Millwright Maintenance Technician
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Dow is seeking a Millwright Maintenance Technician to join our team in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
In this role, you will align to Dow's Maintenance organization and apply your specialized craft knowledge to execute planned tasks outlined in the weekly maintenance schedule. Working in an industrial operating facility, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing a range of motors, pumps and compressors, requiring strong technical expertise and a commitment to safety and reliability. Addition expectations of this role is to collaborate with various groups to develop plans, procedure and solutions.
Responsibilities- Diagnose and resolve equipment issues to minimize downtime and support safe, reliable operations.
- Clearly communicates work execution status and challenges to workgroup and stakeholders.
- Complete preventative and predictive maintenance tasks to sustain equipment health and reduce unplanned failures.
- Specify, requisition, and install parts and equipment, ensuring accuracy in material and design specifications.
- Collaborate with planners, Work Area Coordinators (WAC), Operations and Engineering.
- Support root cause investigations with failure documentation, capturing insights to drive long-term equipment reliability improvements.
- Collect and analyze equipment performance and historical data to identify trends and improvement initiatives.
- Follow established maintenance work processes and safety requirements to ensure quality and consistent work execution.
- Use SAP to effectively document work history.
- Commissioning and startup of various equipment.
- Procedure writing and review.
- Review drawings and schematics for problem solving and design decisions.
- Must have obtained a high school diploma/equivalent PLUS a Millwright Journeyperson Certificate, Red Seal Designation.
- A minimum of 5 years relevant maintenance experience.
- Ability to safely work in a plant environment, meet physical demands, work at elevated heights, and comfortably use PPE and safety equipment (including harnesses with a total maximum weight capacity of 300lbs). Must be familiar with or open to training on proper equipment usage.
- A minimum requirement for this position is the ability to work legally in Canada. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including any type of permanent residency support.
- Troubleshooting – Able to effectively diagnose equipment failures and determine repair scope.
- Equipment Maintenance – Complete repair and preventative maintenance task on a broad range of equipment.
- Detail Oriented – Ensures that all aspects of the work process are complete from job initiation, execution, and close out.
- Teamwork – collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way.
- Proactive Problem Solving – preventing issues before they arise by targeting the root causes of potential problems and planning preventive measures well in advance.
- Effective Communication – effectively communicate with different work groups and stakeholders.
- This position does not offer relocation assistance.
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