Maintenance Electrician - Food Manufacturing

Journeyman Maintenance Electrician $50.45 – $56.30/hr Location: Airdrie, AB

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Compensation: $50.45/hr (Journeyman) $56.30/hr (Dual Ticket)

Environment: Clean, Heated, Automated Food Manufacturing Facility

Overview
Elevate your industrial electrical career at a leading food manufacturing facility in Airdrie, Alberta. We are hiring a safety-first Red Seal / Journeyman Maintenance Electrician to drive maximum reliability across high-speed automated production lines.

Operating inside a modern, climate-controlled facility, you will lead plant automation reliability, maximize equipment uptime, and solve complex diagnostic challenges alongside an elite maintenance crew.

Advantages
Core Benefits & Employee Perks:

Top Compensation: $50.45/hr (Single Ticket) to $56.30/hr (Dual Ticket) featuring weekly paychecks, shift premiums, and lucrative overtime potential.

Stable Work Schedule: Full-time permanent shifts designed to guarantee consistent routines and predictable days off.

Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and prescription drug plans activated shortly after your hire date.

Retirement & Extras: Matching RRSP contributions, annual safety footwear allowance, laundered uniforms provided, and funded skill-upgrade programs.

Workplace Quality: Execute precision maintenance inside a spotless, bright, and temperature-controlled manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities & Operational Duties:

Electrical Diagnostics: Troubleshoot, repair, and optimize automated machinery controls, motors, VFDs, sensors, and power distribution networks.

Cross-Trade Partnership: Partner directly with mechanical Millwrights to rapidly eliminate complex multi-system production bottlenecks.

Basic Mechanical Support: Support hands-on mechanical repairs, precision alignments, and routine upkeep across conveyors, gearboxes, and pneumatic systems.

Preventive Servicing: Execute proactive electrical inspections, system calibrations, and component upgrades to prevent costly unplanned downtime.

Safety & Quality Standards: Champion strict workplace safety protocols, enforcing Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), WHMIS, and food-grade GMP compliance.

Root-Cause Problem Solving: Investigate recurring equipment faults to engineer and deploy permanent, high-impact technical solutions.

Qualifications
Candidate Qualifications & Requirements:

Mandatory Trade License: Active Alberta Journeyman Electrical Certificate or recognized Interprovincial Red Seal endorsement.

Automation & Controls: Proven hands-on expertise programming, troubleshooting, and maintaining PLCs, VFDs, industrial sensors, and control panels.

Industry Background: Prior maintenance experience inside a food manufacturing facility operating under GMP, HACCP, or SQF quality protocols.

Technical & Digital Skills: Strong mechanical aptitude, structured troubleshooting logic, and working proficiency with standard PC tools (Excel, PowerPoint, email).

Professional Attributes: Proactive and dependable with sharp organizational habits, clear communication skills, and steady focus during urgent breakdowns.

Shift Availability: Flexibility to work a steady 5x8 Monday–Friday Afternoon shift (3:00 PM – 11:00 PM) or Midnight shift (11:00 PM – 7:00 AM).

Summary
Ready to Apply?

If you are a safety-focused, driven Electrician ready to build a long-term career with a premier Airdrie manufacturing team, apply today:

Direct Application: Submit your resume directly through this job posting.

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Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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Salary: CAD $50.45 to $56.3 per hour