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An industry leader in heavy transportation equipment design and manufacture, Aspen Custom Trailers builds well-engineered custom-built trailers in many capacities and for a variety of extreme operating conditions. We are a medium sized manufacturing company located in Leduc, Alberta - just south of Edmonton. We are currently seeking applications for the following positions:
Mechanical Engineering - Summer Student
After Sales Support Manager
Design Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer
System Design Engineer
Material Handler
Welder/Fitter
Mechanical Engineer - Summer Student Position
** Working at our Richmond, BC Office **
Are you a mechanical engineering student looking for a summer job where you can not only make money but gain valuable experience? If you’re pursuing your B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and are looking for a full time summer job, we want to hear from you.
Every day the expert team at Aspen Custom Trailers takes on some of the biggest heavy haul design and manufacturing challenges in North America. We have two summer student positions available working in our Richmond, BC office converting existing design drawings to SolidWorks. You will also learn about our products and be responsible for tagging photos and drawings. As your knowledge of our product and processes increase you will be given more responsibilities.
If you are a mechanical engineering student with working knowledge of CAD and SolidWorks design software, this might just be the summer job for you. The ideal candidate has previous summer experience in a similar capacity, excellent written and verbal communication skills, good time management skills and a professional and courteous demeanour.
Please send your resume to hr@aspentrailer.com to be considered for a Mechanical Engineering student position at Aspen Custom Trailers. This is a 4 month full-time contract position starting May 1, 2013.
After Sales Support Manager
Every day the expert team at Aspen Custom Trailers takes on some of the biggest heavy haul design and manufacturing challenges in North America. We have an outstanding career opportunity for an experienced After Sales Support Manager, accountable for working with and leading the day-to-day activities of Aspen’s after sales support team.
Key responsibilities include scheduling and estimating service and warranty work, monitoring parts inventory levels, hiring and retaining great employees and maintaining a safe and clean shop. You will manage the daily costs, set budgets and ensure profit goals for your departments. Tracking and reporting results aren’t just something you do on a monthly basis, at any given time you’ll know what is going on.
You bring an in-depth understanding of parts and service operations and are able to take on a leadership role in a customer service environment. Having worked 5+ years in a parts and service department, you have demonstrated knowledge and expertise in quoting and scheduling service work, pricing parts and processing warranty claims. Your business analytical skills, computer skills and attention to detail set you apart from other in this field; customer service is important but you understand the numbers need to add up.
Aspen Trailers offers great benefits, leading training opportunities, and competitive salaries. This growing business looks for people with energy, drive and passion to contribute to the team. If the idea of managing a parts, service and warranty team critical to Aspen’s success excites you, please send your resume with a cover letter to hr@aspentrailer.com for our consideration.
We appreciate all applications but only short listed applicants will be contacted.
Design Engineer
Are you a Design Engineer looking for a career with a growing company? Are you a creative thinker who loves to design new products? Do you want to work for a company who values its employees and is willing to train and grow each member of the team?
Every day the team at Aspen Custom Trailers takes on some of the biggest heavy haul design and manufacturing challenges in North America. As a design engineer at Aspen, you will contribute daily to the evolution of Aspen's products.
The successful candidate will have a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering with 2 or more years experience designing heavy equipment. If you have experience designing mobile equipment, you will be considered first! You bring with you a personal commitment to excellence, a meticulous nature and extraordinary computer skills.
Aspen Trailers offers great benefits, leading training programs, and competitive salaries. This growing business looks for people with energy, drive and passion to contribute to the team. If you are an innovative design engineer, please send your resume with a cover letter to hr@aspentrailer.com for our consideration.
We appreciate all applications but only short listed applicants will be contacted.
Manufacturing Engineer
Are you a Manufacturing Engineer looking for a career with a growing company? Do you thrive on designing and documenting processes? Do you love spending your day studying statistics and identifying opportunities for operational improvements? Do you want to work for a company who values its employees and is willing to train and grow each member of the team?
Every day the team at Aspen Custom Trailers takes on some of the biggest heavy haul design and manufacturing challenges in North America. This is a hands-on role optimizing current manufacturing processes and designing new process to build multi-axle transporters in our 100,000 square foot facility in Leduc, Alberta.
