Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and install industrial electrical equipment in a steel manufacturing plant. Responsibilities include working on motors, generators, PLCs, drives, power distribution, control panels, high-voltage equipment, wiring, and electrical installations. The role includes preventive maintenance, emergency repairs, circuit isolation, rigging, CMMS use, radiation alarm verification, and interpreting electrical drawings. This is a permanent, unionized position on a rotating 12-hour continental schedule.
Ivaco Rolling Mills, part of The Heico Companies, is a world-class steel producer located in l’Orignal (Ontario). Our company counts over 500 employees and is always looking for talented, dynamic, and hardworking individuals to join our team. We offer competitive salaries, benefits as well as advancement opportunities. Invest in your future!
Ivaco Rolling Mills is looking for CERTIFIED: Industrial or Construction & Maintenance Electricians to join our maintenance departments.
Applicants should have a good working knowledge of electronics, PLCs, troubleshooting, be familiar with power distribution, high voltage and be able to work as part of a team as well as independently.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Receive instructions, drawings, diagrams, and work orders. Interprets drawings or diagrams and plan the details for the work procedure. Select tools required.
- Knowledgeable on the proper isolation of circuits. Plan and perform work requiring a thorough working knowledge of electrical principles and codes, wire specification, the properties of various materials and the operation and application of equipment.
- Locate sources of trouble of any type of electrical equipment by tracing and testing circuits and inspecting for faulty operation (troubleshooting).
- Dismantle and assemble, inspect, repair, adjust, or replace faulty parts and wiring on motors, generators, power distribution and control panel circuit breakers, rectifiers, electronic devices, etc.
- Perform work on “hot” lines as required.
- Replace coils, resistors, rheostats, relays, etc.
- Adjust contactors, relays, etc. Reconnect terminal leads, panel boards and distribution feeders.
- In emergencies, make temporary or permanent repairs to minimize interruption of production.
- Install conduits, wires, fittings, switches, controls, and fixtures. Connect and adjust all types of electrical equipment as required for new or replacement installations. Make all required splices and connector joints.
- Perform rigging in connection with servicing of electrical equipment.
- Perform work with a minimum of direction.
- Arrange for the handling of materials and equipment to perform job.
- Use CMMS system.
- Work on high voltage equipment.
- Verifie radiation alarms with the appropriate equipment.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Red Seal interprovincial certification **MANDATORY**
- Experience - Electrician: 3 to 5 years **preferred
- Experience working with the following equipment: AC/DC motors, AC/DC drives, PLC’s and distributed I/O’s *an asset (GE PLC, ALLEN BRADLEY PLC, SIEMENS PLC)
- Troubleshooting, Maintenance / Preventive Maintenance
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Bilingual: English and French (oral and written) **preferred
- Criminal background check
CONDITIONS AND BENEFITS
- Salary: From $50.48/hour with certification
- Full Time - Permanent Position
- Night shift premium: + $2.00/hour
- Weekend shift premium: + $2.00/hour
- Overtime pay
- Continental Schedule: 12hrs rotating shift (day - night - weekend (1/2))
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provided
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Plant Conditions:
- Industrial environment (heat, dust, noise, height, etc.)
- Unionized position
Licence/Certification:
- Red Seal Certification (required)
- 309A or 442A Certification (required)
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