Hydro Ottawa | Power Cable Technician
HybridOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaHybridFull Time
Full Time
Job Summary
Install, remove, and repair underground distribution cables, perform live line work, and complete cable jointing and terminating in confined spaces, vaults, and substations. Operate aerial devices, test systems, and maintain transformers and switchgear while analyzing GIS maps to verify accuracy. Troubleshoot faults, apply for work protection permits, coordinate with crews and contractors, and provide on-call duties and overtime for emergency responses. Train apprentices, maintain company vehicles, and ensure all work adheres to safety standards and approved methods.
Required Qualifications
- Journey Person with electrical utility or relevant high voltage cable experience
- Ability to obtain Journeyperson Underground Power Cable Technician Certificate of Registration (MEARIE)
- Journeyperson Power Line Technician with cable jointing, cable terminating and identifying and other aspects of cable joining (including experience with lead)
- Equivalent to the above qualifications
- Certification in First Aid / CPR
- Certification in forklift operation
- Certification in propane
- Certification in radial boom digger
- Certification in WHMIS
- Certification in confined space entry
- Certification in traffic control
- English essential, both oral and written
- Valid driver's license –minimum Class DZ
- AZ preferred
- Government of Canada security clearance
- Selected candidates will be required to demonstrate their proficiency with lead cable joining as an element of the selection process
- Selected candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Desired Qualifications
- Bilingual (English/French)
- Certification in First Aid / CPR, forklift operation, propane, radial boom digger, WHMIS and confined space entry, traffic control is considered an asset
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