Day Shift: Mondays to Thursdays - 5:30AM - 4:00PM (10hour)
About us
Established in 1924, Standen’s is a Canadian manufacturing company making alloy steel products that are formed, forged, upset, threaded or heat-treated for a variety of markets. As one of North America’s largest full-line leaf spring, suspension component and agricultural tillage tool manufacturers, Standen’s prides itself on quality products and services.
We are registered to the ISO 14001 international environmental standard, the ISO 9001 international quality standard and in 2010, we were successful in obtaining our Certificate of Recognition (COR), Alberta’s only safety standard recognized by Occupational Health & Safety.
Standen’s manufacturing facility is situated on 15 acres in the industrial heart of Calgary with over 250,000 square feet of space, and is complete with administrative offices, engineering and design, production, assembly, warehousing, quality assurance and shipping.
General Description
Assisting with the day to day operations of the manufacturing area, Manufacturing Associates have opportunity to work with a variety of machines and processes to meet production targets for the assigned production lines each day. Working to achieve various competencies, associates are able to be cross trained across production lines to meet business needs and labour demands.
‘We provide on the job training and are very proud of our safety program (we are COR certified)’.
Skill/Effort Requirements
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work in an industrial environment
- Manual handling of steel/metal products
- Ability to read production cards and other technical documents, using a measuring tape to confirm specs
- Ability to effectively communicate needs to successfully meet assigned targets
Responsibilities
- Manipulate, carry and/or lift 10-75 lbs. of steel for the purposes of forging, forming, shaping, heat treating and assembling material into various shapes and sizes
- Operate gas or electric furnaces to heat steel to proper temperatures for forging and hot processing if necessary
- Place heated or cold metal pieces into process equipment and/or tooling for forging, shaping, and processing steel parts
- Operate presses or other forging machines to produce steel parts
- Complete initial part inspection, in process inspections, trouble shooting and process improvements along with any other tasks assigned to you by your supervisor
Working Conditions
- Manufacturing environment, loud
- Conditions: heat , PPE required in specified areas (provided)
Why work for us?
- Extended health benefits
- Life insurance
- Company matching Pension Program
- Health & Wellness program (including onsite Physio)
- Great Safety culture
- Onsite Cafeteria and lunches allowance
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Safety Boots Allowance
- Free parking, transit accessible
Opportunity to learn new equipment and grow within the company
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Experience:
- Manufacturing: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
