Machinist/Millwright

Machinist/Millwright Job Highlights

Company Profile

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a world-class innovator in medical care, research, and teaching. The company provides a full range of direct and contracted health services including primary, secondary, tertiary care, home, community care, mental health services, population/preventive health, and addictions services.

Job Profile

The company is looking for a Machinist/Millwright to join the Plant Maintenance team.

Educational Qualification

• The applicants should have a Certificate of Apprenticeship or Trades Qualification Certificate as a journeyman Machinist or Millwright recognized by the Province of British Columbia.

Work Experience

• The candidates should have 2 years of recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Perform skilled work at the journeyman level in the installation, movement, maintenance, fabrication/construction, and repair of hospital equipment using tools and equipment such as lathes, drill presses, cutters, electric arc and gas welders, grinders, drills, rigging, and a variety of hand tools.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and drawings.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Benefits/Perks

• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff
• Award-winning recognition programs to honor staff, medical staff, and volunteers
• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental, and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counseling, critical incidents, and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families

Employer’s Statement

Vancouver Coastal Health is committed to building a representative workforce and encouraging applications reflecting the diversity of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization or ancestry, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.