Job Description

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Hiring Unit:
Dean's Office (Workshop Team), Faculty of Engineering
Position Summary:
The goal is to ensure a safe and healthy environment and workplace for students in the general work (area/s), ensuring they work according to bylaws, rules, and regulations, including ensuring no machines are used or brought into this area. Foster attention to cleanliness, health, and safety by all users of the facilities and ensure that problems are recorded and reported to the relevant parties in the University.
Please note this position does not entail any machining work, the use of machinery, or supervising the use of machines by anyone else.
The position reports to the manager of the workshop. The position is responsible for ensuring adherence to health and safety rules and regulations by any student working in the open areas of the Macdonald Engineering workshops/ project laboratory area during specifically assigned off-hours operations. The following is a more detailed list of the Tasks:

• Monitoring attendance (Control access to workshop general work area, logs presence of users and work carried out)
• Enforcing policies and regulations, including work safety and checking training credentials;
• Ensuring that instructions, procedures and safety measures are followed, and safety equipment is worn;
• Informing, changing, and preventing any unsafe practices or processes and reporting to the workshop manager or security personnel;
• Ensuring cleanliness of workshop general work area during and after hours of operations;
• Responsible for records, reports as needed;

Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities

• Two years of relevant experience working in a workshop/machining environment
• Interest in health and safety
• A graduate university student with experience in a design team or relevant engineering training is considered an asset.
• Different Safety trainings, such as First Aid and WHIMS, are a plus.
• Diligent, dependable, and with great attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills in English with the ability and conviction to present, explain, defend, and impose adherence to rules and regulations

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level 4 (qualifier) on a scale of 0-4.
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Minimum Education and Experience: High School Diploma 2 Years Related Experience
Hourly Salary: (AMUSE C) $16.66
Estimated Number of Work Hours per Week: 12 (Part time)
Position Start Date: 2025-09-11
Position End Date: 2025-12-25
Deadline to Apply: 2025-10-19
This position is covered by the AMUSE collective agreement.
McGill University hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We welcome applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated groups to self-identify. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, .

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