Location: Onsite in Hamilton
Shift: Primarily Afternoon Shift with flexibility to work days and nights
The starting pay range for the role is $44.10-48.12 based on experience and qualifications. Plus bonus, comprehensive benefits, retirement savings plan, paid vacation, and other perks and opportunities.
Job Summary
Gay Lea Foods is seeking a skilled and reliable Licensed Millwright to join our maintenance team at the Hamilton, ON location. In this role, you will be responsible for installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing production equipment to support safe and efficient plant operations. This position primarily works the midnight shift and requires flexibility for schedule changes, vacation coverage and overtime.
Key Responsibilities:
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair production and processing equipment used in food manufacturing.
- Perform preventative and corrective maintenance to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability.
- Diagnose mechanical issues and support basic electrical troubleshooting.
- Conduct TIG welding for equipment repairs, adjustments, and fabrication.
- Utilize a computerized maintenance work order system to document work, track tasks, and maintain accurate records.
- Support general facility maintenance, including occasional outdoor and rooftop tasks.
- Operate, or be willing to obtain certification to operate, equipment such as scissor lifts, forklifts, and genie booms.
- Collaborate with production and maintenance teams to ensure safe and efficient operations.
- Follow all workplace safety procedures and food safety regulations.
- Assist with equipment installations, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Valid Millwright License (required).
- Minimum 3 years of Millwright experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Proven TIG welding skills (asset).
- Mechanical aptitude with basic electrical troubleshooting ability.
- Experience working with a computerized maintenance work order system.
- HVAC experience (asset).
- Previous experience in a food manufacturing facility (asset).
- Strong problem‑solving skills and teamwork capabilities.
- Willingness to work primarily midnights with flexibility for shift changes and overtime.
- Comfortable working at heights and performing outdoor or rooftop tasks.
Working Conditions
- Fast-paced factory environment with exposure to moving machinery, noise, temperature changes, and occasional outdoor conditions.
- Physical demands include lifting, standing for extended periods, climbing, and working in confined or elevated spaces.
What We Offer
- Stable, full-time employment
- Competitive compensation
- A collaborative, supportive team environment
- Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
Gay Lea Foods is a leading Canadian dairy co-operative renowned for producing high-quality, nutritious dairy products that Canadian families love and trust. From farm to table, our 1,200 farmer members in Ontario and Manitoba, and more than 1,200 employees across four provinces, work together to nourish communities through award-winning brands including Gay Lea, Nordica, Salerno, Bothwell Cheese, and more. As part of its deeply rooted, balanced commitment to people, profit, and planet, Gay Lea Foods proudly invests one percent of pre-tax earnings back into Canadian communities through a national food security partnership with Second Harvest, and the community-building efforts of the Gay Lea Foundation. To learn more, visit gayleafoods.com.
Gay Lea Foods is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity in our workplace.
Reasonable accommodation is available upon request throughout our recruitment and selection process.
Gay Lea Foods may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support aspects of the recruitment process, including screening and assessment.
We are currently accepting applications for this open position.
Thank you for your interest in Gay Lea Foods.
Wishing you all the best with your career search!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $44.10-$48.12 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- RRSP match
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Hamilton, ON L8H 3R7: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- Are you comfortable working an afternoon shift, 2PM to 10:30PM Monday to Friday?
Experience:
- industrial or manufacturing : 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
Work Location: In person
