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MECHANICAL RELIABILITY SPECIALIST

Dryden, ON

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Seniority
Mid level
Stated salary
$85,000 – $125,000 per year
Country
CA
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
13 Sept 2026

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MECHANICAL RELIABILITY SPECIALIST

Annual Salary Range: $ 85,000 – $125,000; Target Bonus: 10%

Dryden Fibre Canada is currently seeking an individual to join the Dryden Team. The City of Dryden is located on the North shoreline of the Wabigoon Chain of Lakes along the Trans-Canada Highway. It is located midway between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ontario, and is surrounded by wilderness, lakes, and landscapes.

Working within a team environment and reporting to the Assistant Maintenance & Engineering Manager, your role will be to identify and manage reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations.

Core responsibilities include:

  • Establish and maintain criticality scoring for all mill assets.
  • Facilitate the application of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on critical and troubled assets.
  • Develop and maintain asset maintenance strategies and rebuild standards for critical and troubled assets.
  • Determine effective and appropriate predictive, preventive, and essential care actions to be completed to preserve asset function.
  • Monitor the outputs from the asset care program and take necessary action.
  • Maintain knowledge of predictive technologies and champion the improvement of the site’s utilization.
  • Specify and initiate engineering solutions to support optimal equipment function.
  • Apply Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and develop solutions to address and identify roots.
  • Provide maintenance and reliability oversight for new installations and modifications.

Your Profile:

  • Ideal candidates will hold one of the following: Engineering degree, Engineering Technologist/Technician diploma, or a Red Seal trade certification, or equivalent experience.
  • You have relevant mechanical experience in an industrial setting and demonstrate a strong mechanical aptitude. Pulp and paper experience is considered an asset.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team environment.
  • A safety-oriented mindset with the desire to enforce and follow mill safety and environmental policies and procedures.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including technical writing, budget preparation and presentations.
  • Excellent computer skills with computer-based maintenance software such as SAP and Maintelligence, MS Office and scheduling software. The ability to utilize AutoCAD is an asset.

If you are interested in an opportunity to work with an organization that is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a full range of employee benefits and a competitive wage package, consider joining our Team. Please submit your cover letter, resume, and certificate, in PDF format, in confidence .

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities are available upon request.

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