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Automation Specialist

Maple Leaf Foods · Winnipeg, MB

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Automation specialist role with Maple Leaf Foods in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the Lagimodiere Boulevard plant, the Bacon Centre of Excellence — primary support for the plant’s distributed and local process control and monitoring automation systems. The specialist troubleshoots human-machine interface, PLC, remote input-output, variable frequency drive, electronic control and communication-network issues, maintains system backups and disaster recovery, provides production support and department training, drives continuous improvement, and gives input on equipment installation and on predictive and preventive maintenance of SCADA, process control systems, manufacturing execution systems and building automation systems. The role maintains the plant’s control and monitoring automation systems, documentation and current backups of all machine and robot control systems in the asset centre repository, maintains equipment-related and computer-integration software, supports new program launches, liaises with engineering on modifications, designs electrical schematics in AutoCAD, troubleshoots on site or over a virtual private network, mentors team members on controls issues, handles escalation including after-hours calls, maintains equipment-level network systems under corporate information systems protocols, and manages and supports the facility building automation system. The platforms named in the posting are Allen-Bradley PLC, HMI and SCADA. Maple Leaf Foods asks for a diploma in industrial automation, electro-mechanical engineering technology, as an industrial electrician, or a related field, a two- to three-year Canadian college diploma in industrial controls or automation with at least one year of experience, PLC programming and troubleshooting, instrumentation implementation, integration and calibration, AutoCAD electrical prints, and SAP experience as an asset. No pay is stated by the employer and no posted date is shown on the employer’s page. This is a distinct posting from the Senior Automation Specialist - Contract role already on the board as job-35, with a different title, job identifier and terms. Verified live on the employer’s own careers page on November 5, 2026.

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Skills and platforms: PLC · HMI · SCADA · Allen-Bradley

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