Now Hiring: Industrial Electrician
Location: Richmond, BC (Wastewater Treatment Facility)
Position Type: Full-Time Unionized (GVRDEU)
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM (No weekend shifts; occasional on-call weather emergency rotations)
Compensation: $48.87 / hour + 6.25% deferred compensation (wage rates currently subject to upcoming union bargaining increases)
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Are you a skilled, safety-focused Trades professional seeking lasting career stability, true work-life balance, and complex industrial machinery to expand your expertise?
We are hiring a Journeyperson Electrician to maintain, install, and troubleshoot vital electrical infrastructure supporting essential regional liquid waste operations. If you excel in heavy industrial settings—such as manufacturing, food processing, or chemical plants—this role lets you deliver impactful, community-serving work on a consistent daytime weekday schedule.
Advantages
Total Rewards & Culture
Competitive Earning Power: Strong hourly pay boosted by 6.25% deferred compensation, which you can take as extra cash on every paycheck OR bank for additional paid time off.
Generous Paid Vacation: Enjoy 3 weeks of paid vacation starting on day one.
Comprehensive Health Coverage: Full medical, dental, vision, and extended healthcare benefits protecting both you and your family.
Municipal Pension Plan: Secure your financial future with substantial employer-matched pension contributions (9.31% employer match).
Gear & Boot Allowances: Annual safety boot allowance plus all necessary PPE provided.
Supportive, Stable Culture: Strong job security, reliable daytime shifts, and an inclusive, safety-driven public-service workplace.
Responsibilities
What You’ll Do
Industrial Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Install, test, diagnose, and service heavy-duty electrical systems across regional sites, covering low, medium, and high-voltage distribution, motors, controls, and solid-state equipment.
Project Planning & Sourcing: Map out safe work procedures, coordinate material procurement, and order necessary electrical supplies.
Blueprints & Documentation: Interpret, sketch, and revise technical drawings and schematics while maintaining detailed work progress logs.
Collaboration & Mentorship: Partner with supervisors on project scheduling and cost estimates while guiding the hands-on development of apprentices.
Qualifications
What You Bring
Trades Certification: Valid BC Trade Qualification (TQ) or Interprovincial Red Seal Journeyperson Electrician ticket (verified prior to hire).
Education: High School Diploma (Grade 12), GED, or a recognized post-secondary equivalent (such as a college diploma or university degree).
Licensing & Site Access: Valid BC Driver’s License and reliable personal vehicle for plant access, alongside mandatory watershed entry health clearance.
Hands-On Technical Expertise: Solid background in motors, controls, solid-state electronics, pneumatics/hydraulics, and heavy industrial equipment (experience in manufacturing, food processing, or similar heavy sectors is highly valued).
Personal Hand Tools: Your own standard electrician hand tools (all required PPE and safety boot allowances are supplied).
Summary
If you are a certified Maintenance Electrician ready for a dependable, rewarding career move, we want to hear from you.
Please email your updated resume directly to:
stephanie.kihn@randstad.ca
Be sure to reference the job title in your email subject line.
Thank you for your interest; please note that only applicants currently residing in British Columbia will be contacted for next steps.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Now Hiring: Industrial Electrician
Location: Richmond, BC (Wastewater Treatment Facility)
Position Type: Full-Time Unionized (GVRDEU)
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM (No weekend shifts; occasional on-call weather emergency rotations)
Compensation: $48.87 / hour + 6.25% deferred compensation (wage rates currently subject to upcoming union bargaining increases)
Are you a skilled, safety-focused Trades professional seeking lasting career stability, true work-life balance, and complex industrial machinery to expand your expertise?
We are hiring a Journeyperson Electrician to maintain, install, and troubleshoot vital electrical infrastructure supporting essential regional liquid waste operations. If you excel in heavy industrial settings—such as manufacturing, food processing, or chemical plants—this role lets you deliver impactful, community-serving work on a consistent daytime weekday schedule.
Advantages
Total Rewards & Culture
Competitive Earning Power: Strong hourly pay boosted by 6.25% deferred compensation, which you can take as extra cash on every paycheck OR bank for additional paid time off.
...
Generous Paid Vacation: Enjoy 3 weeks of paid vacation starting on day one.
Comprehensive Health Coverage: Full medical, dental, vision, and extended healthcare benefits protecting both you and your family.
Municipal Pension Plan: Secure your financial future with substantial employer-matched pension contributions (9.31% employer match).
Gear & Boot Allowances: Annual safety boot allowance plus all necessary PPE provided.
Supportive, Stable Culture: Strong job security, reliable daytime shifts, and an inclusive, safety-driven public-service workplace.
Responsibilities
What You’ll Do
Industrial Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Install, test, diagnose, and service heavy-duty electrical systems across regional sites, covering low, medium, and high-voltage distribution, motors, controls, and solid-state equipment.
Project Planning & Sourcing: Map out safe work procedures, coordinate material procurement, and order necessary electrical supplies.
Blueprints & Documentation: Interpret, sketch, and revise technical drawings and schematics while maintaining detailed work progress logs.
Collaboration & Mentorship: Partner with supervisors on project scheduling and cost estimates while guiding the hands-on development of apprentices.
Qualifications
What You Bring
Trades Certification: Valid BC Trade Qualification (TQ) or Interprovincial Red Seal Journeyperson Electrician ticket (verified prior to hire).
Education: High School Diploma (Grade 12), GED, or a recognized post-secondary equivalent (such as a college diploma or university degree).
Licensing & Site Access: Valid BC Driver’s License and reliable personal vehicle for plant access, alongside mandatory watershed entry health clearance.
Hands-On Technical Expertise: Solid background in motors, controls, solid-state electronics, pneumatics/hydraulics, and heavy industrial equipment (experience in manufacturing, food processing, or similar heavy sectors is highly valued).
Personal Hand Tools: Your own standard electrician hand tools (all required PPE and safety boot allowances are supplied).
Summary
If you are a certified Maintenance Electrician ready for a dependable, rewarding career move, we want to hear from you.
Please email your updated resume directly to:
stephanie.kihn@randstad.ca
Be sure to reference the job title in your email subject line.
Thank you for your interest; please note that only applicants currently residing in British Columbia will be contacted for next steps.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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