Rigger – Telecommunications

Rigger – Telecommunications

(NOC 72204 – Telecommunications line and cable installers and repairers)

Employer: Erivan-Gecom Inc.

Location: 1060 Jayson Crt Mississauga, ON L4W 2V5

About the Company: The company was founded in 1981 by Pierre Lajeunesse. At that time the company was working in the fields of civil engineering and the construction of large-scale concrete structures. In 1995 we engaged in the telecommunications sector. For more than 30 years now, the Erivan Gecom Group is well established in the field of telecommunications and has cutting-edge expertise in civil engineering and project design. Erivan Gecom constantly strives for innovation, ingenuity and adaptability.

JOB DETAILS

Workplace information: On site - Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Salary: $34.07 hourly for 32 to 40 hours per week

Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time

Employment conditions: Day, Evening, Weekend, Morning

Start date: Starts as soon as possible

Vacancies: 4 vacancies

Benefits:

1. Health benefits - Dental plan, Disability benefits, Health care plan, Vision care benefits

2. Financial benefits - Group insurance benefits, Pension plan, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

3. Relocation Financial Support: The company will offer a $1,500.00 relocation benefit to new employees who are Canadian PRs and Citizens. This will be given to them at the end of their 6th month of their service to the company. Availing this incentive, will have a 1-year return service requirement. Please note that this will NOT apply after the worker already started for the company and is asking for a relocation. Relocation benefit will have to be negotiated at the time onboarding.

4. Increased Wages: The company will offer Canadian new hires a salary adjustment after one year of work which will be dependent on the employees’ performance, which needs to be at least satisfactory.

5. Career Path: The company will provide trainings with the objective of transitioning employees from their position to assume a higher position depending on their skills set. Positions may include team leader rank, supervisor rank, moving them to other positions within the company if so desired and in which they may be good at.

6. Other benefits - Learning/training paid by employer, Other benefits

Work site environment: Work Outdoors all year round, At heights (able to work safely at heights and high structures), Dangerous

Major Work Area: Installation, Maintenance, Repair, Service

Work setting: Telecommunications company

Work Location Information: Various locations

Job Apprenticeship: The company will continue to accept apprentices. If you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who would like to build a career as a Telecommunication Rigger but do not have experience/training in the job, please send us an email with a subject line “Applying for Apprenticeship – Telecommunication Rigger”.

Employee Referral Incentive: The company will provide a $500 employee referral incentive for those who will be able to recommend and encourage Canadian workers to work for the company in this position. This commission will be given at the end of the 6th month of this new employee’s work at the company.

Job Description: The role of the Rigger – Telecommunication is to perform all aspect of tower and rooftop installations and maintenance as well as all antenna system installation and maintenance.

Specific Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Inspect and test trunking systems.

• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment.

• Test equipment to locate transmission faults.

• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment.

• Complete and maintain test and service reports.

• Determine nature, cause and location of trouble.

• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures.

• Splice, join and connect wires.

• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment.

• Good mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of power and hand tools.

Additional Skills:

• Complete and maintain test and service reports

• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures

Equipment and machinery experience: Coaxial line, Fibre optics, Copper

Security and safety: Criminal record check, Drug test

Transportation/travel information: Vehicle supplied by employer when performing job related work, Travel expenses paid by employer, Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities: Tight deadlines, Attention to detail, Repetitive tasks, Ability to distinguish between colours, Handling heavy loads (able to lift 75 lbs of materials to chest height), Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Physically demanding, Bending, crouching, kneeling, Manual dexterity

Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability: Flexibility, Judgement, Organized, Reliability, Efficient interpersonal skills, Team player

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Languages: English

Education and Work Experience:

• Completion of a four-year telecommunications line and cable apprenticeship program or related education and at least one year of work experience in the trade; or

• Completion of a two-year college program in electronics and at least two years of work experience in the trade; or

• A combination of over three years work experience in the trade and some industry-related or other specialized courses.  

HOW TO APPLY

Leading our industry in quality, service and team appreciation, Erivan Gecom Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and provides its staff with a fully respectful work environment. If you are interested in applying, please follow the instructions below.

Please submit a resume and an application letter.

By email: applicants@erivan.ca

By mail:

1060 Jayson Crt

Mississauga, ON

L4W 2V5

Do not send your application by any other method other than indicated above. Please submit using one method only and not repeatedly

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