Mechanical Technician

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values.

People like you!

• Understand and practice while on the site IKO 7 Life Critical Program.
• Be willing to make IKO values those of your own:
  Humility, Integrity, Agility, Long-Term thinking, Performance, Knowledge Sharing
• Follow all plant rules and be coachable.
• Consistently, completely, and accurately complete preventive maintenance, repair maintenance and training tasks.
• Consistently maintain a clean work environment in the maintenance shop and in the production area where working.
• Familiarity with metric and standard hand tools and able to safely and properly use to dismantle and reassemble equipment using hand and power tools.
• With a tool allowance annually, keep IKO supplied tool chest/cabinet with small hand tools up to 1  or 24mm. Personal tool list to be provided.
• Utilize Maximo computerized maintenance management system. Utilize Modula storeroom racking system.
• Demonstrate a work history of the use of the problem solving process to separate the effect of a problem from its cause.

• 3-5 years' experience with Lock-Out-Tag out procedures, and be willing to wear PPE Arc Rated clothing up to 8 cal/cm2
• Be flexible to changing shift times when needed.
• 3-5 years' experience in the manufacturing industry (preferably continuous manufacturing) is required.
• Able to walk throughout the plant, climb ladders, twist, and bend routinely.
• Properly assemble, clean, repair, and reassemble complex mechanical devices.
• Ability to measure parts and rough sketch/describe.
• Lift and move up to 75 pounds on a routine basis using proper lifting techniques.
• Ability to read assembly drawings and P&'s.
• Demonstrate a work history of going beyond job boundaries and a work history of assuring safety for personnel and equipment before equipment is removed from or released into service.
• Communication skills.

• Knowledge of general plant layout.
• Fire protection Systems: know the differences in various fire extinguishers and be able to use them properly.
• Be able to reset plant fire alarm systems and troubleshoot hydrant pressure problems with booster pumps.
• Identify and show proficiency in basic rigging equipment. Obtain forklift operators certification as well as articulating and scissors style lift.
• Demonstrate procedure for safe handling of compressed gas cylinders.
• Demonstrate the procedure and operation of oxy/acetylene torch for heating and cutting.
• Demonstrate procedure for selecting the proper tip size for acetylene cutting and brazing.
• Demonstrate use of drill press, bandsaw, bench grinder, torque wrench and other basic hand and power tools.
• Demonstrate the use of tap drill chart, tap holes 95%, 75% and 50% thread contact in carbon and stainless steel.
• Identify pipe size, air filter, regulator and lubricator for pneumatics.
• Identify and demonstrate procedure for installing roller chain and sprockets, pulleys, bushings and different drive belts. Demonstrate proper tension techniques.
• Replace a shaft, use puller or necessary tool to remove and replace bearings.
• Demonstrate ability to understand the necessity or nonessential need of lubrication of rotating equipment.
• Demonstrate procedure for checking/draining/replacing lubricant level of gearbox.
• Demonstrate the use of a torque wrench, dial indicator to check run-out, inside and outside micrometer (vernier scale) measurement.
• Demonstrate the…