Reliability Engineer - Gatineau

At Produits Kruger, we share the same vision of excellence. We manufacture some of North America's most popular paper products brands - Cashmere®, Purex®, Scotties®', SpongeTowels®, White Cloud®, Bonterra® as well as away-from-home products.

We exercise our leadership in communities as well as in sustainable development and consumer relations. Our head office is located in Mississauga, Ontario, and we are proud of our approximately 3,000 employees spread across ten plants in Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario, and Tennessee.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability of the plant's equipment. As such, you will develop and implement maintenance strategies aimed at maximizing equipment availability, optimizing maintenance costs, and supporting the continuous improvement of operations.

More specifically, your responsibilities will be

• Develop, implement, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve reliability, availability, performance, and equipment lifespan;
• Closely collaborate with maintenance teams to analyze failures, identify causes, and implement sustainable solutions that promote equipment and infrastructure performance and longevity;
• Act as a technical expert for the mechanical maintenance team by supporting troubleshooting, modification, installation, and continuous improvement of equipment;
• Ensure the integrity, accuracy, and updating of technical documentation associated with equipment, including plans, drawings, nomenclatures, maintenance procedures, and technical specifications;
• Identify improvement opportunities, recommend technical solutions, and participate in the implementation of reliability, optimization, and investment projects;
• Monitor and analyze maintenance performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of strategies in place, identify gaps, and recommend corrective and preventive actions;
• Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives for maintenance processes aimed at increasing equipment reliability and availability while supporting the achievement of performance objectives;
• Promote an exemplary health and safety culture by ensuring compliance with standards, procedures, and best practices, while ensuring that work is carried out safely.

Job Requirements

• Hold a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering;
• Be a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec or in the process of becoming one;
• Have between 1 to 3 years of experience in reliability, industrial maintenance, or a similar role;
• Master the Microsoft Office suite as well as DAO software (AutoCad, Inventor);
• Be familiar with tissue conversion processes (an asset);
• Hold a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification (an asset);
• Be able to communicate effectively in French and English, both orally and in writing.

Sought Profile

• Demonstrate autonomy, initiative and excellent organizational skills;
• Effectively manage multiple priorities in a constantly evolving environment;
• Show an analytical mind and the ability to solve complex problems;
• Ability to establish effective collaborative relationships with multidisciplinary teams and various stakeholders;
• Demonstrate rigor, judgment and leadership;
• Be results-oriented, focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Why choose Produits Kruger?

• Evolving within a recognized and growing manufacturing company;
• Benefit from a competitive total compensation and bonus regime;
• Enjoy complete social benefits, a collective RRSP and a wellness allowance;
• Develop your career in an environment focused on collaboration and continuous improvement;
• Contribute to meaningful projects with a concrete impact on the performance of our operations;
• Enjoy a summer schedule, employee-offered products and free parking.

What's in it for you?

Our mission is to make everyday life more comfortable for our consumers. Together, we make this mission a reality. As a constantly evolving company, there are always new exciting challenges, varied career options and opportunities to innovate.

Join a recognized employer – one of the best employers in the Greater Toronto Area since 2013, one of Deloitte's Best Managed Companies since 2018 and one of Canada's Best Employers according to Forbes magazine.

Join Produits Kruger and expect to achieve great things.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Produits Kruger. Please note that we will only communicate with those who have been selected for an interview.

Produits Kruger is committed to the principle of equity in employment and invites all qualified persons to apply. Accommodations will be provided throughout the hiring process, in accordance with PK's Accessibility Policy and Multi-Year Accessibility Plan - 1.04.33. Candidates must express their needs in advance.

Knowledge of English is required for this specific position because Kruger does business with partners throughout North America and the selected candidate will have to communicate frequently with them. Kruger has taken all reasonable means to avoid imposing the knowledge of English, including, assessing the real linguistic needs associated with the tasks to be performed, ensuring that the linguistic knowledge already required of other staff members was insufficient for the exercise of these functions and limiting as much as possible the number of positions with functions whose exercise requires knowledge of English, including, assessing the real linguistic needs associated with the tasks to be performed, ensuring that the linguistic knowledge already required of other staff members was insufficient for the exercise of these functions and limiting as much as possible the number of positions with functions whose exercise requires knowledge of English.