Platinum Staffing Solutions Canada

Enterprise Architect

Salary: $150 – $175ks

Seeking Enterprise Architect who possesses network integration experience with *like* “federal integrator” organizations (http://washingtontechnology.com/toplists/top-100-lists/2009.aspx). 

**Please do not submit a resume if this requirement is not met.  This person *will not* be government client facing, internal infrastructure only.**

The successful candidate will be a seasoned professional who has intimate knowledge of networks, security within the networks (FISMA- Federal Information Security Management Act), and applications (in heavier skill order).  Additionally he/she will have experience in “cradle to grave” implementations in this type of internal enterprise infrastructure.  The focus of this individual will be to assess current state, develop/build solutions and implement with a vision for the organization.  The individual will be expected to be an active participant and leader within the CIO organization providing architectural, network, and security expertise to current as well as long range plans and solutions.

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The EA will provide a robust, cost effective, and secure IT Architecture serving the needs of a variety of stakeholders. The individual will provide a mix of enterprise architectural expertise and hands-on experience in the development and implementation of the solution. Past experience should include working within a corporate IT environment in organizations similar to SRA. This position requires an individual with excellent interpersonal skills able to work with the various corporate support and line organizations.

Duties are but not limited to:
-  Identify technologies and tools to implement the critical elements of the enterprise architecture. Research, analyze, design, propose and deliver solutions that are appropriate for the business and technology strategies.
-  Provide overall direction, guidance and definition of SRA’s technical architecture to effectively support the corporate business strategy and increase operational efficiencies.
-  Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to establish and maintain and communicate a technical enterprise roadmap.
-  Create, apply and evolve an enterprise architecture with a clearly defined business value and ROI based on SRA’s IT strategy.
-  Reduce overall complexity, increase agility, and drive SRA’s long term IT strategy.
-  Interface across all business areas and IT organization, acting as visionary to proactively assist in defining the direction for future projects and ensuring consistent implementation and operation of current projects
-  Identify solutions, build consensus, and execute effectively through an established common enterprise architecture vision amongst architects and IT project leaders.
-  Provide leadership to highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple technical areas and business segments.
-  Rationalize, maintain and evolve the application portfolio.
-  Provide technical expertise and consultation to executive leadership and business leaders.
-  Lead in the development of and ensure governance of architecture principles and standards; create internal standards that fit the current and future needs of SRA.
-  Participate in the implementation planning of the approved architecture, and execution as required.
-  Participate in the planning and implementation of Corporate Continuity Plans.
-  Define metrics to measure progress and effectiveness of SRA enterprise architecture solutions and applications
-  Stay informed of industry trends and emerging technologies to advance the company competitively and protect company assets and information.
-  Coach and mentor more junior staff members.
-  Occasional travel required approximately 10%

Required: Years of experience (min) 6-9

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Lead Engineer/Architect

Austin, Texas

Salary: $100,00 – $115,000

Our client is looking for someone to lead and help architect an exciting new development initiative for us using Agile Development Practices. This person must possess strong technical leadership skills with specific experience with SaaS product implementations. Our team uses a range of technologies such as Java, Ruby/Rails, Oracle, and mySQL. If hired, soon you will be able to take the product from inception to launch by helping to define the architecture, implement the solution and see it through initial deployment in Q1 2010.

Required Experience:
- 5+ years experience delivering externally facing products
- 5+ years experience with web application development
- 2+ years experience developing SaaS products
- Experience leading teams ranging in size from 5-15 engineers
- Breadth of software design experience with specialization in user interface
- Interest in embracing Agile Development Practices

Desired Experience:
- 5+ years software leadership experience
- Experience with SOA
- Experienced with Agile Development Practices
- Experience working with geographically dispersed teams (Eastern Europe)
- Preference given to candidates with experience in Lucene or other comparable search engine technology
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REGIONAL SALES MANAGER

CALGARY, ALBERTA

Salary: $125,00 – $135,00

JOB DESCRIPTIONJob Title: Regional Sales Manager

Summary of Position: Supervise and support the Technical Sales Representatives within his/her identified territory. Work with the management team to establish and implement sales strategies throughout the territory.

