Maintenance Technician, Electrical Utilities Full-time Job

About this opportunity:

The Maintenance Technician, Electrical Utilities is fundamental in providing safety leadership and nurturing a safety minded culture. Leading the execution of all maintenance activities on the Christina Lake high voltage system, the successful candidate will facilitate and maintain 24/7 on call coverage for high voltage emergencies and be the designated operating authority in charge of system operations.

 

Work Environment:

Christina Lake

• This is a full-time employee position working a shift of 12hrs per day, 8 days on, 6 days off. Wednesday to Wednesday.

• Christina Lake has full-service camp facilities.

• Depending on your place of residence and your shift rotation, bus and/or air transportation to/from site is offered from designated departure points in select locations.

• Christina Lake is serviced by flight Hubs in Calgary and Edmonton as well as bus transportation to site from La Corey, AB. and Lac La Biche, AB

 

What you’ll do:

• Provide on-call and after hours support for operations and maintenance activities and upsets

• Supervise and implement activities that are vital to making repairs, replacing, adjusting, and modifying equipment

• Use troubleshooting skills and our current CMMS system to address equipment failures and other found work

• Provide technical support for personnel when interpreting job plans, as-built drawings, and single line diagrams

• Contribute to the development of job plans, estimates and scheduling of trade work activities

• Collaborate with warehouse personnel to ensure effective utilization of warehouse inventory

• Provide support for drilling and completions by supplying “high line” power connections and disconnect as required, serving as the primary point of contact for on-site trades and contract personnel, regarding ongoing and scheduled high voltage tasks

 

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Power system electrician, Journeyman certification or Power system technician with a journeyman certification (Electrical)

• Minimum 6 years of related experience

• Experience with microprocessing relays - SEL, Schweitzer, Ion Meters, Multilins, Substation, utility, power generation and MCC experience. Servicing/ maintaining transformers, circuit breakers and motor control systems

• Experience with microprocessing relays

 

We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement

 

As this position has been identified as safety sensitive, employment of a final candidate selected for this position will be conditional upon successful completion of required pre-employment medical and alcohol/drug assessments

 

For this position you will be required to maintain a Class 5 drivers license, a satisfactory driving record, and adhere to the appropriate Company policies and guidelines. A driver's abstract will be one of the background checks requested in the pre-employment screening for the final candidate

 

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT March 6, 2025.

 

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