Our Employees

Many employees have been with Ivaco Rolling Mills since the very beginning and have greatly contributed to the company’s growth throughout the years. Stability and a sense of pride and tradition are the strengths behind Ivaco’s work force. Long term employees build strong relationships with their colleagues resulting in a solid team spirit.

Employee Development

IRM is committed to continuous training. In fact, over a 1 year period, our company spends about 4% of its payroll on employee development. Employee induction includes a full week of on-the-job training introducing new employees to the working environment and to the corporate culture. In addition, employees benefit from training sessions on health and safety, special training on new equipment, emergency measures, refresher sessions, learning of new skills, or they can pursue their personal academic development with the financial support of the Company.

Employee development has always been a priority for IRM. In the mid 80’s, the Company renewed its technology to keep ahead of the competition. An extensive training program was conducted with the assistance of a German company which used the same casting and melting process.

Each technical improvement requires full training of employees. IRM believes that investing in training programs improves the performance of its workforce by providing a newly acquired knowledge; technical problems can be handled more quickly and efficiently by highly skilled employees. Training is seen as a continuous process essential to higher quality and customer service.

Health and Safety

Safety is the first item on  Ivaco Rolling Mills mission statement. Early safety audits produced a safety program that has been in effect for several years. Working jointly with the Health and Safety Committee, an executive safety group was formed to help steer the recommendations and implement safety procedures throughout the company. There are full-time employees, both union and non-union members, ensuring the continuous improvement of IRM’s safety performance. Because of strong employee involvement, the records of severity rate of accidents have shown constant decrease.

Emergency Response Team

As an added safety feature, in 1995, Ivaco Rolling Mills formed an intervention team in case of an emergency. These employees are trained in different first aid techniques such as CPR, confined space and high angle rescue, rope work, air monitoring and fire suppression. Simulations are organized on a regular basis in different locations of the plant to allow team members to practice their techniques and become familiar with the plant layout.

Ivaco’s Emergency Response Team is the only rescue team in the region to be fully trained in confined space and high angle rescue. The team covers all four shift operations of the plant.

Opportunities

IRM provides a safe working environment to all its employees, competitive wages and a full benefits program.

Job opportunities may exist in a range of specialized professional and trade skills such as: engineer, millwright, crane operator, laborer, etc.
Qualified and interested candidates are asked to send in their résumés to the Human Resources department by mail at the following address:

Ivaco Rolling Mills
1040 Hwy 17
Box 322
L'Orignal, Ontario
K0B 1K0
c/o Human Resources
careers@ivacorm.com

* Limited Partnership of which Ivaco Rolling Mills Inc. is the general partner,
and Ivaco Inc. a limited partner.