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Maintenance Skilled Trades

Job Location: ​Brantford​

1 Ferrero Boulevard, Brantford, ON

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767  dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

What We Offer

 

Competitive Rates:

  • $44.16/hr - $47.73/hr - Electrician/PLCs
  • $44.16/hr - Millwrights

Shift Premiums:

  • 12-hour Continental Shifts
  • Shift Schedules: 2-week continental shift rotation either 6am - 6pm / 6pm - 6am OR 7am - 7pm / 7pm - 7am
  • Scheduled Weekend Shift Premium: +$4.00 per hour
  • Night Shift Premium: +$1.65 per hour
  • 8hr Rotating Shifts:
  • Shift Schedules: weekly rotation of days (7am-3pm), nights (11pm-7am), and afternoons (3pm-11pm)
  • Afternoon shift premium: +$0.65 per hour
  • Night shift premium: +$0.85 per hour

Benefits:

  • Fully employer-paid benefits 
  • Employer-matched pension
  • 15 vacation days to start
  • Parental leave top-up and more!

Opportunities for Advancement: 

  • Ongoing training opportunities
  • Career path development to leadership roles

Employee Events: 

  • Join in on our fun employee events like BBQs, ice cream days, and Ferrero product giveaways!

 

About the Role:

You have always loved it, now be part of it! At Ferrero, we're passionate about crafting memorable experiences through our beloved products, like Ferrero Rocher®, Nutella®, Nutella & Go® and Tic Tac®. We're on the lookout for talented individuals like you to join our maintenance team in Brantford, ON. As a Maintenance Millwright or Electrician/PLC Technician, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our chocolate and confectionary manufacturing facilities. As a leading chocolate manufacturer known for our commitment to quality and innovation, we provide a stable work environment where your contributions are valued and recognized. You'll get to work with state-of-the-art chocolate manufacturing equipment and technology, making a real impact on the production of our delicious treats enjoyed by chocolate lovers everywhere.

Main Responsibilities:

  • You'll be responsible for performing routine preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairing our food processing equipment to optimize safety, reliability, and food safety standards.
  • Dive into continuous improvement projects, where you'll take part in the installation, commissioning, and optimization of machinery, making sure our processes are always top-notch.
  • Take charge of equipment change-overs and production line setups, ensuring seamless operations every step of the way.
  • Roll up your sleeves for welding, machining, and fabrication tasks as needed, maintaining impeccable sanitation standards, housekeeping, and cleanliness in our maintenance shop.
  • Your commitment to compliance with regulations and procedures will help us maintain the highest levels of health and safety, food safety, GMPs, and HACCP standards.

Who we are looking for:

  • As someone with a valid Industrial Mechanic/Millwright trade license (433A) or Industrial Maintenance Electrician License (442A or 309A), you bring expertise and professionalism to the table.
  • With relevant experience (8+ years if unlicensed), you've honed your skills and are ready to tackle any challenge that comes your way.
  • If you've got previous experience within the food and beverage or consumer packaged goods industry, that's a big plus—it means you understand our world.
  • Your strong communication skills mean you can work independently with minimal supervision or seamlessly collaborate within a team environment.
  • You're flexible and adaptable, ready to work rotating shifts to support our continuous operation.

 

If this sounds like you, Apply Now!

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world. 

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

Accommodations

Ferrero Canada will accommodate the needs of applicants with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process. If you need accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the HR Representative. Information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

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