WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

- PLC Programmer/Controls Designer

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

- Professional development opportunities – be part of a team that values your contributions and recognizes the impact you make on the business
- Work where your engineering skills matter and customers have chosen to work with us to reduce their project risk
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineering talent including mechanical, electrical and hydraulic designers as well as a team of manufacturing experts and skilled trades
- In addition to statutory holidays and vacation, receive 5 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Comprehensive advantages – health, medical, dental, vision, paramedical, HSA
- Company-match pension

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COOL PROJECTS DESIGNED AND BUILT

- Hoists for the world’s second heaviest on-shore lifter at 13,000 tons
- High speed winches and control system for a 2,000-foot artificial surfing pool
- Gate hoists on the largest infrastructure project in Canada
- Mechanical stage device for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas
- Shaft sinking winches with 110,000 lbs line pull for mining projects in Australia
- Mooring and riser pull-in systems for multiple offshore energy projects world-wide
- Hoists for aqueduct construction which supplies 50% of drinking water to New York City

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Prepare concept, design and production drawings with supporting calculations and material data ensuring that designs meet specification requirements and manufacturing capabilities




- Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design standards and performance specifications
- Write performance requirements for product development or engineering projects
- Work with manufacturing and engineering teams to provide cost effective solutions to design challenges
- Programming using Ladder Logic, Function Blocks and Structural Text (experience with C programming and/or Visual Basic is beneficial)
- Component selection, programming and troubleshooting PLC products and variable frequency drives
- Interface controls to hydraulic systems, both closed loop and open loop, including electro-hydraulic controls; PLC controls include control panels, panel view interfaces, PLC programming

WHO YOU ARE

- You thrive on challenging yourself to grow and want to work with a team that will pushyou, trust you, and hold you accountable
- Intellectually curious, passionate about learning and being the best
- Previous design experience engineering capital equipment in a manufacturing environment
- Sense of urgency, highly responsive and oriented towards action
- Can-do attitude, and respond in all situations with a positive and energized attitude
- Post-secondary education in Engineering

WHAT TO DO NEXT

Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, your application will not consider. We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring process. Accommodations due to accessibility are available on request for candidates taking part in the selection process. The above summary is to be used as a guideline only and may not incorporate all functions of the job.

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📌 PLC Programmer/Controls Designer (Canada)
🏢 Timberland Equipment
📍 Canada