Electrician

Welcome to Cascades!

Every day, our team takes pride in rolling up their sleeves to create products that are mindful of the environment.
Join us as a Electrician in Niagara Falls and help bring materials to life in a workplace where health and safety always come first.

What’s in it for you

Taking care of our people is in our nature - so you’ll enjoy:

• Hourly wage of $30.00/hr to $44.57/hr (based on skills, experience and education) + $5000 sign on bonus 
• Top rate goes up to $47.55
• Full-time position with guaranteed hours for job stability
• Schedule 12-hour swing shift schedule
• A full range of benefits: group insurance, telemedicine, and an employer-contributed retirement plan
• Profit sharing and employee share purchase plan - so you can share in our success
• Employee assistance program, because your physical and mental well-being matters
• Referral bonus - help grow the team and get rewarded

What you’ll do

As a Electrician, you’ll be at the heart of operations - right on the floor where materials take shape. 
Your day-to-day:

• Perform scheduled, unplanned, and emergency maintenance repairs of mill equipment, electrical distribution systems and support equipment
• Properly maintain high speed automation equipment, tooling, and associated machinery to designed standards
• Complete installation, calibration, troubleshooting and repair of electrical equipment and distribution systems up to 4160V
• Work with and troubleshoot and repair PLCs and HMIs
• Use basic hand tools: multi-meters, thermal imaging cameras, meggers, and other electrical test equipment.
• Repair electrical, electro-mechanical, pneumatic & hydraulic circuits and devices
• Comply with all mill safety responsibilities and maintain clean and orderly work areas
• Troubleshoot control loops, magnetic and electronic motor controls, timers, counters, sequencers.   

Your strengths as a Electrician

• 3-5 years of experience in electrical maintenance, preferably in a large-scale heavy industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience with installation, calibration, troubleshooting and repair of electrical equipment and distribution systems
• Able to access and read electrical, pneumatic and mechanical drawings, blueprints and schematics
• Strong working background on AC and DC controls
• Understand and have experience working with VSDs and VFDs
• Knowledge of instrumentation (pressure transmitters, level indicators, RTDs, valve positioners, etc.)
• Preferred experience with SAP, Siemens PCS-7 or equivalent, Profibus communication protocol
• Strong communication skills, and a team-player attitude
• Able to work 12-hour rotating shifts, weekends and holidays, overtime, and call-ins.
• Candidate must be fluent in English both written and spoken

Apply now and join our team as Electrician in Niagara Falls.

Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably. This posting is for an active vacancy within our organization. #ST01