Electrician

SOPREMA is an international company specializing in the manufacturing of modified bitumen membranes. SOPREMA’s product line includes roofing, waterproofing and air/vapour barriers. Present in over 90 countries worldwide, SOPREMA offers an exclusive sealing technology, designed with an extraordinary experience of over 100 years of innovation.

Why should you join our team?

• Participation in profit sharing
• Shutdown at Christmas and all paid holidays
• Flexible insurance program (80% paid by the company after probation and up to 100% after one year!)
• Pension fund / 2 contribution options:
  • 3% employee – 3% employer
  • 5% employee – 4% employer
• Social club
• Reimbursement for physical activities (according to internal policy)

The electrician is responsible for commissioning and supporting a new manufacturing facility in Tillsonburg . This role may focus heavily on PLC systems, automation troubleshooting, and reliability improvement. They work in collaboration with most departments and provide technical support to production while complying with occupational health and safety regulations.

• Acts as anelectricaland automationspecialist;
• Improves the reliability of existingsystems;
• Performs all required repairs as well as preventive maintenance onall required systems.
• Reads and interprets technical drawingsandprints;
• Carries out necessary repairs and improvements to machinery and systems;
• Performs inspections of various equipment (machinery and buildings);
• Ensures that electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, thermal, and mechanical equipment is safe at alltimes;
• Participates, in collaboration with their supervisor, in the development and monitoring of the preventive maintenanceplan;
• Works in collaboration with various trades during major projects or large-scalework;
• Participates in planning machine shutdowns with the responsiblemanager;
• Promotes communication among team members and contributes tomaintainingand/or improving teamspirit;
• Ensures work is carried out in compliance with occupational health and safety standards;

Your education :

• Completedapprenticeshipin Electrical Trade.
• Electrician – Industrial (442a) and/or Electrician – Construction and Maintenance(309a) certification required.
• 2to 5 years of experience

Your knowledge :

• Strong skills in analyzing, understanding, and interpreting the various systems commonly found in manufacturingplants;
• Proficiency in English, both spoken and written;

Your Skills and Attitudes :

• Strong knowledge of automated industrial machinery and equipment.
• Experience in PLC programming.
• Siemens TIA portal experience strongly preferred.
• Understanding of the CEC(Canadian Electrical Code) and OEC (Ontario Electrical Code)
• Strong teamspirit and sense ofbelonging;
• Stronganalyticalskills;
• Ability to manage stress and remain calm in high-pressuresituations;
• Ability to communicate and interact with different personality types.

Your working conditions :

• Workswithvarioustrades;
• Must wear safety glasses and safety boots at alltimes;
• Availability according to schedule to respond to machine servicecalls;

The physical requirements :

• The job requires working on machinery and occasionally atheights;
• May berequiredto work outdoors in changing weather conditions.