Reports to: National Sales Director

Specific Duties
and Responsibilities:
1. Direct, coordinate, and review activities of Technical Sales Representatives and Inside Sales Manager
2. Represent company at trade association meetings to promote products.
3. Train TSRs on sales strategies, company policy and procedures.
4. Produce monthly sales reports based on TSR reports and market information
5. Recommends and sells valves and controls utilizing knowledge of valve and actuation applications.
6. Computes installation or production costs, estimates savings, and participates in preparation and submission of bid specifications to customer for review and approval.
7. Attends sales and trade meetings and reads related publications to obtain current market condition information, business trends, and industry developments.
8. Inspects establishment premises to verify installation feasibility, and obtains specifications and drawings to submit to engineering department for bid.
9. Demonstrates and explains use of installed equipment and production processes.
10. Arranges for installation and test-operation of machinery and recommends solutions to product-related problems.
11. Contacts current and potential customers, visits establishments to evaluate needs, and promotes sale of products and services
12. Resolve customer complaints regarding sales and service.
13. Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.
14. Participate in preparation of Quotes per specifications.

Education and Experience:

Requires a Bachelors Degree in Business or a Technical discipline

5+ years of experience in the field or in a related area 

 2-4 years of supervisory experience.

*Knowledge of valves, actuators, and controls strongly preferred.

Additional Skills Required:

Salary: Negotiable, with benefits package, plus annual bonus pay plan.

Work Conditions: Flexible workweek, hours may vary.  Extended hours may be required based on business needs.  Travel to other facilities and training would equate to no more than 50% of a workweek. General work will be primarily conducted in a climate-controlled office setting with a minimal flow of people.

Physical Demands: The physical demands listed are essential in order for the employee of this position to successfully perform this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The employee will occasionally be required to physically lift or apply force to objects up to 35 lbs.  Occasional grasping, bending, stooping, and twisting involved.  Extended periods of standing, sitting, and walking are frequently required.  The employee must have constant free mobility of hands, wrists and arms in order to operate computer/keyboard and office equipment. 

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Salary: $90,000 – $125,000 US

Arlington, VA

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PLANT TECHNICAL MANAGER (MAINTENANCE ENGINEER)

MISSOURI

OVERVIEW:
The Plant Technical Manager (PTM) is responsible for providing the technical expertise to prioritize and deliver results for the plant and the businesses it supports.

ACCOUNTABILITIES
Key accountabilities include:

Leadership
- Development of site strategic plan for technical staffing, capital investment, general competencies, and system/technology improvements
- Coaching, mentoring, and development of plant technical resources
- Accountability for management of external technical relationships with A/E firms, contractors, and equipment vendors
- Provide technical leadership and for site compliance with EPA and OSHA requirements in concert with designated functional experts
- Provide site leadership to achieve maximization/optimization of capital assets and site utilization as well as lead safety initiatives in technical areas

Capital Planning & Execution
- Develop short term and long range capital investment plans for facility and be accountable for the planning and execution of all projects
- Responsible for the capital investment process for the site (e.g. standards, project management, capital approval, etc.).

Continuous Improvement
- Develop and support strategies that integrate Continuous Improvement methodologies into the Master Plan.
- Provide leadership for the application of Continuous Improvement Pillars, tools, and training to meet business objectives.
- Provide site leadership for technical solutions to operational problems including systems optimization, debottlenecking, and troubleshooting.
- Accountable for the strategy, design and implementation of control systems and manufacturing information systems.
Maintenance
-Work closely with Maintenance Leadership to foster collaboration between Engineering and Maintenance that will support the overall strategy for maintenance issues including maintenance programs (predictive, preventive), development of tools and resources, and personnel selection, training and development.

