ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST

Who We Are:

Our team operates within a highly technical, fast paced, competitive business and is part of an integrated forest products value chain under J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI). Our goal is to play an integrated role in sustainably transforming our renewable forest resources into value-added products for today's consumer markets.

We are not just invested in forest products; we are invested in people. We know that our overall success is a combined effort, and we therefore strive to provide opportunities for our employees to learn, grow, and thrive. Being curious and focused on innovation is key to a successful team.

We operate four Pulp and Paper Mills out of Saint John and St. George, New Brunswick that produce a combined one million tonnes of product and employ over 1000 employees.

The Opportunity:

We currently have an exciting opportunity within our Capital Projects Group as an Electrical Maintenance Specialist . In this role, you will work as a representative of the Mill Maintenance team supporting design, construction and start up of large capital projects. The successful applicant will be given on the job training to perform duties such as but not limited to:

• Participate in detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup of major capital projects.
• Work with engineering consultants and equipment vendors to ensure standardization of equipment and spare parts where applicable.
• Participate in Substation layouts, equipment selection to ensure proposed designs meet mill standards.
• Load equipment information into CMMS.
• Evaluate equipment for required spare parts. Perform risk analysis with operations team to determine appropriate cost/risk balance while ensuring maximum uptime of new equipment.
• Participate in the procurement process for spare equipment and parts.
• Evaluate equipment for required PM's. Perform analysis to ensure maintenance programs support ISO compliance for environmentally, and quality sensitive systems.
• Generate commissioning inspection plans for start up phase ensuring that equipment is 'ready to run' when needed according to overall start up schedule.
• Participate in training and development plans for hourly and mill staff group to promote seamless transition from project team to mill site team post start up.

You Have:

• Education Required: Electrical Engineering, Technologist, or relevant trade with supporting experience.
• Years of Experience Required: 3-5 years of experience in Maintenance or Reliability in heavy industry
• Safety Leadership knowledge & experience
• Excel, Word, CMMS Experience - ideally with JD Edwards/Oracle

We Have:

• More than $400 million recently invested into improving and growing the Pulp & Paper Division, with significant future capital investment planned at all four of our Pulp and Paper Mills
• Career growth opportunities in Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Leadership, and many other disciplines
• Significant investment in training including partnerships with some of the best Educational Institutions in the country

The Company:

Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) has operations in Eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador), and the United States. We are a team of 18,000 dedicated employees.

To Apply for this Career Opportunity:

Please apply online.

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