Job Title:  Electromechanic

Job Description

Work in a safe, clean and technologically advanced environment.

We're investing in state-of-the art equipment while redefining our relevance and transforming our company and we're looking for skilled and innovative people to help us get there. As a Postal System Mechanic working either day, afternoon or midnight shifts, your corrective and preventive maintenance and repairs on mail- and parcel-sorting & handling equipment will keep Canada Post's deliveries moving efficiently. If you're analytical and a skilled multi-tasker and troubleshooter with a desire to keep learning and improving your skills, this is an opportunity to be part of our transformation, use the latest technology and work for a world leader in the postal industry.

Job Responsibilities

Perform preventive and system maintenance to ensure equipment is operating effectively and efficiently. This will involve trouble-shooting, repair and overhaul work as well as equipment installation/removal. We'll require you to:

•    read and interpret basic schematics, blueprints and specifications
•    perform adjusting, repair and overhaul work as breakdowns occur, including some welding
•    complete documentation
•    plan and organize your daily activities
•    communicate effectively.
•    any other duties as required
 

Job Responsibilities (continued)

The work may entail heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs) and performing maintenance routines in a variety of environments and positions (some of them awkward) including cramped spaces and heights.

Qualifications

Education:
• Completion at minimum of a 2 year post-secondary program in either a mechanical or electro-mechanical field. DEP in Quebec. (These trades/programs could include industrial mechanic, millwright, mechanical technician/technologist)

Experience:
• Two years experience within the last five years in the maintenance and repair of a variety of mechanical or electro-mechanical systems and equipment, or a diploma per educational requirements above funded by Canada Post in the last five years. 

Knowledge of:
• Testing, diagnosis and adjusting of mechanical or electro-mechanical systems and equipment
• Understanding of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and principles.
• Basic understanding of electronics and electrical systems and principles.

Physical Abilities:
• Must be able to safely lift items that weigh less than 22.7 kilograms (50 pounds) in lifting heavy equipment and tools and perform maintenance routines under a variety of conditions including cramped spaces, heights and other awkward positions.

Skills & Abilities:
• Operate a computer and use programs such as Windows, MS Office.
• Recommend changes in prevention maintenance procedures and practices.
• Conduct investigations to determine cause of breakdowns and recommend remedial action to prevent recurrences.
• Troubleshoot.
• Initiate work orders requesting corrective actions.
• Reports on circumstances surrounding equipment failures, and recommends measures for corrective actions.
• Educate other personnel on safe and effective operating procedures for the equipment/systems in use.

Other Information

You will be required to pass a pre-employment test and an interview. 
Some travel maybe required.

Safety Sensitive Positions
This position may be considered a Safety Sensitive position.