Electro Mechanical Technician

​Req ID: 192428
Location: Eastern Zone, St. Martha's Regional Hospital  
Department: FMS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING-SMR
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1 
UNIFOR Support Position
Posting Closing Date: 5-Dec-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

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The Electro Mechanical Technician, reporting to the Manager - Clinical Engineering, is responsible for the repair, calibration, installation, and safety and performance inspections on designated electromechanical patient care devices. The Electro Mechanical Technician is active in equipment management, special projects, safety initiatives and risk management programs of the department. The Electro Mechanical Technician is required to perform his/her duties in a responsible, professional, manner, acting within the framework and guidelines of the department. The Electro Mechanical Technician is involved in the repair, modification, calibration, installation, and safety and performance inspections on a variety of devices including but not limited to beds, stretchers, renal dialysis chair and sterile processing equipment. Overtime may be required, and some variability in working hours may be necessary to minimize equipment downtime. 

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Two year Electronic or Electromechanical Technician program (or acceptable equivalent)

• Electronic, Industrial Mechanic, or Industrial Electrical certification considered an asset

• 2 years related experience required

• Travel to other sites may be required, access to reliable transportation required

• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

• Permanent, Full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
• Some travel between sites may be required.

$26.97 - $28.97 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

​This is a Support bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.