General Maintenance - Journeyman Electrician

Westmoreland; Coronach; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Westmoreland is seeking a skilled licensed electrician for mine-site operations in Saskatchewan. You will read blueprints, install and maintain wiring, and inspect electrical components on a rotating shift at a remote mine site.

Responsibilities include installing, maintaining, and repairing AC/DC circuits and equipment, training apprentices, and supporting the overall mining operation. A Saskatchewan or Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician Certificate and a valid Class 3A license are required.

Qualifications

• Saskatchewan or Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician Certificate.
• Physically fit and able to cooperate and work effectively with other employees.
• Must possess a valid Class 3A Driver's Licence.

Responsibilities

• Install and repair electrical facilities and apparatus for coal mining, distribution systems, and buildings.
• Install/maintain/repair AC and DC circuits, appliances, lighting, heating, control equipment, generators, motors, switchboards, switchgear transformers, metering, relay circuits, etc., and to prepare forms and reports as required.
• Provide training to apprentices and work direction to an assigned helper.
• Perform other duties related to the overall mining operation.

Education

Saskatchewan or Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician Certificate

Job description

Job Description:

Read blueprints or technical diagrams. Install and maintain wiring, control, and lightingsystems. Inspect electrical components, such as transformers and circuit breakers.Identify electrical problems with a variety of testing devices.

Duties and Responsibilities

Typical, but not all inclusive, duties are as follows:

• Theemployee in this classification is responsible for the installation and repair ofelectrical facilities and apparatus associated with coal mining, distribution systems andbuildings.
• This responsibility will involve either the installation and/or maintenance and/or repair of a-c and d-c circuits, appliances, lighting and heating facilities, control equipment, generators, motors, switchboards, switchgear transformers, metering, relay circuits, etc., and to prepare forms and reports as required.
• This responsibility may include providing training to apprentices and work direction toan assigned helper.
• The incumbent will also perform other related and assigned duties associated withthe overall mining operation

Qualifications

Saskatchewan or Interprovincial JourneymanElectrician Certificate. Must be physicallyfit and must have the ability to co operate and work effectively with other employees.Must possess a valid Class 3A Driver's License.

Working Conditions

This job involves working on a 7 day alternating or rotating shift basis on a remote minesite. Must be willing to provide own transportation and living accommodations. Employee is required to work 12 or 8 hour shifts on a rotating day and night crew. Position is located on a mine site so the employee will be working in an environmentthat is susceptible to the weather. A combination of indoor and outdoor work isrequired for this classification. Employee will receive two 10 minute breaks and a 20 minute meal break for every shift 8 hour shift and two 15 minute breaks and a half hourmeal break for every 12 hour shift.