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Are you intelligent, enthusiastic and hungry for career success?\nOur Sandale Utility Products (a division of EMCO Corporation) Profit Centre has an immediate opening for an energetic, results driven team player in a Strategic Development Trainee position.\nWe’re looking to invest in someone just like you.Our expectations are high, but the rewards are worth it!\nSandale Utility Products is Canada’s largest distributors of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) products for the construction industry. Sandale Utility Products offers HDPE products & fusion services to the water, sewer, gas, power, telecom, landfill, industrial, and mining markets. Sandale Utility Products strives to satisfy the needs of its customers with a focused product assortment, transported and sold through an extensive network of locations across Canada. 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