Apprentice Electrician

Who We Are   Rising Edge Group is an electrical contracting company founded in 2002, specialization in high-voltage electrical solutions that power critical infrastructure across North America. With operations in both Canada and the United States, we partner with clients across the electrical utilities, renewable energy, and industrial sectors to design, build, and maintain the critical infrastructure systems communities and industries rely on.    Driven by a clear vision to strengthen the stability, reliability, and advancement of energy infrastructure, we take pride in delivering work that matters. Guided by our STRIDE values - Safety, Teamwork, Responsibility, Integrity, Deliver, and Excellence - we foster a people focused culture of growth, mentorship and collaboration where safety always come first.   What You'll Do   Reporting to the Journeyman Electrician, the role of Electrician Apprentice is to install new and maintain low and high voltage equipment in a substation. Under this role the Electrician Apprentice will gain hands-on experience with the installation of ground grids, structural steel’s erection and the repair and assembly of power system equipment. The Electrician Apprentice is responsible to assist with the installation, troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of high voltage transformers and all other related equipment. Key Responsibilities The responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:    • Assist in the day to day activities involved with substation construction  • Work with high voltage equipment such as circuit breakers, transformers, and switches, voltage regulators, capacitor banks, P&C (protection and control) equipment and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition systems) systems, human machine interfaces (HMI) and remote terminal units (RTUs)   • Install time sensitive network and power cabling, including connection, location and documentation of all circuits, as required  • Perform preventive equipment maintenance; scheduled, unscheduled and emergency requests  • Perform maintenance, predictive inspections and testing on substation equipment  • Develop work scopes, draft procedures and perform routine repairs  • Comply, at all times, with Rising Edge Technologies operating and maintenance safe work practices, procedures and standards  • Develop and maintain test and maintenance reports while working under Journey PSE/Electrician  • Work with Journeyman Electrician to install ground grids, power system equipment’s assembly and erection of structural steel 

Additional Information     This position is designated as safety-sensitive making employment contingent upon the successful completion of pre-employment drug and alcohol testing, as well as criminal and general background checks.  Schedule • Schedule rotations range from 4 days on / 3 days off, 8 days on / 6 days off, 10 days on / 4 days off, 21 days on / 7 days off, etc. (project dependant) • Overtime paid at time and a half after 10 hours per day and 40 hours per week   • Out-of-town work includes either all-inclusive camp accommodations or LOA and individual accommodations (project dependent)