2nd Year Apprentice Welder-Brooks, Alberta

Department: Maintenance

Location: Brooks, AB

2ND YEAR APPRENTICE WELDER - BROOKS

With approximately 3,300 employees, JBS Food Canada ULC (-JBS Canada-) is one of Canada's largest beef processors. Consisting of four locations-the main processing facility located in Brooks, Alberta, where approximately 4,200 head of cattle are harvested and processed daily; the Head Office and a case ready plant, both based in Calgary, Alberta; and JBS Ontario, a case ready plant located in Belleville, Ontario. The JBS Canada facility in Brooks has the capacity to produce products ranging from boxed beef primals, ground beef, beef trimmings, beef by-products and hides which are shipped across Canada and worldwide. At the multi-protein Mountain Creek Farms case-ready facility in Calgary, JBS Canada produces value-added products including marinated, portion sized, multi-pack options, kebabs and much more. JBS Ontario in Belleville produces fresh meat and seafood products for leading retailers in Canada.

During the pandemic, we have implemented hundreds of safety measures including offering unlimited PPE, constructing permanent physical barriers, establishing physical distancing protocols, and installing hospital-grade ventilation systems in all of our facilities.

At JBS Canada, our people are our greatest asset. We are very proud to have a team of high achieving, engaged employees. We are currently seeking an Apprentice Welder to join our team at our main production facility located in Brooks, AB.

NOTE: This role will be located in Brooks, AB.

Relocation Assistance Available

You will:

• Read and interpret blueprints or welding process specifications

• Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments using processes such as gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), plasma arc welding (PAW), shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), oxy-acetylene welding (OAW), resistance welding and submerged arc welding (SAW)

• Operate manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment

• Operate brazing and soldering equipment

• Operate metal shaping machines such as brakes, shears and other metal straightening and bending machines

• Repair worn parts of metal products by welding on extra layers.

You have:

• At least 1 year of experience as a welder apprentice, required

• Must be registered as an Apprentice in Alberta

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload and effectively meet deadlines;

• Ability to work independently and in a multifunctional team with minimum supervision

Work Site Environment: Noisy, Odours, Hot, Cold/refrigerated.

Earn Competitive Starting Wages of $32.35 - $33.29

Permanent Full Time Employment

Please note that Applicants may be subject to drug and alcohol testing. If an Applicant is requested to take a drug and alcohol test, any offer of employment to the Applicant will be conditional upon passing the drug and alcohol test.

Exceptional Benefits including:

Competitive Wage | Relocation Assistance | Extended Health/Medical Benefit | Group Life & Accidental Death Insurance | Short/Long Term Disability | Vision/Dental Care | Employee Beef Purchasing Program | Voluntary Employee RRSP Contributions | Employer RRSP Contributions| Medical Clinic on-site | Career Growth and Continued Training

JBS Food Canada ULC

Mailing Address: PO Box 1868 Brooks AB T1R 1C6

Physical Location: 193002A Range Road 150, Brooks, Alberta, T1R1C6

Telephone: 403-501-2223 Fax: 403-501-2239

Apply online: