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At BC Hydro, we’re working towards creating a cleaner and more sustainable future for all British Columbians and need people like you to help us. A career at BC Hydro is meaningful and provides you the opportunity to be part of a talented, inclusive, and diverse team. We offer a healthy work-life balance, competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, and training opportunities to support you in your career growth. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers.

We invite you to join us as we build an even cleaner B.C. We welcome applications from all qualified job seekers. If you’re a person with a disability, please let us know by emailing RecruitmentHelp@bchydro.com, as adjustments can be made to help support you in your application process.

Try A Trade Program Hire

Number of positions: 3 Job Location: Dunsmuir 10
Employment type: Temporary Region: Various
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Field
Annual salary: 24.88 hourly

What you'll do

BC Hydro has an opportunity for Indigenous (First Nations Status, Non-Status, Inuit and Metis) peoples who want to increase their knowledge about BC Hydro's trades or technical careers. This is a 16 week paid job shadow program to help determine the right path towards a robust, dynamic and rewarding career.

Our goal to is to continue to strengthen our Indigenous employee workforce and create meaningful opportunities for Indigenous candidates who want to collaborate within an inclusive and diverse employee community.

During week one, you will focus on employment onboarding and mandatory safety training at the Trades Training Centre in Surrey. From weeks two to sixteen, you will complete up to two job-shadow rotations with our operations crews responsible for keeping the lights on for BC. Possible locations for placements may include: Hudson's Hope / GM Shrum Generating Station, Prince George, Revelstoke Dam and Mica Creek (townsite), Vernon, Lower Mainland / Surrey.

A successful Try-a-Trade Program Hire will:

• Make Safety your number one priority at all times.
• Learn how to model BC Hydro’s Values.
• Read and prepare reports including daily activity logs.
• Perform simple non-safety-sensitive tasks that will be assigned to you and monitored by a qualified Manager or Supervisor in a trades or technical environment.
• Obtain exposure in BC Hydro Trades and Technical occupations such as: Carpenters and General Trades, Communications, Protection & Control (CPC) Technicians, Electricians, Interchange Plant Operators, Machine Operators, Mechanics, Millwrights, Truck and Transportation Mechanics
• Under the guidance of BC Hydro mentors, learn how one of BC Hydro’s trades pre-apprentice, apprenticeship or technical training programs can start you on your career journey with us.
• Be prepared to learn about the benefits of working within the IBEW 258 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Union.

What you bring

• High School Diploma with English 12, Math* 11 and Physics 11. Acceptable Math courses include: Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Foundations of Math, Apprenticeship and Workplace Trades Math
• May have a combination of education and/or work experience, in a trades or technical-related field, and be
• Capable of performing non-safety-sensitive work that may include physically demanding tasks from time to time.

What we offer

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Week One:

Participants will work in indoor and outdoor classroom settings with computers. Candidates will also need to have the ability to:

• work on a computer
• live independently, if required, for the job placements
• learn and understand related safety regulations
• be professional with verbal and written communication skills and good with people.

Weeks two to 16:

• Depending on the rotations selected, candidates may:
  • Spend time exposed to all weather conditions
  • Spend the majority of the day on feet on rough terrain
  • Work at different sites daily

Candidates should be able to demonstrate a strong interest in the trade or technical team they are placed in.

Candidates who have accumulated some trades or technical experience or are currently enrolled in a trades or technical entry-level foundations or apprenticeship program are encouraged to apply

These positions are also open to candidates who are looking to change careers towards a trade or technical-related occupation.

For candidates who live in remote communities, it is considered an asset to have a valid clean ICBC Class 7N or 5 Driver’s License in order to commute to and from work each day.

• This is a full-time temporary paid position for 16 weeks with multiple start dates. We encourage Indigenous candidates to apply with all required documents as soon as possible.
• For the mandatory safety training in Surrey in weeks one, travel and accommodation costs will be covered and arranged by BC Hydro for those participants who live outside the Lower Main