maintenance electrician - food manufacturing.

Are you a licensed Journeyman Maintenance Electrician seeking a high-paying, permanent opportunity within a thriving food manufacturing environment? Our valued partner in Airdrie, Alberta is actively hiring an experienced trade professional to support their modern production facilities and maintenance operations. Offering an outstanding pay rate of $50.00 to $56.30 per hour paid weekly, this full-time role includes comprehensive medical benefits and an employer-matching RRSP program. Working alongside a dedicated production team, you will ensure maximum machine uptime through proactive preventive maintenance, control panel programming, and electrical troubleshooting. If you bring strong technical expertise, PLC knowledge, and a safety-first mindset, apply today to secure long-term career growth in a clean, heated facility!

Location: Airdrie, AB

Advantages
• Pay & Comp: $50.00 – $56.00/hr paid weekly with competitive overtime potential and premium shift differential options. ($50.00 per hour (Single Ticket) $56.30 per hour (Dual Ticket)
• Schedule & Balance: Permanent full-time schedule offering consistent shift hours and regular schedules for great work-life balance.

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive employer-funded health, dental, and extended medical care insurance coverage beginning shortly after starting.
• Additional Perks: Matching RRSP pension plan, provided shop uniforms, annual safety boot allowance, technical training support, and a clean, climate-controlled workplace.

Responsibilities
What will you be doing?
- Electrical Troubleshooting: Diagnose, repair, and maintain electrical circuits, VFDs, sensors, motors, and automated machinery controls.
- Millwright Collaboration: Partner closely with on-site Millwrights to troubleshoot complex mechanical-electrical line breakdowns together.
- Minor Mechanical Support: Perform basic mechanical diagnostics, adjustments, and PMs (conveyors, gearboxes, pneumatic fittings) as needed.
- Preventative Maintenance (PM): Execute scheduled electrical inspections and component replacements to prevent unscheduled downtime.
- Safety Leadership: Prioritize a "zero-harm" culture by strictly adhering to LOTO (Lock-out/Tag-out), WHMIS, and strict food safety/GMP protocols.
- Root Cause Analysis: Assess equipment performance issues to implement long-term electrical and mechanical solutions rather than quick fixes.

Qualifications
• Valid Journeyman Electrical Certificate (Provincial or Red Seal certification recognized in Alberta).
• Hands-on experience programming and troubleshooting PLCs, VFDs, instrumentation, and industrial control electronics.
• Proven experience within a food manufacturing environment adhering to strict GMP, HACCP, or SQF standards.
• Strong mechanical aptitudes, effective diagnostic troubleshooting skills, and basic computer proficiency (Excel, email, PowerPoint).
• Exceptional organizational skills, strong verbal communication, punctuality, reliability, and the ability to work independently under pressure.
• Ability to work the following schedules : 5x8 Mon-Fri Afternoon Shift (3:00 PM – 11:00 PM) OR Midnight Shift (11:00 PM – 7:00 AM)

Summary
If you are a dedicated Electrician with strong troubleshooting skills and a well-rounded maintenance background looking to grow your career in Airdrie, AB, please apply today!

How to apply?
1. Apply directly to this posting.
2. Email your resume to View email address on randstad.com – please include "Maintenance Electrician- Airdrie" in the subject line.
3. Create a profile and apply through our website Randstad.ca

Are you a skilled tradesperson looking for a change, but this isn't the right fit? Reach out anyway! As specialists in industrial recruitment, we likely have another role that matches your expertise.
Let me know what edits you'd like to make, or if we need to adjust any of the details once you confirm if they are hiring one or two positions!

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.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to View email address on randstad.com to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process. show more