Service Trades Maintainer

#LI-Onsite

Status: Regular Full Time  

Working Conditions: On-Site    

Education Level: Highschool diploma or equivalent.

Location: Niagara, ON

Shifts(s): Days

Travel: Yes- 10%

Deadline to Apply: July 2, 2024

Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.

Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.

Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on -- and off -- the job.

ACCOMMODATIONS

OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so appropriate arrangements can be made.

If you require information in a format that is accessible to you, please contact AODA@opg.com

JOB OVERVIEW

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Service Trades Maintainer within our Niagara Operations.

Reporting to the Trades Management Supervisor, the role of the Service Trades Maintainer offers a unique opportunity to support OPG's Niagara Generating Assets in working collaboratively with a variety of team members ranging from Mechanical, Electrical, and General Trades staff through inspection and maintenance activities on hydroelectric generating station components including; general site maintenance, heavy equipment operation, hoisting and rigging, snow clearing, lawn maintenance, dam safety & public safety, and general tasks to support our ongoing operations. 

This role is responsible for performing planned and emergency maintenance in support of the operation of hydro electric facilities and provide an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to OPG’s public outreach, engagement and education efforts as part of the company’s commitment to growing its social license.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

• Install, fabricate, commission, inspect, troubleshoot, service, and maintain, test and overhaul equipment and components associated with generating units/stations and facilities. 
• Perform tasks, applying the trade skills of carpentry, plumbing, painting, welding, masonry, lagging & insulating, scaffolding, lubrication, and general maintenance.
• Carry out rigging and craning, using both fixed and mobile cranes. Attend to general maintenance and inspection of this equipment. Maintain and operate machines and shop tools required to carry out work assignments.
• Operate forklifts, and trucks.
• Perform lock-out / tag-out activities up to the level trained.
• Carry out contract monitoring, including inspections to ensure effective quality assurance associated with maintenance or installation of new or replacement of existing systems.
• Prepare mechanical and civil sketches, and bills of material. Carry out document maintenance activities.
• Perform public safety inspections and maintenance activities to maintain effective control devices such as signage, fencing, booms and buoys.
• Accountable for the health, safety and well-being of self and others, in accordance with technical operating procedures and standards.
• Carries out good housekeeping, safety and fire prevention practices in the performance of his/her work.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma or equivalent. *

*Certifications of Qualifications will be considered for various trades including equipment operation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 5 years experience and/or skills in a variety of the following trades: carpentry, plumbing, painting, welding, concreting, erection of scaffolding and general maintenance is preferred
• Experience with, and ability to work from blueprints, written specifications, and oral instructions is as asset
• Heavy Equipment Operator experience is preferred, specifically hands on experience with excavators, backhoes and skid steers
• Prior experience and knowledge in the operation of power & hand tools, and equipment related to the trade
• Ability to work at heights and in confining spaces
• Valid G Drivers License in good standing 
• Class D-Z Drivers Licence is considered an asset

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

What Makes a Career at OPG Different?

As Ontario’s largest clean energy generator, we’re building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.

At OPG, our values are our strengths.  They are fundamental truths about our organization that don’t change: 

Safety – it’s our business
Integrity – always lead with integrity
Excellence – never satisfied with good enough
Inclusion – working together for powerful outcomes
Innovation - creativity accelerates possibility

Here's why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you:

• Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide
• Long-term career growth and development opportunities
• Electricity is vital to the province and OPG’s clean electricity is helping decarbonize other sectors.

Our promise to you:

• We care about the safety and the well-being of our employees. It is our utmost priority.
• A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day.
• Opportunities to stretch and develop.
• Offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate.
• Partner with Indigenous communities and support local businesses.
• We support employment equity, diversity and inclusion.

Are you ready to start a career that has the power to electrify life on and off the job? Apply now.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please submit your application online at https://jobs.opg.com/ by 11:59 PM E.S.T., July 2, 2024.  OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

OPG is committed to employment equity. As such, we encourage applicants from equity-seeking communities (Indigenous Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and women). We strongly believe that alleviating the under-representation of equity-seeking individuals will create a stronger OPG team and allow us to better serve the needs of our diverse communities.

In order to fulfill the above-mentioned purpose, priority in hiring may be given to qualified persons who self-identify as a member of equity-seeking groups as identified in the application process. This initiative constitutes a special program under the Human Rights Code/Canadian Human Rights Act.

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