millwright

Position: Millwright

Term: Permanent, Full-Time Position

Location: Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

PAMI is committed to excellence through continuous improvements. We’re passionate about machines and our goal is to create efficiencies, find solutions and provide insight by studying, designing, building and testing machines and their components in real world situations. 

PAMI is an ISO 9001:2015-registered organization established in 1975 to provide a unique resource to both prairie farmers and agricultural machinery manufacturers. Today, in addition to continuing our agricultural priorities, PAMI has also evolved to serve the needs of both the mining and transportation industries. With a professionally diverse staff, PAMI is committed to providing excellence in product development, testing, and design. We offer our clients access to valuable agricultural testing and benchmarking equipment as well as first-rate testing equipment for industry.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Shop Lead, the incumbent provides mechanical and fabrication trades support services to applied research and development projects in the shop and in the field.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The following are the general duties of these positions but are not inclusive of all the detailed tasks that may be required.

  • Maintaining and repairing equipment
  • Troubleshooting mechanical issues
  • Data analysis to assess the performance of machinery
  • Ensuring machine safety and maintenance
  • Communicating with and supporting project managers and engineers
  • Provide technical support to projects with advanced level and wide range of variety in the lab and field
  • Basic interaction with clients
  • Reporting and documentation of issues and processes

Qualifications:

  • University degree or diploma in a technical area relevant to organizations client base
  • Professional with 1-3 years of experience working in agriculture, mining, or transportation
  • Experience with Microsoft Office, CRM systems, MS Project or other project management systems would be considered an asset
  • Strong collaboration skills
  • Strategic and self-disciplined
  • Driven, confident, and personable
  • Excellent organizational and presentation skills
  • Ability to travel including international travel

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Advanced knowledge of shop equipment use
  • General knowledge – blueprint and work instruction reading/interpretation
  • Agricultural machinery operation is desirable
  • Problem solving skills – troubleshooting issues
  • Extensive knowledge of mechanical systems and equipment

Credentials and Experience:

  • Journeyperson trade
  • At least 10 years of relevant experience

Benefits:

  • Competitive base salary
  • Annual Paid Vacation Leave
  • Pension Plan
  • Group Insurance Benefits
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program

Contact:

To send resume of qualifications and experience, including references to Human Resources, apply here.

We appreciate the effort by all candidates but only those who meet our role requirements will be contacted.