Maintenance Technician

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.

New, easy-to-apply options are available for this role: chat with our recruiting assistant Ana at careers.cargill.com or text CargillJobs to 60196.

To ensure through planned maintenance, vigilant inspections and expeditious repairs, the smooth uninterrupted and safe operation of the production plant in order to minimize production downtime.

Job Location: Surrey, BC
Job Type: Full Time
Shift Available: Night - Monday through Thursday from 9:00pm to 7:30am
Compensation: $34.81/hr

If you are an internal candidate, please notify your supervisor prior to applying for this position. If selected for an interview, you will be required to submit signed copies of your last two performance reviews.

Principal Accountabilities

• Identify and correct any problems found in machines, equipment or processes in order to facilitate production.
• Maintain, repair and overhaul plant production equipment, building and grounds
• Provide quick response to trouble calls by shift supervisors and or operators/technicians
• Assist Operating Engineers in maintenance of plant utilities
• Perform Weekly Preventive Maintenance Walkthroughs / Inspections / and Repairs on production equipment as necessary
• Ability to put into Practice, corrective actions to effectively address reliability issues related to the above area
• Willingness to get trained in airborne ultrasound, thermography
• Ability to take direction from supervisors and coworkers

Additional Responsibilities

• Support projects include working on a project team in the design, installation and commissioning.
• Ensure smooth, efficient communication to the next team at shift changes.
• Actively finding new and improved ways of completing tasks
• Participate collaboratively in process improvement teams as required
• Any other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada
• Cargill requires that employees be a minimum of 18 years old
• Technical background/diploma in Engineering, Mechanical, electrical or any related to Maintenance
• Good safety record
• Excellent attendance record
• Ability to perform physical job duties including bending/stooping, climbing ladders, open/close valves, shoveling and pounding with hammer.
• Ability to work in confined spaces
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
• Must be able to work under special work conditions, such as extreme heat or cold.
• Must be able to read/write English
• High School diploma or equivalent
• Ability to work overtime, holidays, nights, weekends or different shifts.
• Ability to perform maintenance trades including rigging systems, gearbox and bearing maintenance, lubrication, pumps and piping systems, mechanical maintenance and hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference given to individual with forklift certification
• At least 2 years of experience in production related work – High speed packaging
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to perform maintenance trades including machinist, welding, pipe fitting, and fabrication.
• Previous experience with MRO (Maintenance Repair Ops) and/or MRP (Material Requirement Planning)
• Ability to work in elevated areas
• Ability to operate machinery

Considered candidates will receive calls from a 204 area code. Relocation assistance is not provided.

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities

At Cargill, we are committed to building a workplace where individuals from all backgrounds feel respected, valued, and able to contribute fully. We believe that bringing together different perspectives strengthens our teams and drives better outcomes.

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience. If you require accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please let us know so we can work with you to meet your needs.