Rapido Job Opening in Canada - UPDATED with 2 more jobs

[mdvle]

Rapido has posted the following to their Facebook page (and Twitter feed).

 

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Rapido is Hiring!

We are looking for someone to work full time here at our Markham office fixing model trains and helping customers. Our warranty return rate is between 1% and 2%, but even that represents hundreds of models a year and we're always swamped. Required skills include:

- must be good at taking apart and putting together model trains
- must have an understanding of model railroad electronics and be very skilled with a soldering iron. Knowledge/understanding of DCC is a huge asset. Massive.
- must be an excellent communicator, written and oral
- must be well organized and able to follow instructions precisely
- must be comfortable with MS Office and be able to learn other software on the computing device.
- must be able to politely interrupt a customer to get off the phone when the customer wants to spend two hours talking about the upholstery in the dining car from his California Zephyr trip in 1964
- must be able to recognize very early on that the customer just wants to talk about his California Zephyr trip and doesn't really have anything wrong with his Rapido models and actually doesn't even own any
- must not believe that falafel stains add character to a T-shirt
- must have the patience of Job

That last line has nothing to do with our customers and everything to do with working for Jason.

Please send us a PM with your cover letter and resume. By law, we have to give preference to applications from Canadian citizens and Canadian permanent residents. We also give preference to people who smell nice, know how to spell, know the difference between there and their, and don't ever say "Me and him went to the store."

We look forward to hearing from you!

 

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And their latest newsletter adds 2 more jobs.  In addition to the position of Warranty Repair Person listed above they also have:

 

2) Project Designer

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We are looking for someone full time to do project design. That means coordinating the design of new models, including creating 2D line drawings of real trains; creating painting diagrams; communicating with the factory (via illustrated PDF documents, email and Skype); and working with the project management team here. We prefer you to work in our Markham, Ontario office. Knowledge of American trains is an asset. Required skills include:

must be proficient in 2D CAD or Adobe Illustrator/Corel Draw

must be a train nut and know a lot about trains

must be able to work with Adobe Creative Suite (specifically InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat) and MS Office

must have graphic design skills

must be an excellent communicator - written, oral, and in silly videos

must be able to translate measurement's into drawings

must be very detail-oriented and be able to spot and fix mistakes

must be organized and be able to work to a tight deadline

must be a team player

must be able to count rivets

must be really ticked off at the glaring grammatical mistake in this list. If you can't find it, don't apply.

must recognize that showering once a week isn't often enough

 

3) Executive Assistant

 

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We're also looking for an executive assistant for me so I can do more product design and marketing, but in that case knowing about trains is probably a detriment rather than an asset. In fact, knowing about me is probably also a detriment.

 

See the newsletter for the official versions and some additional info

 

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rapido-News-109---New-freight-cars--new-RS-11-order-date--and-we-re-hiring-.html?soid=1101318906379&aid=g-SzXvHaIjQ

 

Edited March 24, 2019 by mdvle