Position Job Title: Mechanical Systems & Prototype Technician

Type: Full-time

Commitment:40 hours per week

Location: Headingley, Manitoba (candidate must have their own means of transport)

Start Date: Immediately

Pay: Compensation will reflect experience and capability

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30pm

Company

Carbon Lock Tech is a Manitoba-based cleantech startup focused on addressing climate change through carbon capture and sequestration. The company is currently developing systems and technologies for converting organic matter into a stable form of biocarbon that can be sequestered or “locked” into a range of valuable applications.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for this position is the type of person who enjoys taking equipment apart to understand how it works and putting it back together better than before. You have likely spent time building, repairing or modifying machinery, whether in agriculture, manufacturing, industrial maintenance, fabrication, energy or heavy equipment environments. Moreover, you may have implemented creative and unconventional implementations to “get the job done”.

This role involves working directly with equipment in the shop or pilot plant. Successful candidates enjoy building, modifying, troubleshooting and operating machinery. They will also enjoy learning outside of their trained skillset, as the work is varied and diverse. This is not a desk-based engineering role.

Responsibilities include

Mechanical design, assembly, maintenance and modification of process equipment,



and supporting equipment to enable different test configurations and ensure reliable operation.

Perform hands-on fabrication, mechanical assembly and equipment fit-up, including cutting, drilling, grinding, bolting, mounting equipment and components, assembling mechanical systems, installing process piping and tubing, fabricating brackets and supports, and modifying existing equipment to suit changing R&D; requirements.

Operate the pyrolysis reactor and auxiliary systems during test campaigns, including routine equipment checks, maintenance, material sampling and following startup/shutdown procedures.

Troubleshoot operational issues during campaigns by interpreting instrument trends and alarms, then performing safe hands-on corrective actions.

Assist in the creation of test campaigns, provide impactful process improvements and perform rigorous data collection that will require an understanding of the system from an operational and engineering perspective.

Required skills and qualifications

Education may include engineering technology, engineering, millwright, industrial mechanic, heavy equipment technician, agricultural equipment technician, welding, manufacturing or related technical trades.

Ability to work under minimal supervision and take ownership of responsibilities in a quick-paced setting.

Strong ability and passion to build, operate and modify equipment.

Process

Applicants must reside in Manitoba and be willing and able to work in Headingley, Manitoba

📌 Mechanical Systems (Headingley)
🏢 Carbon Lock Technologies
📍 Headingley