Power Line Technician
Job Title: Power Line Technician
Location: Rocky View, AB
Reports to: Manager, Construction Operations
Job Posting#: 170
Application Deadline:
We are seeking a Power Line Technician with strong leadership skills, distribution experience, and a commitment to safety and excellence in overhead and underground electrical construction.
Responsibilities:
- Reinforce company policies and ensure safe and productive completion of the work.
- Install, repair, and maintain electrical distribution systems.
- Splice, solder, insulate, and terminate conductors and wiring.
- Install and maintain street lighting systems.
- Erect and maintain poles.
- Plan site projects and resource requirements with the Supervisor.
- Coordinate material requirements and effectively manage site materials.
- Demonstrate technical ability and application of appropriate processes and procedures.
- Conduct safety meetings and assist with incident reporting and investigations as required.
- Provide leadership and coaching to apprentices.
- Maintain detailed project field documentation, reports, and job closing documents.
- Provide input into performance reviews for apprentices.
- Read and interpret electrical drawings and prints.
- Other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Red Seal Journeyman Certification as a Power Line Technician.
- Understanding of applicable codes and regulations.
- Planning skills of project completion, resource requirements, and project documentation.
- Strong knowledge of electrical distribution construction, blueprint reading, and understanding of specification requirements.
- Ability to lead and work within a team environment.
- Promotion of safe work practices.
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
A few qualifications that would help you succeed:
- Live-line experience or qualifications
- 5 to 10 years of experience constructing overhead and underground distribution powerlines.
- Experience working on ENMAX Power Corporation’s and Fortis Alberta’s Distribution System.
- Self-starter requiring minimal supervision.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to autonomously manage workload to control multiple tasks with a very high degree of accuracy, while meeting project deadlines.
- Strong English language skills (verbal and written), ability to develop strong business relationships and act in a professional manner.
- A passion for your work and a drive for excellence.
If you are ready for a new challenge and want to make a difference in the industry, please apply below:
We thank all candidates for their application however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
**Please note, you must be legally able to work in Canada**
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ABOUT US
Primary Engineering and Construction Corporation (Primary) is a growth-oriented industry leader providing professional electrical engineering and construction services and specializing in emerging marketplaces in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
We offer design and design/build services for all types of electric utility distribution infrastructure to a wide variety of clients including electric utility companies, developers, builders, commercial and industrial businesses, oil companies, government, and private contractors. Our devotion to excellence has attracted some of the best young professional minds to our company.
Primary is the proud recipient of EHRC's Workplace Culture Innovator Award, recognizing our commitment to fostering a health, inclusive, and positive work environment.
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GOOD PEOPLE committed to progress
Primary is committed to growing the careers of our people. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to determine their career path and fulfill their ambitions. Our people are genuine, honest, accountable and full of entrepreneurial spirit.
We work hard, see the big picture, are always ready and willing to adapt, and always strive to be better than we were yesterday. We take pride and ownership in everything we do, and most of all, we do it as a team.
HEALTH & SAFETY
The safety and well-being of our people, our clients, and our communities is our top priority in any work we do and is never comprised. Safety is intrinsic to who we are. It guides our decisions, shapes our behaviors, and strengthens every one of our core values. The importance of Safety is something that every member of our team understands and lives by, and we ensure this through communication, education and participation. Our safety goal has always been zero incidents, and we work together through every project to achieve that goal.
Safety is ingrained in every project and each task our employees and contractors complete, whether in the office or onsite. Primary has developed effective workplace health and safety management programs designed to reduce and eliminate the number of work-related injuries, leading to a safety track record well above industry average. We are also diligent in selecting the companies we work with, choosing only those with a safety standard as high as our own..