Intern, Facilities Operations Maintenance (4 Months) (Finance)
Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada has embarked on one of the largest procurement projects since the Second World War. The NSS is a nation-building effort to create a sustainable Canadian shipbuilding industry, secure long-term job opportunities and build the next generation of ships for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. Through its NSS-related work, Seaspan Shipyards is owning the redevelopment of our domestic shipbuilding industry on the West Coast and delivering on the promise of ships built in Canada, by Canadians.
The Intern, Facilities Operations Maintenance is responsible for assist the maintenance department in improving, develop and standardize all maintenance processes to be aligned with the internal policies of Seaspan. As well as assisting the facilities maintenance planning department which is responsible for the overall continuous development of the maintenance and reliability programs to ensure maximum availability and reliability of equipment.
Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.
What you'll do
- Develop and implement Predictive techniques plans on critical equipment.
- Assist in developing comprehensive maintenance plans for routine, preventive, condition based and predictive maintenance activities.
- Audit and improve current maintenance plans.
- Assist in developing Bill of Material of critical equipment.
- Assist in developing and handling the facility maintenance and reliability program.
- Develop SOP of the maintenance tasks.
- Assist the maintenance planners on auditing the quality of data on the CMMS system.
- Assist in developing a Maintenance system development plan.
- Assist in the migration of databases.
- Scheduling shipping of repairable items to maintain critical spares.
What you'll bring
- Enrollment in a degree or diploma in mechanical engineering.
- General knowledge on predictive techniques as vibrations, thermography, oil Analysis, etc.
- Data interpretation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Work with others as a standout colleague.
- Organized with strong technical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to collaborate with subcontractors, suppliers, and professionals.
- Computer proficiency in the Windows environment.
- Study field within a technical field
- Curiosity about computer applications.
- Self-starter.
Why you'll love working here
- A supportive learning environment, great team culture and hands-on experience and training.
- Opportunity to grow your career and connect with like-minded students.
- Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.
We require a full-time commitment Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week with an hourly rate of $26.00/hour.
Start Date of Internship: May 5th, 2025
End Date of Internship: August 29th, 2025 (4 months)
Please submit your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcript as one PDF document.
Application Closing Date: Sunday February 9th, 2025 at 11:59pm PST.
Please note: if we receive a large volume of applications, we may need to close this posting ahead of the closing date, therefore, we recommend applying early. Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.
To learn more about our InternSHIP Program, visit our website: www.seaspan.com/internships-at-seaspan/
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