TRAVEL: 10%

EDUCATION:
Bachelors degree in Engineering

EXPERIENCE:
7 years, 10 preferred

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Senior Mine Engineer

SASKATCHEWAN

Our client is currently recruiting for a Senior Mine Engineer to support an expansion project within their Operations located in Saskatchewan.

Scope:
Reporting to the Chief Mine Engineer, the Senior Mine Engineer is responsible for the coordination and performance of the short and long term mine planning processes within the Mine Engineering department. This includes the coordination of all aspects related to the development and stewardship of 1 week to 12 month short-term mine plans, planning for short-term sequencing issues, development of the 20 year and life of mine plans, and mentorship of junior Mine Engineering staff.

Specific Responsibilities:
Coordinating short-term mine planning (design & scheduling):
Ensure short-term (1 week to 12 month) mine plans are produced and stewarded to through a reconciliation process;
Ensure that short-term planning encompasses the requirements of the long-term plan;

Coordinate the creation of the short-term sequence of events, including updating & inclusion of all relevant Operations & Maintenance tasks to the sequence to complement the production requirements;

Report weekly & monthly tonnage & grade achievements;

Reconcile actual production results to budgeted results for formal reconciliation requirements on a monthly, quarterly & annual basis;

Host the weekly Mine Sequencing meeting & provide post-meeting updates & plan to stakeholders (foremen, mill, etc.);

Optimize the weekly Mine Sequencing meeting to take advantage of any opportunities that arise;

Highlight maintenance time opportunities & provide Operations with planning support to allow the opportunities to be utilized efficiently;

Coordinate & manage change in the short-term planning area to continuously improve department performance;

Audit documentation of geological issues (high back cutting, bolts, disturbances, leach zones, etc.) in the drawing files to ensure that file accuracy is maintained & information is available for future use in the mine planning process;

Coordinate creation of room projection documents for Mine Operations pre-cutting;

Coordinate with the Mine Operations Superintendent & Mill Operations personnel on short-term mill requirements;

Ensure all short-term mine plans are communicated to & coordinated with the Mine Manager, Chief Mine Engineer, Mine Operations Superintendent, Mine Maintenance Superintendent & their associated staff;

Highlight & coordinate drawings required for Mine Operations support; Coordinate the inclusion of routine samples into block model updates on a biannual (every 6 months) basis;

Coordinate the creation of room summary reports documenting grade, geological factors, ventilation concerns, bolts required, etc. for future use in the mine planning process in adjacent rooms.

Familiarity with underground ore zone and processes.

Coordinate long-term mine planning activities:

Steward to the long-term plan;

Coordinate the creation of the 20 Year Strategic Plan;

Manage the MOC process for mine planning and ventilation changes and optimization;

Coordinate personnel involvement during the process of plan creation and updating;

Host planning sessions to work through issues requiring group resolution;

Communicate all mine plans to the Chief Mine Engineer, Mine Manager, Mine Superintendents and Mill Manager;

Coordinate quarterly and annual reconciliation activities.

Promote improvements in all areas to meet or exceed set targets:

Ensure alignment and cohesion within the Mine Engineering team;

Participate in the budgeting process and steward to the Mine Engineering budget (capital & operational);

Recognize and implement continuous improvement opportunities;

Coordinate short-term planning improvements;

Coordinate implementation of short-term scheduling software changes (from AutoCAD/Earthworks to Vulcan/iGantt);

Supervision of assorted Mine Engineering personnel:
Manage employee performance with discussions & full documentation

Perform the Chief Mine Engineer job duties as needed.

Qualifications:
Education and Experience:

A Bachelor degree in Mine Engineering or related degree;

Have 8-10 years of mining engineering supervisory experience, preferably underground;

Able to handle a large and varied workload;

Excellent interpersonal, communication, planning, problem solving, and organization skills;

Ability to work in a team environment with minimal supervision;

Experience working with MS Office, SAP, CAD, and Mine Planning software such as Vulcan / iGantt.

