Mailroom and Front Desk Receptionist

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.5 million customers. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.
It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

The Grid Operations Receptionist position will provide reception duties at the Ontario Control Centre in Barrie.

• Provide reception service and assist staff including System Operations, Operating Technology, Security Operations client, and management. This would include visitors, tours and contractors, direction and departure at the ISOC, special arrangements for those with disabilities; receive and direct visitors to the appropriate on-site sponsor; coordinate arrival and departure of visitors with on-site sponsors. check personal ID, issue and retrieve building access cards. Maintain close communication with the Operators at the Intercon Operations Centre (IOC) in Toronto regarding the arrival and departure of visitors, tour participants, contractors and deliveries. Verify the identity of personnel and the purpose of their visit; brief designated staff about forthcoming visits or deliveries that are likely to occur after the end of shift.
• Provide a reception service for the coordination of the arrival, direction and departure of all deliveries for on-site sponsors. Check personal ID, issue and retrieve building access cards where necessary. Prepare outgoing mail, verify postage requirements and arrange for shipment of registered mail as required. Provide a local and international courier service, making necessary arrangements and provide a tracing service, as required. Provide a duplicating, distribution, routing and posting service in accordance with established deadlines, policies, procedures and instructions provided. Collate, assemble and bind material, as required.
• Review the occurrences of the previous period, including items identified by the IOC, the SCE, supervisor or outgoing receptionist. Prepare a list of action items to bring to the attention of the IOC, the SCE or incoming receptionist that could impact the next reporting period.
• Requires of office principles related to records systems maintenance related to receptionist and telephone answering service, courier and mail processing services. Requires a knowledge in the use of a desktop computer, email and other standard office software applications. Requires a knowledge of English to effectively communicate with others.
• Requires experience to be familiar with the standards and procedures associated with the materials pertinent to the work. Requires experience in a clerical setting to gain familiarity with routines and procedures related to typing, reproduction and clerical services such as, conference room & equipment booking, visitor security procedures.
• Requires contact with external personnel, such as, Security Service provider, various couriers, support personnel, contractors for repairs and maintenance associated with cleaning, plumbing, security gates and pods, etc. Requires contact with internal personnel to for escalation on security and maintenance items and to receive or give information when performing receptionist and telephone answering services.
• Work assignments are received from Supervisor and are accompanied by specific instructions, reference material and any other detail necessary for the completion of the work. Progress, accuracy and quality checks are provided by Supervisor, at frequent intervals throughout progress of the work and a final check is made on all work at completion.
• Requires contact with external personnel, such as, Security Service provider, various couriers, support personnel, contractors for repairs and maintenance associated with cleaning, plumbing, security gates and pods, etc. Requires contact with internal personnel to for escalation on security and maintenance items and to receive or give information when performing receptionist and telephone answering services.
• This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired either through the successful completion of Grade XI in a Secondary, Commercial or Technical School or by having the equivalent level of education.

At Hydro One we understand that the success and strength of our business rests with our people. To secure the best talent, we seek to create a workforce that reflects the diverse populations of the communities where we live and work and to create a culture based on safety, innovation and inclusiveness.

Thank you for considering a career with Hydro One, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are having difficulty using our online application system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email View email address on ca.snapjobsearch.com One will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the job application process.

Deadline: January 26, 2026.

Hydro One provides an extensive offering of programs to promote a culture of safety, wellbeing, inclusivity, and sustainability to enable our employees to be the best version of themselves. For management roles, compensation is based on the principle of pay-for performance compensation philosophy, and the amount of annual adjustments and incentive payments depends on how well you and the company perform (subject to plan terms). We encourage open dialogue about compensation with our Talent Acquisition Team, who can provide more detailed information specific to this role.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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