Electrician
About the role
Job Requisition Id: 197854
Business Function: Trades and Technical
Primary City: RICHMOND
Other Location(s): Province: British Columbia
Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Status: Permanent
Language Requirement: English Essential
Number of Vacancies 1
**Salary: $37.11per hour
Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2026-02-17** Job Description If you have the talent and drive, consider a career with Canada Post. We are currently seeking an Electrician to perform maintenance and repairs to all types of electrical and electro-mechanic mail processing, mail handling and related equipment.
Job Responsibilities
- Conduct preventative and system maintenance
- Read and interpret schematic, blueprints, wiring diagrams and specifications
- Assist in and perform trouble shooting
- Apply testing and diagnostic procedures
- Perform installation and removal of equipment as required
- Perform adjusting, repair and overhaul work on mail handling, mail processing and related equipment as breakdowns occur
Job Responsibilities (continued)
- Ensure that equipment is operating effectively and efficiently.
- Plans and organizes their workload
- Communicate effectively
- Complete documentation
Qualifications Education:
- Completion of at least 2 years of secondary school and a provincial certificate recognized at a journeyman level in Industrial Electricity.
Experience
- At least 2 years experience working in a maintenance environment performing electrical installations, repairs and troubleshooting of the electrical ccts and controls of a variety of electronic, electro-mechanical systems and equipment.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of safe working practices in a maintenance and production environment.
- Knowledge of electrical installations such as alarm systems, power distribution lines, control panels, and in-house communication systems.
- Knowledge of maintenance and repair of electrical and electro-mechanical equipment and systems.
- Knowledge of control ccts and programmable logic controls.
- Knowledge of applicable electrical codes.
- Knowledge of complex testing, diagnosis and adjustment methods and procedures.
Abilities
- Ability to perform maintenance routines under a variety of conditions including cramped spaces, heights and other awkward positions.
- Ability to read and interpret schematics, blueprints, wiring diagrams and specifications.
- Ability to run and interpret software diagnostics.
- Ability to use hand and power tools, gauging devices and electrical and electronic test equipment.
- Ability to apply logical troubleshooting techniques to determine the cause of equipment breakdowns and malfunctions.
- Ability to analyze and conduct investigations to detect degradation of machine performance, repetitive and obscure problems, recommend and implement preventive actions.
- Ability to estimate time and material requirements accurately.
- Ability to keep appropriate computerized and manual maintenance records.
- Ability to assign and explain tasks and to identify when work standards are met.
Other Information Some travel maybe required.
Canada Post’s values and behaviours Our Values - Trust , Respect and Deliver represent our fundamental promise to ourselves, our expectations of one and another and our shared duty to our country.
Our behaviours – Make the call, Know the destination, Deliver for others, Ignite our pride; embody our values, bringing them to life and guiding our actions.
We’re committed to living these values and practicing these behaviours every day. Learn more about the values and behaviours by visiting the Canada Post website.
About Canada Post / Postes Canada
As the country's postal service and leading ecommerce delivery company, we’re committed to serving Canadians and Canadian businesses, working for the greener good, and delivering a stronger Canada.
We are the only delivery organization with the network and commitment to serve all of the more than 17 million addresses across Canada. We operate the largest retail network in Canada, with almost 5,900 post offices in every corner of the country. Our nearly 68,000 employees connect us with Canadians and are proud to serve the communities where they live and work.
Canadians are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to meeting their rapidly evolving needs and expectations. Our purpose, A Stronger Canada – Delivered, is anchored in our commitment to provide a service all Canadians can count on; demonstrate environmental and social leadership; and create a safe and welcoming workplace for all employees.
En tant que service postal et chef de file de la livraison des colis du cybercommerce au pays, nous sommes déterminés à servir la population et les entreprises d’ici, et à être porteurs d’un Canada plus fort et plus vert.
Grâce à notre réseau de livraison inégalé, nous avons la responsabilité de servir plus de 17 millions d’adresses d’un océan à l’autre. Avec près de 5 900 bureaux de poste, nous exploitons le plus vaste réseau de vente au détail au pays. Nos gens – quelque 68 000 employées et employés – servent fièrement les collectivités où ils vivent et travaillent, et nous relient à la population.
Les Canadiennes et les Canadiens sont au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons, et nous mettons tout en œuvre pour répondre à leurs besoins et à leurs attentes qui évoluent rapidement. Notre raison d’être, Porteurs d’un Canada plus fort, repose sur notre volonté d’offrir un service sur lequel tout le monde peut compter, de faire preuve de leadership en matière d’environnement et de responsabilité sociale, et de créer un milieu de travail sécuritaire et accueillant.