Location:
This position is located in Saskatchewan

Hours of Work:

Our client values work-life balance and offers a 9-80 schedule where employees work a two week cycle of 9 hour days with the first Friday in the rotation being an 8 hour day and the second Friday being a day off.

Relocation Package:
Our client provides a competitive relocation assistance package

Compensation Package:

Competitive Base Salary

Profit Sharing Program

Retirement Pension Program

Every second Friday off

Annual compensation adjustment

Flexible Medical and Dental Benefits Plan

3 weeks of vacation to start

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Area Construction Manager – Underground

CONFIDENTIAL, SASKATCHEWAN

Reporting directly to the Construction Director, and dotted line to the Area Project Manager, Mine and Hoist, the Construction Manager, Underground leads the field planning, coordination and field execution of Project VAULT Underground Mine expansion.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Constructability input and leadership through design for the scope of work Underground
• Accountable for the direct oversight of the field activities within the scope of work Underground
• Responsible for interfacing with personnel responsible for the self execution of Vault related scope items for underground
• Responsible for ensuring that field cost, field schedule updates, and field scope items are accurately transmitted to the EPC Contractor and that progress, productivity, and earned value are properly reported for all self directed scope items
• Responsible for updating the EPC Contractor schedules for RAS dates for procured undergoing equipment and materials
• Assist in the planning and scheduling of the execution phase of the project underground
• Work with the area QA Coordinator to provide quality management oversight during execution ensuring technical requirements such as: specifications, drawings and procedures are adhered to
• Ensure Contractor adherence to project and general site procedures In conjunction with Construction Director, EH&S Manager and Area LPC, conducts random safety audits and inspections
• Ensure that all required permits are adhered to and as-builts are diligently completed
• Provide bi-weekly project updates to the Construction Director and Area Project Manager, Mine and Hoist
• Review manpower requirements in conjunction with physical progress and provides recommendations for staffing level changes if required to the Area Project Manager, Construction Director, and VPO Mine Manager
• Complete detailed look ahead reviews with  underground foremen responsible for executing VAULT scope items, and ensures compliance with project milestones, level 3 execution schedules, and the project execution planIdentify functional issues and priorities and recommends appropriate actionsGuide and manage work of direct reportsManages interactions with underground ongoing Operations and Maintenance
• Provide input to the Area Project Manager for trend notices and deviation alerts as requiredLiaison between operations, maintenance, technical groups and outside contractors

  Provide assistance, where required, with pre-commissioning and commissioning activities, including pre-safety startup procedures, testing procedures, pre-commissioning and commissioning schedule

  Ensure turn over of systems and related documentation as per the project Mechanical Completion Procedure

  Responsible for review and sign off of internal  labour and expenses for underground field related activities

  Responsible for providing input to the Area Project Manager and Engineering Manager in formulating responses to Non Conformance Report and Technical Deviation Requests

  Responsible for assisting the Area Project Engineer in responding to Contractor and Vendor Request for Information

  Qualifications:

  • Journeyman trades certificate or technician diploma with construction management background
  • Experience in underground mine construction required, specifically in the areas of ore conveyance and hoist loading pockets
  • Understanding of project planning and scheduling techniques and software
  • Minimum of 15 years of construction supervisory experience
  • 5-10 years of brownfield/retrofit Construction Management experience preferred
  • Knowledge of  OH&S and environmental regulations
  • Understanding of Saskatchewan Mines regulations and underground supervisor’s certification or common core training preferred
  • Project management Certification an advantage (PMP)
  • Formal safety training an asset
  • Personal Qualities/Competencies
  • Excellent problem solving and decision making skills with the ability to work and produce results under pressure
  • Understanding of computer programs and applications (SAP, word processing and spreadsheets)
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees and management
  • Organizational skills and the ability to handle a varied work load
  • Effective planning, construction management, and problem solving skills
  • Demonstrated ability to motivate people

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PLANT MANAGER
CONFIDENTIAL – ALBERTA, ONTARIO, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Our client, a leader in food processing, is looking for a Plant Manager with:
P.Eng designation
BSc – Food Science or Chemical Engineering
HACCP Certification +
Food Industry Experience

The Plant Manager provides leadership and direction to the plant in all areas of responsibility including administration, production, processing, packaging, quality, maintenance, warehousing, shipping, purchasing, safety, and environmental.

