Automation & Controls Student
Automation & Controls Student
Slave Lake, Alberta
8-Month Term (Starting May 2025)
Our Controls & Automation students use their passion for technology and appetite for new challenges to tackle improvements across our mill. As a student, you'll have the opportunity to work with seasoned professionals to build your skills and gain meaningful automation and controls engineering work experience. If this sounds like your kind of opportunity, read on to learn more.
We're looking for an Automation & Controls Student to join our Athabsasca OSB facility located in Slave Lake, Alberta. This state-of-the-art facility has the longest continuous press in North America, giving us the ability to produce a diverse range of innovative products for customers around the world.
Our ideal candidate has the following qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in an Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering program.
- Posses a Class 5-Graduated Driver's License prior to start date.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Mechanical aptitude and understanding of electrical machines.
- A passion for technology and programming.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently and use own resources to find innovative solutions to new problems.
We value diversity at Tolko and know that experience and knowledge comes in many forms. Even if you don't have all the qualifications above, please apply. We would love to hear your story and have you grow with us.
In this role you will:
- Work on improvements to automation, controls and visualization.
- Be driven to find solutions and look for ways to improve processes.
- Recommend methods to improve safety, quality, throughput, and uptime
- Provide support to electrical personnel on shift.
- Support industrial programming in a OSB mill.
- Work closely with highly experienced Process Control personnel.
So, what's in it for you?
- You'll take on an exciting new challenge with supportive team members.
- You'll earn a competitive salary. The expected base salary range for this position is $51,500 to $59,200 per year.
- You'll grow new skills and gain hands-on, practical experience.
- You'll work with some of the best and brightest in the industry.
- You'll be part of a positive, innovative, and inclusive work environment.
If you want to work in a sustainable, future focused industry, there is no better place than Tolko. Our family has been producing innovative forest products for over 65 years. Our focus remains on sustainably managing our forests and our business for upcoming generations.
We want YOU to join our family. Come Grow Here! Apply today at www.tolko.com/careers.
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About Slave Lake
Our Athabasca Division is located two and a half hours northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, close to the town of Slave Lake. Slave Lake is home to over 6,000 people. It's an active community boasting two ball facilities, a multi-recreation centre, aquatic centre, and over 40 acres of parks and open space to explore. Watch this video to learn more about the community and find out why life is better here.
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