Electrician
About the role
Job Requisition Id: 197854
Business Function: Trades and Technical
Primary City: RICHMOND
Other Location(s): Province: British Columbia
Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Status: Permanent
Language Requirement: English Essential
Number of Vacancies 1
**Salary: $37.11per hour
Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2026-02-17** Job Description If you have the talent and drive, consider a career with Canada Post. We are currently seeking an Electrician to perform maintenance and repairs to all types of electrical and electro-mechanic mail processing, mail handling and related equipment.
Job Responsibilities
- Conduct preventative and system maintenance
- Read and interpret schematic, blueprints, wiring diagrams and specifications
- Assist in and perform trouble shooting
- Apply testing and diagnostic procedures
- Perform installation and removal of equipment as required
- Perform adjusting, repair and overhaul work on mail handling, mail processing and related equipment as breakdowns occur
Job Responsibilities (continued)
- Ensure that equipment is operating effectively and efficiently.
- Plans and organizes their workload
- Communicate effectively
- Complete documentation
Qualifications Education:
- Completion of at least 2 years of secondary school and a provincial certificate recognized at a journeyman level in Industrial Electricity.
Experience
- At least 2 years experience working in a maintenance environment performing electrical installations, repairs and troubleshooting of the electrical ccts and controls of a variety of electronic, electro-mechanical systems and equipment.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of safe working practices in a maintenance and production environment.
- Knowledge of electrical installations such as alarm systems, power distribution lines, control panels, and in-house communication systems.
- Knowledge of maintenance and repair of electrical and electro-mechanical equipment and systems.
- Knowledge of control ccts and programmable logic controls.
- Knowledge of applicable electrical codes.
- Knowledge of complex testing, diagnosis and adjustment methods and procedures.
Abilities
- Ability to perform maintenance routines under a variety of conditions including cramped spaces, heights and other awkward positions.
- Ability to read and interpret schematics, blueprints, wiring diagrams and specifications.
- Ability to run and interpret software diagnostics.
- Ability to use hand and power tools, gauging devices and electrical and electronic test equipment.
- Ability to apply logical troubleshooting techniques to determine the cause of equipment breakdowns and malfunctions.
- Ability to analyze and conduct investigations to detect degradation of machine performance, repetitive and obscure problems, recommend and implement preventive actions.
- Ability to estimate time and material requirements accurately.
- Ability to keep appropriate computerized and manual maintenance records.
- Ability to assign and explain tasks and to identify when work standards are met.
Other Information Some travel maybe required.
Canada Post’s values and behaviours Our Values - Trust , Respect and Deliver represent our fundamental promise to ourselves, our expectations of one and another and our shared duty to our country.
Our behaviours – Make the call, Know the destination, Deliver for others, Ignite our pride; embody our values, bringing them to life and guiding our actions.
We’re committed to living these values and practicing these behaviours every day. Learn more about the values and behaviours by visiting the Canada Post website.
About Canada Post / Postes Canada
As the country's postal service and leading ecommerce delivery company, we’re committed to serving Canadians and Canadian businesses, working for the greener good, and delivering a stronger Canada.
We are the only delivery organization with the network and commitment to serve all of the more than 17 million addresses across Canada. We operate the largest retail network in Canada, with almost 5,900 post offices in every corner of the country. Our nearly 68,000 employees connect us with Canadians and are proud to serve the communities where they live and work.
Canadians are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to meeting their rapidly evolving needs and expectations. Our purpose, A Stronger Canada – Delivered, is anchored in our commitment to provide a service all Canadians can count on; demonstrate environmental and social leadership; and create a safe and welcoming workplace for all employees.
En tant que service postal et chef de file de la livraison des colis du cybercommerce au pays, nous sommes déterminés à servir la population et les entreprises d’ici, et à être porteurs d’un Canada plus fort et plus vert.
Grâce à notre réseau de livraison inégalé, nous avons la responsabilité de servir plus de 17 millions d’adresses d’un océan à l’autre. Avec près de 5 900 bureaux de poste, nous exploitons le plus vaste réseau de vente au détail au pays. Nos gens – quelque 68 000 employées et employés – servent fièrement les collectivités où ils vivent et travaillent, et nous relient à la population.
Les Canadiennes et les Canadiens sont au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons, et nous mettons tout en œuvre pour répondre à leurs besoins et à leurs attentes qui évoluent rapidement. Notre raison d’être, Porteurs d’un Canada plus fort, repose sur notre volonté d’offrir un service sur lequel tout le monde peut compter, de faire preuve de leadership en matière d’environnement et de responsabilité sociale, et de créer un milieu de travail sécuritaire et accueillant.