With its head office located in Cambridge, Ontario, Dimplex North America Limited is the world leader in electric heating, offering a wide range of residential, commercial and industrial products. The company’s commitment to innovation has fostered outstanding product development and design excellence.

Dimplex North America Limited is a member of the Glen Dimplex Group of companies of Dublin, Ireland. The Glen Dimplex Group employs over 8,500 people worldwide with sales in excess of $3.0 billion.

This is your chance to be part of an exceptional group of people, working in an environment that is focused on satisfying employees and customers alike. If you thrive on change and positive growth apply for a position with us today. Our company is growing and it is an exciting time. We’d love to have you join our team and help make Dimplex North America Limited the innovative leader of comfort, design and energy efficient solutions.

Test Technician
ENGINEERING
FULL TIME

The Test Technician is responsible for the day to day operation and maintenance of the safety test lab and reports to the R&D Engineering Manager. The safety test lab is used to certify all Dimplex products to the applicable safety standard. The preparation and performance of tests to applicable standards, maintaining lab equipment and ensuring safe operation of the workplace are the key responsibilities of the Test Technician.

Position Responsibilities:
• Manage and perform product testing to meet test plans, regulatory boards and marketing performance requirements
• Maintain an accurate documentation system and creation of test documentation according to ISO17025 guidelines
• Maintain equipment and ensure all calibration certificates are current
• Maintain self testing certification with UL and CSA
• Organize and maintain lab environment
• Submit projects proposals for quotation and manage project timelines
• Track and obtain regulatory approvals in required time of project plans
• Maintain/update library of applicable standards
• Maintain knowledge of proposed changes or new standards and distribute the information as needed
• Resident expert on applying and interpreting applicable standards
• Ensure the lab meets all Health and Safety requirement of both the company and the regulatory authorities

Position Requirements:
• College Diploma; 1+ year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills:
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with customers or employees of organization.
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Technical Skills:
• Ability to understand and apply electrical and heat transfer calculations such as ohms law, 3-phase power, heat loss through conduction, convection and radiation.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Safely work with products using up to 600V and 90A.

Computer Skills :
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft products such as Outlook, Excel and Word software.
• Knowledge of Solidworks or other parametric solid modeling packages is considered an asset.

Physical Demands :
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

Just a reminder we are still accepting resumes for two other exciting opportunities Director of Finance and Product Engineer – Flame. If you require job descriptions for these roles please see Kate Burns or myself.

To Apply:
Interested applicants are invited to submit their updated resume to:
Lisa Obermeyer (lobermeyer@dimplex.com) in Human Resources
by Friday June 13, 2014.