Directs the overall activities of the manufacturing facilities of the plant to ensure customer orders are received, scheduled, produced and shipped at the lowest possible cost to meet the customers’ requirements while maintaining corporate established quality standards.

Analyzes plant operations to ensure that the facility maintains a leadership position in the industry and that it takes advantage of new processes and technologies that become available.

Is responsible for expense control, including shrink, labor and overhead costs utilizing Continuous Improvement techniques.

Develops annual manufacturing expense budget in accordance with forecasted sales volumes and planned inventory levels.

Develops and manages implementation of plant capital budget.

Provides reliable and accurate information to finance to ensure that end of month closing schedules are met.

Ensures that appropriate standard operating procedures (SOP’s) are developed and maintained for all aspects of the business.

Implements plant safety programs and ensure compliance with good manufacturing practices (GMP’s).

Is responsible for the Food Security Policy/Program to assess potential food security risks and to ensure food security preventive measures are being implemented and routinely audited regarding the manufacturing, handling and storage of all food ingredients as well as finished goods.

Is liason between management, engineers and departments within local and branch facilities

Is responsible for environmental compliance.

Collaborates with other plant managers within the company to share best practices

Is responsible for maintaining proper staffing levels, employee performance evaluations, discipline, and employee commendation.

Is responsible for the overall succession planning and development of plant management staff.

For those facilities with a collective bargaining agreement, additional responsibilities will include assisting in contract negotiations, grievances and arbitrations and all aspects of contract management.

Ensures compliance with all Company Corporate policies and procedures.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Engages in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating, and controlling.

Has supervisory responsibility involving staffing, conducting performance appraisals, training and developing subordinates, promotions, salary increases, terminations, disciplinary actions, etc.

Job Requirements
PEng Designation
Bachelor’s degree (BSc).
Minimum of 10+ years of hands-on experience in food processing plant operations or food industry
Must be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of regulatory laws and responsibilities as relative to processing and filling and general facility standards.
Demonstrates basic understanding of budgeting, cost control and federal milk marketing reporting.
Demonstrates a passion for learning and a willingness to build new skills.
Must be able to define, diagnose, and resolve problems.
Ability to have an organization-wide perspective and understand how the business operates.
Ability to understand the vision of the organization and translate it into specific plans and actions that achieve desired results.
Must be a strong executor who has the ability to assist with strategy development at all levels of the organization to drive business performance.
Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs; ability to lead people through change
Ability to work collaboratively with all departments, management levels within the company, and external stakeholders.
Ability to successfully influence peers and senior leadership.
Ability to develop, coach, and mentor talent for current and future needs.
Ability to recognize opportunities to simplify processes and create efficiencies.

Additional Skills Preferred

Own and drive key programs/projects related to lowering cost of production
Own and drive sustainable Continuous Improvement programs/projects around quality, service, safety and performance
Own and drive and building standardization across operations under your direction.
Own, drive Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across managed facility Utilization of structured methodologies (i.e. LEAN, Six Sigma) to develop processes and procedures for organization.

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MILLWRIGHT

Our client is looking for Journeyman Millwright to join their team.
 
Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for plant repairs and maintenance activities, pneumatic and programmable logic controls, fabrication of equipment and parts and replacement of defective pieces

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate must a safety conscious individual who is a  Millwright or Dual Ticketed  with experience in the manufacturing sector.

You will have experience in the operation of precision metal cutting, such as lathes, milling machines, drills and grinders. You will have excellent documentation, communication and intermediate computer skills.

The ability to work shift -work, overtime and the ability to respond to Emergency Call-Ins as required

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