assigned contractors.
• Support cross-functional repairs to equipment that includes Electrical, Mechanical, and Tooling provided it could be done safely.
• Troubleshoot safety devices.
• Troubleshoot equipment using software with encoder feedback.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair industrial, electrical and electronic control systems and other related devices.
• Program and troubleshoot Fanuc Robots and Lincoln Power Sources, and understand the grounding circuit of a Robotic weld cell.
• Understand various communication networks.
• Participate in new electrical and mechanical designs and ensure equipment build standards meet Formet’s Build Specifications.
• Electricians need to understand new electrical standards involving Pre Health and Safety reviews, safe distance calculations, Safety Plc’s, and new robot standards. 
• Install, align, dismantle and move stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment.
• Operate lifting devices (overhead bridge cranes, fork/combi-lifts, and man-lifts such as scissor lifts and genie-booms) as required.
• Perform other duties as designated.

CURRICULUM:

Maintenance Technician – Electrician.

EQUIPMENT AND/OR PRODUCT:

Departmental Equipment.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Manufacturing Environments.
• Able to work shift work.
• Able to be flexible in hours of work in order to meet internal/external customer requirements (scheduled and non-scheduled overtime shifts, etc.)

SAFETY AND HOUSEKEEPING:

• Responsible to adhere to all Health and Safety programs in accordance with the O.H.S.A. 
• Follow and ensure the company’s procedures regarding safety rules and regulations are followed throughout the plant.
• Ensure that you work and operate equipment according to Formet’s safety rules and regulations.
• Active role in maintaining excellent housekeeping through leading by example.
• Ensure that your department is clean, tidy, organized and a safe workplace at all times.
• As with Safety, Security is everyone’s responsibility and Formet requires its employees to contribute to this activity by immediately notifying your supervisor when you identify security issues that affect the integrity of our supply chain, in accordance with PIP (Partners in Protection) and C-TPAT (Customs – Trade Partnership Against Terrorism) requirements.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

Follow environmental protocol as prescribed by the Environmental Management System (EMS).

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment: