Company Overview:
The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) is an ISO 9001:2015-registered organization established in 1975 to provide a unique resource to both prairie farmers and agricultural machinery manufacturers. Today, in addition to continuing our agricultural priorities, PAMI has also evolved to serve the needs of both the mining and transportation industries. With a professionally diverse staff, PAMI is committed to providing excellence in product development, testing, and design. We offer our clients access to valuable agricultural testing and benchmarking equipment as well as first-rate testing equipment for industry. PAMI also offers computer-aided engineering technologies. With these technologies, PAMI is able to digitally prototype a structure, bulk material, or fluid to analyze the performance of a particular product or system.
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Shop Lead, or where applicable the Project Leader the incumbent will provide support services to projects in the shop. This position is needed as soon as possible and will be required for approximately 4 weeks, with possibility of extension.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The following are the general duties of this position, but are not inclusive of all the detailed tasks that may be required:
- Maintaining buildings and grounds
- Load, unload, move, and organize materials using appropriate equipment
- Safely operate hand tools and power tools as trained
- Perform basic maintenance on shop equipment as assigned
- Assist with equipment setup and teardown
- Follow work instructions and standard operating procedures
- Perform basic quality checks as directed
- Assist with shop maintenance projects
- General organizing and cleaning of the area to keep it safe
- Follow all company health and safety policies, procedures, and safe work practices
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- General knowledge – operation and servicing of equipment, use of tools
- Forklift training considered an asset
- Ability to work well in a team setting while also able to take initiative when working independently
Credentials and Experience:
- Ideally 1-2 years of relevant post-secondary education or equivalent experience
Work Location: In person
