Position Title: Loss Prevention Engineer

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Florenceville Main 

Grade: Grade 05 

Requisition ID: 33712 

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

Our Loss Prevention Engineer ensures McCain’s global assets, operations and reputation are safeguarded by applying loss prevention engineering standards and principles across the McCain network. 

You will review all material capital projects against McCain fire protection and loss prevention specifications and maintain the upkeep of those standards to ensure they continue to meet acceptable technical standards and needs of the business, and our insurers. 

Loss Prevention Engineer will also support the continuous improvement and development of site risk improvement plans. They will act as an effective and constant advocate for loss prevention best practices across the business. This will require site visits to verify implementation, troubleshoot, etc. and to collaborate with McCain’s insurers and brokers, site leadership, project and engineering teams, equipment manufacturers, consultants and contractors. 

Risk Improvement 
•    Coordinate insurer and broker site visits, ensuring consistent application of loss prevention standards (internal standard, FM Global datasheets, NFPA, etc.). 
•    Develop site specific risk improvement plans and engage with site leadership, regional engineering and finance teams to evaluate business cases for risk improvement investments. 
•    Evaluate and mitigate risks related to natural hazards (wind, flood, earthquakes) and critical process equipment (fryers, freezers, ammonia systems, boilers & pressure vessels).
•    Provide input into engineering standards and human element programs, balancing loss prevention needs and business/operational demands. 
•    Investigate fire, smoke and property damage incidents to assist in determining root cause and continuous improvement to policies and practices. 
•    Develop and maintain partnerships with global and regional engineering, supply chain, agriculture, sustainability, safety and others to promote risk aware decision making; provide targeted training as necessary. 

Project Execution 
•    Monitor all material capital projects to ensure “highly protected risk” (HPR) standards are achieved. 
•    Conduct fire protection and loss prevention design reviews, commissioning services, and compliance verification with McCain specifications. 
•    Conduct design review for loss prevention plans related to roofing and structural work, building material specifications, fire protection systems, ammonia systems and process freezers, thermal oil systems, steam boilers, fryers, energy recovery systems, fuel fired equipment and storage tanks, electrical systems (transformers, switchgear, etc.), storage and conveyance systems. 
•    Apply fundamental fire and life safety engineering principles to create performance-based solutions to design challenges that are not addressed by the straightforward application of existing fire protection codes and standards. 

Qualifications:

•    Degree in Engineering or a related discipline. 
•    Minimum two years of experience in loss prevention, project management or manufacturing engineering roles. 
•    Strong technical aptitude, with diverse knowledge of engineering principles and practices. Experience with fire protection system design, including hydraulic calculations, is considered an asset. 
•    Self-starter, with a high level of initiative and resourcefulness and efficient time management ability; able to manage varying workloads and competing priorities.
•    Strong verbal and written communication skills. 
•    Physical ability to conduct site inspections, including climbing ladders and lifting moderate loads.
•    Proficiency in MS Office; additional language skills (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin) are advantageous.
•    Willingness to travel globally (approximately 25-30%).

This role can be located in our Florenceville, NB or Toronto, ON office location

About McCain

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Leadership Principles.

Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.
We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.
We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.
We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain experience 

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.

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Compensation Package: $70,000.00 - $101,100.00 CAD annually + bonus eligibility + Long Term Incentive eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.

Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace.  As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 
 
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
 
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Job Family: Finance      
Division: Global Finance 
Department: ​Insurance and Loss Prevention ​
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)