Journeyman Electrician
- Fort Saskatchewan, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- At least 2-3 years working as a Journeyman Electrician or equivalent experience required.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Journeyman Electrician
At Golderado, the work we do is built by the people on our sites every day. We're looking for skilled, hardworking tradespeople who take pride in their craft, look out for their crew, and want to go home safe at the end of every shift. We're committed to providing a safe, respectful, and productive work environment where skilled tradespeople can do their best work every day. Our teams take pride in quality craftsmanship, collaboration, and getting the job done right. We invest in training, development, and the right tools to help our people grow their skills and advance their careers, while supporting work-life balance along the way.
At Golderado, your hard work is valued, your safety comes first, and challenging work leads to real opportunities and long-term rewards.
A Journeyman Electrician in civil and heavy construction in Alberta installs, maintains, and repairs electrical infrastructure for large-scale civil projects (such as roadwork, bridges, water/wastewater treatment plants, utilities, and heavy industrial sites.
Key Information:
- Hours: Project dependent; Monday - Friday.
- Minimum 40 hours per week, with overtime necessary during the busy season (April-October)
- Hourly rate is dependent on experience.
- Health benefits, pension plan, RRSP matching, vacation pay offered.
Job Description:
- Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, schematics and electrical code specifications to determine layout of industrial electrical equipment installations.
- Perform underground layout, trenching coordination, stub-ups, and rough-ins for site power and communication vaults.
- Pull heavy-gauge conductors, multi-conductor cables, and fiber optic or data cabling through underground conduits, tray systems, and manholes.
- Position, anchor, and terminate distribution panels, switchgear, transformers, motor control centers (MCCs), and grounding grids.
- Conduct insulation resistance tests, ground-fault tests, voltage checks, and circuit continuity tests to verify safety and compliance.
- Maintain, repair, install and test switchgear, transformers, switchboard meters, regulators and reactors.
- Troubleshoot, maintain and repair industrial, electrical and electronic control systems and other related devices.
- Provide technical guidance, direct oversight, and safety verification for registered electrical apprentices under Alberta AIT guidelines.
Experience and Certification Requirements:
- Journeyman Electrician Certification or equivalent is required.
- At least 2-3 years working as a Journeyman Electrician or equivalent experience required.
- Good physical stamina, manual dexterity, and the ability to lift heavy parts, climb ladders.
- Precision conduit bending, high-voltage/low-voltage termination, reading site coordinates and civil/electrical integration.
- Ability to work outdoors in diverse Alberta weather conditions, stand/bend for long periods, work at heights or in confined spaces, and lift heavy materials.
- Proficient with multi-meters, megohmmeter testers, hydraulic benders, threaders, and standard hand/power tools.
- CSTS 2020, and WHMIS 2015 are required.
- Fall Protection & Rescue, Aerial Platform, Confined Spaces, Rigging/Hoisting and Hand. Signals, H2S Alive and First Aid/CPR certification would be an asset.
- You have a safety conscious attitude and able to work with others in a team.
- A reliable means of transportation is required.
- Proficient English language skills required.
Education: Journeyman Certification of equivalent.
Golderado Contracting Corporation ("Golderado") supplies skilled labour for construction projects across Canada, primarily in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, supporting clients such as PME Inc., Silverado Site Services, and EllisDon Industrial.
Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it!
We are an equal opportunity employer. While only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview, be sure to continually check our website for other related positions as they are posted.
- A successful pre-access drug and Alcohol test may be required depending on the project.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Journeyman Electrician will install, maintain, and repair electrical infrastructure for large-scale civil and heavy industrial projects. They are also responsible for providing technical guidance and safety oversight to registered electrical apprentices.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Journeyman Electrician Certification and have at least 2-3 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in reading blueprints, using industrial electrical tools, and maintaining safety standards is required.
Skills
- Electrical infrastructure installation
- Blueprint reading
- Conduit bending
- High-voltage termination
- Low-voltage termination
- Troubleshooting
- Switchgear maintenance
- Transformer installation
- Grounding grids
- Technical guidance
- Safety compliance
- Multi-meter proficiency
- Hydraulic benders
- Civil and electrical integration
- Site power layout
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Pension plan
- RRSP matching
- Vacation pay
Visa sponsorship
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- Construction
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- Energy
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Keywords
- Journeyman Electrician
- Civil construction
- Heavy construction
- Electrical infrastructure
- Blueprints
- Industrial electrical equipment
- Underground layout
- Trenching
- Conduit
- Switchgear
- Transformers
- Motor control centers
- Grounding grids
- Insulation resistance testing
- CSTS 2020
- WHMIS 2015
- Fall Protection
- Aerial Platform
- Confined Spaces
- Rigging
- Hoisting
- H2S Alive
- First Aid
- CPR
- Multi-meters
- Megohmmeter
- Hydraulic benders
- Threaders