mécanicien d'engins de chantier

journalier en construction

routier

camionneur

conducteur d'équipement lourd

Miller Paving

Worked with Brennan infrastructure division over 5 years and every year we were laid off early in the year and called back late. I've been in construction for over 20 years and never sat at home as much as with this company. Upper management is top end heavy and very disorganized.  Many instances where decisions are changed 2 or 3 times part way through causing delays and costs on the job. Most of my supervisor's were very professional to deal with but I was very disappointed to experience yelling, hour shortages, pay adjustments, missing or no pay stub, non compliance to locate sheets etc, etc....the type of workplace cultures we used to deal with in the 70'. Miller/ Brennan has one person that does all the hiring and this person's lack of knowledge is evident with all the ongoing repair work. Some of the supervisors/foreman have come from retail, deli markets, even car sales....where does this make sense??? I personally think these people can definitely be integrated into construction but not directly into a management type position. Further more this person doing the hiring has a rule that all persons to be called back will be called based on senority; but every year he breaks that rule and calls back workers with less senority and has even hired new unqualified help. The last season i worked there a couple of men were laid off after working a 20 hour shift and on the shift exchange new men were brought in to permanently replace them. Again person doing the hiring wanted to save costs and decided he would bring in men who made less on an hourly basis to save $$$....funny enough the differenc in pay was 30 cents an hour!!! These practices aren't good for employee moral and are actually against union rules to bring in unqualified people. All this just to save the budget that is being blown by management's poor decision making...it just doesn't make any sense and is unsafe,and unresponsible. Hiring unqualified people to save costs shows lack of character, poor judgement and obvious disrespect for employees and company culture. If you as the hirer don't know what it takes to complete the job in itsel than you shouldn't be leading the group; it would be like a janitor at a hospital hiring doctors/nurses. Just because you work in the medical field doesnt mean your qualified to hire everyone and you shold stick to what you know not what you think you know. He (hirer) also climbed the ladder at miller due to his father placing him in management at a very young age which gives you an idea of a repetitive unsucessfull work practice that is very detrimental to millers workplace culture and success. Miller/ Brennan has so much potential to be a great place to work and become a very successful company.  I do hope for the sake of current employees that the purchase of the company by The Colas group changes the attitude, poor practices, and culture and puts miller back on track.

Not a great place to work for technicians or apprentices.  No focus on advanced training for new technologies.  Software available for diagnosis is often not working, out of date and minimal at best.  Apprentices will gain minimal experience with safety related repairs.

Supervisors and Management show no interest in improvement of shop or diagnostic equipment. 
Main focus is on Safety Inspections, seasonal body changeover and drowning technicians in paperwork to meet CORE certification for construction industry.    

Shop consists of truck, heavy equipment and fabrication shop together.  Often technicians are exposed to gasses, smoke and particles in atmosphere related to fabrication and repair work.  

Technicians will be required to work at winter plow camps and be on call 24/7 during the winter months.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Usually steady hours for most of the spring/Summer season.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poorly maintained equipment and blatant favoritism from management. They don't care about anything other than the work being done.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not a healthy work environment. There is obvious separation between crews and drivers are not considered as part of the team. Don't get caught taking a break or reminding management/supervisors or your HOS. they'll complain. when it comes to requesting or offering overtime when the hours drop you'll be conveniently be left out.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Early days and late nights. Grab your truck and get out of the yard. The less you see of management the better. expect to jump from days to midnights randomly during the week.

Road construction makes for long days. I have learned more about fine grading, compaction testing, asphalt sampling,and operating many different types of equipment. I always have been surrounded by very good co-workers and managers. Team work is very important in this type of work. Most days are very labour intensive even with all the heavy equipment you still have to shovel, run hand packers, jack hammers etc. The most rewarding part of my job is seeing the propper completion of each stage of the job leading to the completion.

I loved looking forward to full day in the sun. Operating heavy equipment is easy but mentally exhausting. The sunshine always brightens your day though. You can learn so much from this company and it seems the opportunities can be endless. They have great management skill who are highly qualified for the jobs. Everyone that I've worked with in this company seems to have great personalities which make a days work much easier. I found the hardest part about this jobs was the labor work, constantly on your feet for 12-16 hrs. The best part of the job was working as a team.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The staff is very friendly and always willing to help and knowledgeable.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to do your best at any task given.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is very relaxed and  work is never rushed and always getting the job done right on time.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Report in on time , given proper equipment do a pre trip inspection and stand by to get instructions.

An old style blue collar operation. The people that run the operation at the daily ground level are friendly, approachable and very supportive.  If you seek a new opportunity, it will likely be offered to you as time permits. Part of the year is spent doing real meat and potatoes work on seasonal fleet prep and the other part offers a little of the unexpected. If you’re up for some challenge and comraderie, this will be a good fit for you. I encourage all to give it a consideration.

Great people, good management, awesome job.
A little stressful at times when a storm was moving in, as you know you will be working long hours and tough conditions, but that is the job of a snow plow driver; everyone is trying to go home to avoid the snow, and you are leaving home to get into it!

Throughout my time at Miller Paving I was given opportunity to advance, a safe environment to work, and the training I needed to excel. The environment and the type of work is tough, and at time physically demanding. But the support offered by both foremen and co-workers allows each challenge to be an opportunity for learning and training.

I worked for Miller Paving Timmins for 3 years.  In that time I went from concrete, to plowing and supervising plowing operations.  The company itself is great, pay is fair and decent benefits.  However when it came to managing plow operations, we were left understaffed and as such I was put under alot of pressure sometimes working 30 to 40 hours straight.

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