Designer, machines

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: French
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Education: College/CEGEP
• Experience: 5 years or more

Work setting

• Office
• Rural area
• Manufacture
• Metal product fabrication industry
• Manufacturing and industrial plant
• Industrial equipment and automation manufacturing
• Industrial
• Fabrication
• Industrial setting

Tasks

• Create user manuals
• Assist in preparing design, drawings and specifications
• Carry out a limited range of mechanical tests and analyses of machines, components and materials
• Computer-aided design (CAD)
• Design tools, moulds, jigs and fixtures
• Estimate costs and materials
• Prepare and interpret engineering design, drawings and specifications
• Prepare contracts and tenders
• Prepare standards and schedules
• Test machines and equipment
• Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
• Produce project designs
• Prepare operations and project estimates, schedules and reports
• Prepare engineering designs and drawings
• Ensure that safety standards and departmental policies are met
• Conduct research
• Assist in design development
• Co-ordinate multidisciplinary projects
• Communicate with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments

Computer and technology knowledge

• AutoCAD
• Autodesk Inventor
• Autodesk REVIT
• CATIA
• MS Excel
• MS Word
• Programmable logic controller (PLC)
• SolidWorks software

Welding techniques

• Robotic equipment and systems

Control systems

• Pneumatic devices

Instrument experience

• Pneumatic
• Mechanical
• Hydraulic

Equipment and machinery experience

• Hydraulic components
• Automated and robotic system

Area of work experience

• Research and development
• Industrial research and development
• Design

Manufacturing sector experience

• Food

Area of specialization

• Machinery and components
• Drafting
• Process piping
• Robotics or controls
• Mechanical components
• Industrial robotics
• Mechanical system
• Mechanical engineering technology

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own vehicle

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Screening questions

• Are you authorized to work in Canada?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
• Do you live near the job location?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Health benefits

• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

• Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
• Free parking available
• Team building opportunities
• Travel insurance
• Variable or compressed work week
• Wellness program

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination