INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN
- Portage la Prairie, MB, Canada
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KPIC Maintenance Services INC. (a member of FWS Group of Companies) specializing in industrial maintenance services, providing preventative and reactive solutions along with small project retrofits and expansions to our client's facilities primarily in grain handling, feed mill, and food processing.
To support our continued growth, we are recruiting for an Industrial Electrician, in and around Portage La Prairie, MB and Regina, SK, to join our collaborative and team focused organization.
As our Industrial Electrician, you will ensure all assigned electrical-related tasks are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner with a high level of quality, using safe work practices acceptable to the customers’ satisfaction.
Position Overview
Qualifications Needed
To support our continued growth, we are recruiting for an Industrial Electrician, in and around Portage La Prairie, MB and Regina, SK, to join our collaborative and team focused organization.
As our Industrial Electrician, you will ensure all assigned electrical-related tasks are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner with a high level of quality, using safe work practices acceptable to the customers’ satisfaction.
Position Overview
- Utilizes safe work practices and promote safety policies to others. Must maintain a clean and safe work area.
- Proficient in electrical standards, codes, best practices, safe work policies and practices.
- Responsible for safe and conscientious use of equipment including forklift, skidsteer loader, scissor lifts, power tools along with proficiency in safe methods of hoisting and rigging at all times.
- Position flexibility, work along side and support Millwrights & Welders. Assist with mechanical equipment inspections, troubleshooting, repairing and preventative maintenance along with installations, dismantling, assembling as per manufacturer specifications and recommended standards.
- Perform electrical duties as required.
- Proficient in material take offs, interpreting construction drawings, including providing accurate layout of the work and building to drawings and specifications. In addition, O+M Manuals to ensure correct maintenance and service has been provided.
- Accurately and effectively uses various types of electrical test equipment.
- Supervises laborer’s and resources as required for a specific task.
- Mentors and trains junior workers to develop trade related skills.
- Ability to complete required daily paperwork with legible penmanship and to KPIC standard.
- Responsible for all company tools ensuring they are accounted for at the end of each day. Maintaining a clean tool trailer each and every day.
Qualifications Needed
- Candidates must live within 1 hour of posted locations.
- Enrolled in Apprenticeship program, Journeyman status is an asset, interested in becoming dual ticketed in Millwrighting is an asset.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity in all business interactions and strives to meet customer needs in a creative and safe manner.
- Highly motivated, positive attitude, pleasant demeanor with an ability to handle multiple time-sensitive tasks while working within a team environment and cross-functional departments as well as independently.
- Demonstrated electrical aptitude, understands principles, including Trouble-shooting/repairs/installations of processing equipment with a working knowledge of electrical to allow efficient repair/replacement results.
- Program and troubleshoot variable frequency drive (VFDs).
- Read and understand electrical power and control system wiring and schematics.
- Must be able to read logic and flow diagrams.
- PLC and automation knowledge considered an asset.
- Repair/maintain/troubleshoot motor controls, hazard monitoring systems.
- Must have experience working with voltage ranging from 24V to 575V, 3 phase.
- Mechanical ability, knowledge, and experience such as troubleshooting skills, ability to assemble and commission mechanical systems in addition to understanding of multi hp industrial drives, shafts, bearings, and lubrication considered an asset.
- Ability to install, examine, diagnose, and adjust various types of industrial and electrical equipment is an asset.
- Appropriate level of experience in an industrial maintenance/service environment.
- Agricultural Industry experience considered an asset.
- Ability to work in cold & hot weather/environments and green/brown fields sites subject to grain dust.
- Required Safety tickets/training, minimally including a current First Aid Certificate, fall arrest, confined space, WHIMIS, CSTS will be considered an asset, and preference will be shown towards candidate holding valid & current training. Proof of training maybe requested.
- Holds no previous safety violation within the FWS Group of Companies.
- Perform other tasks as assigned.
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Responsibilities
Perform electrical maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, and testing at industrial client facilities, while supporting mechanical inspections and maintenance alongside millwrights and welders. Follow safety practices, interpret drawings and specifications, oversee task resources when needed, mentor junior workers, and maintain tools, work areas, and required paperwork.
Requirements
Candidates must live within one hour of the listed locations and have electrical aptitude and experience in an industrial maintenance or service environment; apprenticeship enrollment is accepted, while journeyman status is an asset. Applicants should be able to troubleshoot VFDs, motor controls, and equipment operating from 24V to 575V three-phase, work safely in varied industrial environments, and hold current safety training such as First Aid and fall arrest.
Skills
- Electrical Troubleshooting
- Electrical Installation And Repair
- Variable Frequency Drives
- Electrical Wiring And Schematics
- Logic And Flow Diagrams
- Motor Controls
- Preventative Maintenance
- Equipment Inspection
- Mechanical Troubleshooting
- Construction Drawing Interpretation
- Material Takeoffs
- Electrical Testing Equipment
- Hoisting And Rigging
- Safety Practices
- Mentoring And Training
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Keywords
- Industrial Electrical Maintenance
- Electrical Codes And Standards
- Electrical Troubleshooting
- Variable Frequency Drives
- PLC
- Automation
- Motor Controls
- Hazard Monitoring Systems
- 24V To 575V Three-Phase Systems
- Electrical Power And Control Systems
- Wiring Schematics
- Logic Diagrams
- Flow Diagrams
- Electrical Test Equipment
- Preventative Maintenance
- Mechanical Equipment
- Industrial Drives
- Shafts And Bearings
- Lubrication
- Construction Drawings
- Material Takeoffs
- Hoisting And Rigging
- Forklift
- Skidsteer Loader
- Scissor Lift
- First Aid
- Fall Arrest
- Confined Space
- WHMIS
- CSTS