Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Bachelor's degree
- or equivalent experience
- Electrical and electronics engineering
- Mechanical engineering
Experience
5 years or more
Work site environment
- Noisy
Work setting
- Maintenance
- Repair
- Testing
- Service
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Test and observe electrical and mechanical conditions of equipment
- Troubleshoot and repair electric motors, transformers, switchgear, generators and other electro-mechanical equipment
- Use machining tools to fabricate or recondition parts
- Replace or recondition shafts, bearings, commutators and other components
- Instruct apprentices
- Wind, assemble and install various types of coils
- Perform static or dynamic balancing of armatures or rotors
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Perform some machining to recondition or modify shafts, commutators or other parts
- Perform on-site servicing and repair
- Test and repair or replace faulty wiring or components in electrical switchgear
- Test repaired motors, transformers, switchgear or other electrical apparatus to ensure proper performance
Experience and specialization
Specialization or experience
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Area of specialization
- Electric motors
- Transformers
- Switchgears
- Industrial motors
- Rotors
- Generators
- Switches
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Manual dexterity
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Life insurance