Requisition ID: 17839
Department: Infrastructure & Water Services Dept.
Service: Water Facilities & Treatment Services
Branch: Water Production - West Branch
Employment Type:Up to 2 Full-time Temporary - Up to 2 years
Work Hours: 40.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside
Salary Information: $81,960.32 - $95,896.32 annually (2024 rates of pay)
Location: Lemieux Island, 1 River Street
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Labourer Jobs
Application Close: 01/10/2025
The mandate of Water Services is to provide treatment and distribution of a sustainable supply of high-quality drinking water and is committed to protecting the environment by collecting and treating wastewater for the health and prosperity of Ottawa.
You are responsible for planned, unplanned and emergency inspection, testing, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and/or repair of electrical and electronic equipment within Water Services’ water treatment, supply and storage facilities (including the Water Purification Plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, elevated tanks, metering facilities and well treatment systems) or wastewater treatment and collection facilities (including wastewater treatment plant, pumping stations, odour control facilities, and regulators).
These duties are carried out in an industrial, production and quality-focused environment and, as such, must be completed in consideration of, and in close coordination with, other skilled trade and maintenance staff in the Branch.
As a licensed water treatment, wastewater treatment and/or wastewater collection system operator, you are also responsible for operating various pieces of process equipment (in Drinking Water this spans water treatment, distribution and supply process equipment and in Wastewater this spans wastewater treatment and collection process equipment) and/or adjusting various water or wastewater treatment system process parameters, after prior consultation with and in close coordination with other licensed operating staff in the Branch.
Note this equipment includes, but is not limited to: electrical power supply, distribution and generating equipment (up to 44kV), generators (up to 4.8MW), motors (up to 1.5MW), associated motor starter and control equipment, power cabling, transformers, standby, emergency and uninterruptable power systems, lighting systems, power control and lighting panels, electric actuators, electrical metering and monitoring systems, instrumentation and control equipment, and building services equipment. The equipment may or may not be energized, during the work, and is located in a variety of locations including chemical feed and storage areas, electrical equipment rooms, machine rooms, generator rooms, pump rooms, valve rooms and chambers, confined spaces, elevated tanks, above and below grade reservoirs, outdoor power substations, office areas, etc.
Completion of Industrial Electrician or Construction and Maintenance Electrician apprenticeship program of 9000 hours.
Minimum of 5 years of experience as a licensed Industrial Electrician or Construction and Maintenance Electrician in a combination of both process-dependant industries and construction services including demonstrated experience in the maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of low, medium and high voltage electrical equipment and the installation, construction and commissioning of low, medium and high voltage electrical systems.
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