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CAREERS
Other water-sector companies include
Isowater, Canada's only heavy water
producer, and Sensor Technology, Canada's
leading manufacturer of acoustic ceramic
products, whose customers including the
US Navy and NASA. All three companies
export their products and solutions around
the world.
Collingwood has four
manufacturers that build
equipment for mines, yet the
population is just over 21,000.
The population of greater
South Georgian Bay area barely
crests 100,000. It makes you
scratch your head.
What's going on here?
STARVING FOR TALENT
There is a thriving start-up community as well as plenty of
small, niche businesses in Collingwood. There are two large and
many smaller co-working spaces around town where fledgling
companies and entrepreneurs build their businesses. As they,
MacLean, and many other firms demonstrate, there's lots of
work here. It's varied and interesting. But the biggest problem
that companies like mine are experiencing is staffing. There is an
overwhelming demand for skilled trades, including engineers
like me, but also programmers, welders, fitters and machinists.
At MacLean the need is so acute that we have employees
commuting from Toronto every day.
In speaking with Rydlo and business leaders in the area, I
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know that other companies are feeling the
pinch as well. A group of them have joined
forces with the Town of Collingwood and
the South Georgian Bay Small Business
Enterprise Centre to launch a campaign,
TechHubNorth.ca, designed to address the
problem by motivating engineers and tech
workers to move here.
I find it surprising that more people aren't
flocking to Collingwood. I have been here for less than a year,
but I already love the place. There's so much to do. Which is
precisely the catch when it comes to attracting new arrivals,
according to Dan Hurley, P.Eng., President of consulting civil
engineering firm Tatham Engineering. "Paddy, you love it here
because you've bought into the outdoor lifestyle concept," Dan
told me. "Like you guys, we are always looking for new staff and
the trick is to find qualified people who also love what the area
has to offer. When that happens, they're here for the long term."
Good thing that I'm into mountain biking! I can say for
myself that I'm looking forward to continuing to learn and lead
at McLean, getting to know more people and to explore more
of what the area has to offer.
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