Remote Heavy Duty Mechanic

Summary

Join MATRIX, a national company providing camps, logistics, and aviation management services, as a Heavy Duty Mechanic at a project site near Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut. This fly-in/fly-out position involves a 21-day rotation and requires experience with CAT equipment and proficiency in CAT ET and SIS Systems. You will be responsible for maintaining and servicing equipment, conducting repairs, and ensuring a safe work environment. MATRIX offers competitive wages, paid travel days, and various other benefits. The ideal candidate is a Journeyperson Heavy Duty Mechanic with experience in remote camp settings and a commitment to safety.

Requirements

• Experienced Journeyperson Heavy Duty Mechanics that are team oriented, adaptable, highly motivated, with acute attention for details
• CAT equipment experience required, proficient in CAT ET and SIS Systems
• This position will be working in a remote camp in Nunavut
• This is a fly-in/fly-out position, on a 21 day rotation

Responsibilities

• Keeps equipment available for use by completing preventive maintenance schedules; installing component and part upgrades; controlling corrosion; completing winterization procedures
• Corrects equipment deficiencies by removing, repairing, adjusting, overhauling, disassembling, assembling, and replacing major assemblies, components, parts, electrical, adjusting and alignments including bearing loads, gear tooth contact, valve mechanisms, governors, oil systems, control linkages, clutches, and traction units
• Familiar with Loaders, Dozers, Excavators, Graders, SnowCats, light and heavy duty trucks
• Verifies vehicle performance by conducting test drives; adjusting controls and systems
• Oversee vehicle appearance by cleaning and washing
• Maintains vehicle records by annotating services and repairs
• Keeps shop equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs
• Willing to work in remote sites outside of a shop
• Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt
• Facilitate and or participate in daily tool box meetings
• Ensure work environment meets corporate safety practices
• Report unsafe conditions to immediate supervisor

Preferred Qualifications

• Arctic experience would be an asset
• Journeyperson-Certified Heavy-Duty Mechanic/Interprovincial Red Seal Certification
• A minimum 3-5 years mining equipment care and maintenance experience
• Previous experience working in remote camp setting

Benefits

• Competitive Wages & Paid travel days
• Fly in fly out 3/3 rotations (Various Canadian Remote FIFO Locations)
• Paid flights, hotels, baggage and meal per diems
• Onsite tools provided
• Fly-in/Fly-out position
• Travel arrangements made and paid for by Matrix
• 3 week on / 3 week off rotation
• Paid Travel days
• $700/day - $850/day depending on skills, experience and certifications