Shop Lead/Foreman

Our Purpose is to help our Customers, our Associates, our Suppliers, our Communities and our Shareholders in Achieving Superior Performance! This is what Applied Canada stands for. Applied® is a leading value-added distributor of bearings, power transmission products, engineered fluid power components and systems, specialty flow control solutions, and other industrial supplies, serving MRO and OEM customers. With over 50 facilities located across Canada and 650 Associates, Applied® supports the steel, mining, forestry, agriculture, automotive, oil and gas, food processing, power generation, pulp and paper, and transportation industries, just to name a few. In addition, Applied provides engineering, design and systems integration for industrial, fluid power, and flow control applications, as well as customized mechanical, fabricated rubber, fluid power, and flow control shop services.

Applied Industrial Technologies is an extensive network of industrial distribution and shop facilities located throughout Canada. We currently have an immediate opening for a full time Shop Foreman in our Edmonton, AB shop location.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work in a safe manner, lead by example and contribute to overall company safety
• Be responsible for all shop operations to ensure work is completed safely
• Provide technical direction and support for other shop workers for daily tasks
• Participation in hiring, training, developing, and performance managing associates
• Recognize and reward employee strengths through delegation of certain tasks.
• Participate in the establishment of individualized performance goals and development action plans.
• Measure progress of work; instruct, and assist associates as to procedures, standards of performance/ work, and maintain morale.
• Together with the service administrators plan and schedule jobs
• Monitor shop supplies and consumables
• First point of contact for workers in the shop
• Ability to communicate effectively with both internal customer and subordinates
• Continuous improvement. Take a leadership roll in optimizing jobs through the shop
• Complete failure analysis, documentation and quality measurements required to properly evaluate components required to complete repairs.
• Mentor and instruct team members to develop skills associated with mechanical repair
• Work in a team environment to efficiently achieve a high standard of quality and service to Applied’s extensive customer base

Qualifications:

• Journeyman Millwright Certification (Alberta) or Red Seal Interprovincial Certification preferred.
• IFPS certification preferred
• Strong working experience in a rotating equipment maintenance and repair
• Strong working experience in a hydraulic equipment maintenance and repair
• Service orientated with exposure to quality assurance and quality control.
• Ability to read, interpret and apply codes, standards, specifications, and drawings.
• Proficient with computers including Microsoft Office and ERP software (SAP preferred).
• Ability to prioritize and number of tasks and complete a variety of work assignments within structured deadlines.
• Extremely high level of attention to detail and strong root cause analysis skill.
• Ability to use both written and verbal skills to effectively communicate technical information.

You will be part of a stable and established company with consistently strong performance and growth. We encourage you to contribute fresh new ideas. Here is just some of what we have to offer:

• Competitive compensation and bonus opportunities
• Health, vision, and dental coverage, RRSP w/ company match
• Paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays
• Tuition reimbursement and opportunities for development
• Company supported community involvement opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristic prohibited by law.