Plant Electrician

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

This position is responsible for:
Carrying out the inspection, installation, operation, inventory, records, procurement, preventive maintenance, reports, repairs and monitoring of electrical controls, systems, and equipment.

• Work Days: Sunday-Wednesday
• Work Hours:
• Off Days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Start Rate (Non-Negotiable): $43.32/hourly

Location
:
Union Station

• Research pricing from various vendors to ensure MX is receiving affordable and fair pricing to repair and/or replace assets
• Provide costing to team leads to have purchase orders created.
• Review and manage work orders assigned, including
  • Ensure preventive maintenance work orders are LEAN and fulfil legislative requirements
  • If identified, highlight assets not captured by the Asset Management group to maintain legislative compliance
  • Track costs by adding labour hours and attaching copies of receipts for material used
  • Preparing follow-up work orders to have noted deficiencies addressed
  • Provide a detailed analysis on corrective work orders as to the root cause and corrective actions taken to remedy the problem
  • Provide advice with regards to are of knowledge to team leads and managers to enable leaders to have appropriate facts on complex electrical issues in the field.
• Work with ESA (Electrical Safety Authority) to inspect all MX sites, review all electrical infrastructure, flag electrical hazards, and create work orders to have any hazards repaired.
• Log all electrical work completed into the Electrical Safety Authority’s CSS database for future inspection and to update flagged hazards as completed
• Arrange to have the necessary equipment such as aerial lifts delivered to sites either by 3rd party suppliers or by transporting via a towed trailer
• Review DRM (Design Requirements Manual) standards and make recommendations based on real world experience with regards to assets to minimize maintenance costs and provide better value for MX while enhancing the customer experience
• Complete small projects for various internal stakeholders within MX to aid in their ability to secure retail vendors, improve the customer experience, and avoid hiring costly third-party contractors
• Manage, update, and troubleshoot the variety of DLC (digital lighting controls) and BAS (Building automation systems) to minimize operating costs while balancing the customer experience
• Support PDT (Project Delivery Teams) and CPG’s 3rd party vendors to minimize the potential for delays and cost overruns at stations and facilities.
• Review assets slated for removal and recommend where they can be redeployed elsewhere to expedite repairs and/or reliability of other sites
• Verify that electrical contractors are opening permits and logging those permits and projects into the Electrical Safety Authority’s CSS database for future reference
• Attend project handovers for training and commissioning of new assets and highlight deficiencies ensuring equipment meets DRM standards and will fulfill operational needs.
• Supervise contractors working for other stakeholders to make sure they are working safely and following Metrolinx’s safe work procedures and reporting non-compliance to PDTs, team leads, managers and directors.
• Diagnose, repair and upgrade assets and potential trouble areas that are frequently reported as defective and takes safe appropriate action, including the repair and/or replacement of defective materials and fittings to increase system reliability and enhance the customer experience.
• Interprets, drawings and wiring layout from schematics. Compiles schematics by consultation,…