Overview

THE COMPANY

MSU Mississauga Ltd. (“ MSU”) is Canada’s leader in the design and manufacture of access products for the water and wastewater industry. MSU’s primary product offering includes access hatches, ladders, safety landings, railings and climbing rungs. MSU was founded in 1977 and has operated for the past 46 years out of its manufacturing facility located in Mississauga, ON.
For more information, please visit www.msuaccess.com.

THE POSITION

Reporting to the Production Supervisor, the Metal Fabricator processes material to meet the required dimensions as laid out in the shop drawings. The Metal Fabricator is responsible for cutting, fitting, and preparing parts to be welded and assembled into quality finished products.

Work Environment

  • Excellent team culture and learning environment.
  • Progressive management focused on collaboration and empowerment.
  • Great location in Mississauga where MSU has been located for 46 years.
  • 16,000 square foot modern office and air-conditioned production facility.
  • Operating hours are Mon-Fri from 7am-3pm with two 15 min paid breaks.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret drawings, work-orders, and bill of materials to determine material requirements, product layout and dimensional criteria for parts being produced.
  • Follow fabrication procedures to efficiently process material and make quality parts.
  • Accurately cut, fit, and layout material to within a 3mm tolerance.
  • Pick and cut raw material as indicated on the work-order.
  • Generate cut sheets and determine approach for optimizing yields with minimal scrap.
  • Prepare and process material (i.e., cut, bend, bevel, debur, punch, mill, press, drill etc.).
  • Use saws, mill, drill press, iron worker, shear, press and production equipment as required.
  • Dispose of off-cuts and put away remaining usable materials in designated locations.
  • Layout and assemble bolted products to ensure fit and over-all quality.
  • Daily reporting of material usage on work-orders.
  • Daily reporting on labor tickets of the amount of time spent on each project.
  • Assists welders and fabricators with material handling and tasks as required.
  • Maintain a clean and organized working environment.
  • Appropriate maintenance and upkeep of job-related equipment.
  • Work in a safe manner that complies with company health and safety stands and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
  • All other duties that serve the company and the customer (i.e., sweep, clean, cut, grind etc.).

Required

  • 2 Years’ experience operating metal fabrication equipment
  • Familiarity with raw materials (i.e., flat bar, angles, pipe, tube, channels, sheet, plate etc.). Most of the material is 1/4” or 3/8” thick grade 6061-T6 aluminum or stainless steel.
  • Strong blueprint reading capabilities to fit and layout parts to achieve a quality finished product.
  • Solid understanding of fabrication and metalworking procedures.
  • Knowledge of production equipment, tools, materials, and processing techniques.
  • Detail oriented, organized, and able to follow instructions.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Strong work ethic with a sense of responsibility, ownership, and accountability.
  • Ability to meet assigned deadlines, collaborate effectively with the team and work autonomously as required.
  • Solid math and measurement skills (i.e., conversion from fractional to decimal and metric to imperial).

Preferred

  • Counterbalance forklift license.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Excellent Wages: Starting at $24-26 per hour; less statutory deductions.
  • Overtime: Regularly available overtime paid after 40 hours per week.
  • Benefits: Medical, Dental, Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability.
  • 100% Premiums Paid by MSU: Medical, Dental and Life Insurance.
  • Premium for Long-Term Disability paid for by employee
  • Annual Work Boot Replacement Program: Yes
  • $230 annual work boot allowance upon completion of 3-month probationary period.
  • Annual Vacation: 2 weeks. Vacation is accrued and taken in the same calendar year.
  • 1-week paid Christmas shutdown after 5 years of service.
  • All Tools, Company Uniform, and PPE supplied by MSU: Yes
  • Enrollment in the uniform program upon completion of 3-month probationary period.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $24.00-$26.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Dental care
  • Disability insurance
  • Extended health care
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking

Flexible Language Requirement:

Schedule:

Supplemental pay types:

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Mississauga, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

  • Machine Operator: 2 years (required)
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