Powerline Technician

Powerline Technician Job Summary

The Powerline Technician is responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing overhead and underground power lines and cables. This includes connecting new services, installing temporary services, and inspecting and maintaining tools, equipment, and vehicles used to carry out line work.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs powerline systems, subsystems, and equipment to ensure maximum productivity and quality.
• Inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs emergency powerline systems, subsystems, and equipment and replaces as required.
• Travels to remote communities to perform regular inspections, conduct preventative maintenance, install equipment, and perform general repairs to powerlines and systems.
• Maintains maintenance documentation and coordinates with operators, maintenance staff, when amending documentation.
• Ensures all materials used during construction and repairs are logged and reported to the Line Supervisor.
• Provides on-site solutions or modifications to bring systems back online as quickly as possible during outage situations while mitigating risk to equipment.
• Always maintains a clean and safe work environment and acts in a pro-active manner to make timely recommendations for continuous improvement of operations and equipment.
• Ensures work is conducted in accordance with all corporate policies and procedures; territorial, provincial, and national codes; and in compliance with all health, safety, and environmental regulations.

Required Qualifications Include:

• Intra-provincial certification as a Powerline Technician.
• Class 3 driver's licence with an airbrake endorsement, and the ability to meet vehicle insurance requirements of QEC.

Assets:

• Red Seal certification is an asset
• Knowledge of Nunavut, the land, language, and culture an asset.
• The ability to speak Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun and/or French an asset.

Benefits and Compensation:

We offer a competitive salary range of $104,543.24 to $122,116.48 and a northern living allowance of $16,008.00 per annum. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including a defined-benefit pension program. In addition, subsidized staff housing is available for this position. This position is included in the Nunavut Employee's Union.

Preference will be given to Nunavut Inuit.

Open until filled. Applications for this competition may be considered for future employment opportunities with QEC.