Industrial Electrician (442A)

Welcome to Cascades!

Every day, our team takes pride in rolling up their sleeves to create products that are mindful of the environment.
Join us as an  Industrial Electrician in Scarborough and help bring materials to life in a workplace where health and safety always come first.

What’s in it for you

Taking care of our people is in our nature - so you’ll enjoy:

• Hourly wage of $45.93/hr 
• Full-time position with guaranteed hours for job stability
• Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day Shift (ie. 8AM-4PM). Must be available for emergency call outs during off hours/weekends. The plant is a 24/7 plant and the schedule can change according to business needs. 
• A full range of benefits: group insurance, telemedicine, and an employer-contributed retirement plan
• Profit sharing and employee share purchase plan - so you can share in our success
• Employee assistance program, because your physical and mental well-being matters
• Referral bonus - help grow the team and get rewarded

What you’ll do

As an  Industrial Electrician , you’ll be at the heart of operations - right on the floor where materials take shape. 
Your day-to-day:

• Diagnose and troubleshoot electrical process control, instrumentation and electrical distribution to minimize process unplanned down time.
• Read and interprets drawings and schematics.
• Inspect, measure, analyze process variables and control them within specification.
• Draw and (or) edit electrical wiring diagrams to maintain ‘As Built’ status of machines.
• Maintain LV/HV electrical installations in compliance with Canadian electrical code.
• Modify, repair electrical components or circuits maintain production capacity.
• Select electrical components to replace old/obsolete parts to maintain technological life of machines.
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance and continuous improvement in order to improve on plant reliability.
• Suggest improving effectiveness of PM activities.
• Participate in projects, such as installations, start-ups, and shutdown.
• Maintain effective multi layer verbal/non-verbal communication with all stake holders.
• Maintain a safe, clean work area and follows all safety procedures (e.g. ZES, IES, 5S, AIB) and other applicable standards.
• Provide support off scheduled shift in case of emergency repair.
• Document activities and generates data such as logbooks, work orders, hazard report, incident report and emails.
• Supervise outside contractors when on-site.
• Receive necessary trainings and trains other co-workers.
• Help industrial millwrights as needed.
• Perform other duties, as assigned, according to business needs.

Your strengths as an Industrial Electrician

• Take ownership and work with no or minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate respect for individuals, the organization, occupational health and safety, organizational authority, the community and the team.
• Must be able to multi-task, pay attention to detail, take initiative, time manage, organize and work professionally in a fast pace environment, under the pressure of daily deadlines.
• Treat partners with empathy, diplomacy and humility.
• Cooperation and positive attitude to reach team objectives.
• Accept variances, encourage and recognize team members’ participation and contribution.
• Demonstrate solidarity with team decisions.
• Be autonomous and use proper judgement in the leeway accorded.
• Able to reach results with general supervision centered on objectives.
• Able to work outdoors
• Accommodates production requirements by showing flexibility in schedule and covering for absent fellow employee.
• Able to work alone and when necessary, make decisions with full sense of accountability.
• Open minded to modify the rhythm and working methods in order to face changes, expectations and deadlines.
• Ability to take initiative by proposing, inaugurating and organizing new activities and ways of doing tasks.
• Express ideas and opinions in a structured and constructive way.
• Active listener and ensures others understand through effective communication.

Technical skills, education, and experience required: 

• Minimum high school diploma with some technical education
• Industrial Electrician (442A) required; additional Instrumentation and Control Technician (447A) a plus
• Ability to read and write English.
• 5+ years of post-license experience in an Industrial Electrician position.
• Understanding of industry/process and/or manufacturing experience
• Advanced electrical control skills.
• Excellent knowledge of Canadian Electrical Code
• Intermediate computer skills.
• Basic mechanical and fluid power skills

If you bring the same care to who you are as to what you do, we’d love to meet you!

Apply now and join our team as an Industrial Electrician , in  Scarborough.

Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably. This posting is for an active vacancy within our organization. #ST01