You will be responsible for developing and continually improving Aspen’s manufacturing processes. Every day you will be working to optimize quality, capacity and efficiency by investigating, designing and modelling all Aspen’s manufacturing processes. As well, you will recommend and commission capital expenditures including manufacturing equipment and material handling equipment to improve efficiency as well as collaborate with design engineers to optimize design for ease of manufacture. If you’re looking for a career where you will make an impact every single day, this is the opportunity for you!
The successful candidate will have a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering (Industrial or Manufacturing) with a demonstrated understanding of process design methodologies for low volume, high mix product offerings and lean manufacturing theory. You have two or more years working in your profession. If you have experience designing processes for manufacturing mobile equipment, you will be considered first! You bring with you a personal commitment to excellence, a meticulous nature and extraordinary computer and statistical skills.
Aspen Trailers offers great benefits, leading training programs, and competitive salaries. This growing business looks for people with energy, drive and passion to contribute to the team. If the idea of rolling up your sleeves to improve our manufacturing processes excites you, please send your resume with a cover letter to hr@aspentrailer.com for our consideration.
System Design Engineer
Every day the expert team at Aspen Custom Trailers takes on some of the biggest heavy haul design and manufacturing challenges in North America. What may appear as “mission impossible” to some customers and manufacturers are precisely the challenges that Aspen’s team likes best. We have an exciting opportunity open for an innovative system design engineer looking for the next step in their career in a growing company that has been around for over 30 years.
This is a hands-on role designing the hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems of our multi-axle transporters. Not only will you design the systems for these huge transporters, you’ll qualify vendor parts, document the system’s performance to meet regulations, and provide technical support to our customers.
The successful candidate will have a technical diploma in Engineering with 2+ years experience in systems design. Systems design principles are second nature to you and your experience in the systems design of hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical will put you at the front of the pack. You work well in a shop environment and excel at developing systems using CAD and Solid modeling software. You bring with you a commitment to excellence and a meticulous nature. People are drawn to you given your excellent interpersonal skills matched with your impeccable communication to both colleagues and customers alike.
Aspen Trailers offers great benefits, leading training programs, and competitive salaries. This growing business looks for people with energy, drive and passion to contribute to the team. If the idea of rolling up your sleeves to work with the systems you design excites you, please send your resume with a cover letter for our consideration to hr@aspentrailer.com.
Material Handler
Aspen Custom Trailers is looking for an experienced Material Handler to join the team at their production facility in Leduc, Alberta. The Material Handling team is key to the success of Aspen’s production, if the production staff don’t have or can’t find the material they need exactly when they need it, the entire process comes to a grinding halt. Do you want to work on a team that is respected at every level of the company? Do you want the opportunity to increase your material handling skills to the level a leading manufacturer needs? Do you want to work at a brand new facility and for a company constantly investing in new systems and equipment? If this sounds like the job for you, apply today.
Every day the team at Aspen Custom Trailers takes on some of the biggest heavy haul design and manufacturing challenges in North America. What may appear as “mission impossible” to some customers and manufacturers are precisely the challenges that Aspen’s team likes best.
Loading and unloading trucks will be a big part of your day as you will be responsible for controlling the flow of material at Aspen’s production facility. You will receive material and put it in the correct location, kit parts according to bills of material so they are ready for each work center when they need them and cycle count inventory on a schedule. It’s all about control and the Material Handling team is responsible for controlling all material in and out of the stock room, inside the production facility and in the yard. Keeping the shop clean is also part of the job because we all know it’s impossible to find what you need in an untidy facility.
The ideal candidate has at least 2 years shipping/receiving experience with fork lift, loader and overhead crane experience. If you don’t have experience running a loader or overhead crane, we can teach you. But you must have a strong work ethic, be meticulously organized and quick to learn new skills. Aspen Trailers offers great benefits, training programs, and competitive wages. This growing business looks for people with energy, drive and passion to contribute to the team.
If this posting describes the ideal position for you, please apply by email to hr@aspentrailer.com.
We are currently accepting applications for Welder/Fitters at our Leduc production facility - if you're interested please send your resume to hr@aspentrailer.com
