Hire an industrial mechanic in Greater Montreal
A posting for an industrial mechanic also draws construction millwrights: same DEP, same NOC code, but a different pay reference and a different work pattern. This page gives you a job description written for a plant, the requirements that matter, eight interview questions and what slows this search in Greater Montreal.
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Industrial mechanic
Location: [city], Greater Montreal · Schedule: [day / evening / night], [number] h per week
Pay: [to be set] (benchmark: median $33.33/h in Quebec, $30/h in Montreal (Job Bank))
Responsibilities
- Carry out planned preventive maintenance on the equipment fleet according to the maintenance schedule.
- Diagnose and repair mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic breakdowns on production lines.
- Replace and adjust bearings, shafts, gears, chains and belts.
- Align shafts and couplings, and follow vibration readings on critical equipment.
- Make or rework parts on the lathe, milling machine or by welding when the part is not in stock.
- Apply the lockout and energy control procedure before every intervention.
- Take part in installing, moving and starting up equipment.
- Document interventions in the maintenance management system and suggest which spare parts to stock.
- Take part in planned shutdowns and recommend changes that reduce recurring breakdowns.
- Coach the team’s apprentices and follow their apprenticeship booklet when a certificate of qualification is under way.
Requirements
- DEP en mécanique industrielle de construction et d’entretien, or equivalent industrial maintenance experience.
- Command of alignment, bearing replacement and drawing reading.
- Application of your facility’s lockout and energy control procedures.
- Up-to-date WHMIS training for the hazardous products in your plant.
- Independent troubleshooting when the line is down and no one else is on site.
- Availability for the posted shift, the rotation and on-call duty, if your plant has them.
Assets
- Industrial mechanic certificate of qualification or Red Seal endorsement.
- ASP Mécanique d’entretien en commandes industrielles: proportional hydraulics and programmable controllers.
- Experience with vibration analysis or laser alignment.
- Forklift training meeting the CSA B335 standard, or aerial work platform operation.
- Experience with your type of equipment: presses, conveyors, compressors, packaging lines.
- Training for work at heights and in confined spaces, if your equipment calls for it.
What we offer
[benefits, insurance, shift premiums, training]
Industrial mechanic pay benchmark
| Region | Median | Offered in postings |
|---|---|---|
| All of Quebec | $33.33/h | — |
| Montérégie | $35/h | $31.18 (48) |
| Montréal | $30/h | $30 (15) |
| Laval | $32/h | — |
| Lanaudière | $35.50/h | $29.50 (15) |
| Laurentides | $35/h | — |
Median published by Job Bank (NOC 72400) and median offered in job postings (6 months, February to August 2026); in brackets, the number of hourly postings.
Eight interview questions
- Describe the last recurring breakdown you fixed for good: what was the real cause?
- How do you align a motor and a pump, and what tolerance do you aim for?
- A bearing runs hot a week after you replaced it: which causes do you check, and in what order?
- How do you lock out a machine powered by electricity, compressed air and hydraulics at the same time?
- Tell me about a part you made or welded yourself because it was not in stock.
- Have you worked on construction sites or in plants, and what changes for you from one to the other?
- Which preventive maintenance tasks were dropped or added because of your observations?
- Which shift would you turn down, and how do you handle on-call duty?
Timelines and difficulties
The first trap is the title. NOC 72400 groups the construction millwright and the plant industrial mechanic, and both often come out of the same DEP: an open posting draws construction candidates whose pay reference is the construction industry’s collective agreements. Say up front that this is a permanent plant position, and name the shift and the on-call duty. The second comes from the trade itself: outside construction it is not regulated in Quebec, and no card screens candidates for you. Test alignment, troubleshooting and drawing reading at the interview. Job Bank rates the outlook Moderate in every Greater Montreal region: candidates exist, but a mechanic already in a job compares your offer with a job they know and has to give notice. Finally, set your range from your region’s median on the pay page, not from a construction-site rate. Name the equipment in the posting as well: a mechanic reads the machine list to see whether they already know the work, and a vague posting gets vague applications.
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