Industrial Mechanic/Millwright - Maintenance and Operations

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Req ID: 222004

Location: Western Zone, South Shore Regional Hospital

Department: FMS Maintenance SS

Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% ) x 1

CUPE Support Position

Posting Closing Date: 19-Oct-26

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

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About The Opportunity

Reporting to the Assistant Manager, Maintenance and Operations, the Industrial Mechanic/Millwright participates in activities related to the maintenance and operation of the physical plant and associated services within the facility by performing duties including, but not limited to:

• assisting in the orientation and instruction of other staff;
• keeping appropriate records, statistics, progress notes, inventories and other related data;
• participating in a preventative maintenance program;
• keeping the Assistant Manager informed of department activities, needs and problems and fixing problems themselves as is possible and appropriate;
• requisitioning and replenishing supplies;
• keeping equipment clean and in good working order;
• reporting any malfunctioning equipment;
• carrying out maintenance tasks related to all welding, sheet metal and air balancing, as well as related general repairs to same;
• maintaining quality standards of workmanship on all projects;
• carrying out all aspects of maintenance, installation and repairs of metal work in structures
  
  

and equipment;

• maintaining the grounds, including snow removal;
• assisting fellow maintenance workers as is possible and appropriate;
• carries out all aspects of maintenance installation and repairs requiring welding;
• performs repairs on all types of machinery;
• rebuilds pumps
  
  

Participates in the direct management of the service by performing duties including, but not limited to:

• orientating and instructing other maintenance personnel;
• requisitioning supplies and equipment for use in the program;
• keeping adequate records and preparing and submitting reports as required;
• taking emergency calls.
  
  

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Provincial Industrial Mechanic/Millwright Certification
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience as an Industrial Mechanic or Millwright.
• Ability to withstand the physical nature of the job, including standing, bending, kneeling, climbing involving heights, and the lifting and moving of heavy and awkward objects.
• Ability to operate various motor vehicles, machinery, tools and equipment related to the work environment.
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
  
  

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent, full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

$32.79 - $38.55 hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.