Hire an industrial electrician in Greater Montreal
A qualified industrial electrician holds a certificate that no short course replaces: the apprenticeship calls for at least 5,000 supervised hours. This page gives you a job description ready to copy, the requirements to check before the interview, eight questions that separate candidates, and what stretches this search in Greater Montreal.
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Industrial electrician
Location: [city], Greater Montreal · Schedule: [day / evening / night], [number] h per week
Pay: [to be set] (benchmark: median $43/h in Quebec (Job Bank))
Responsibilities
- Maintain, repair and modify the site's electrical installation.
- Troubleshoot the electrical and electronic controls of production equipment.
- Maintain and test transformers, switchgear, distribution panels and motors.
- Install and connect new or relocated equipment, and take part in commissioning.
- Calibrate and maintain the plant's industrial instruments.
- Carry out the preventive maintenance program and keep maintenance records up to date.
- Apply the lockout and energy control procedure before every intervention.
- Supervise the team's electrician apprentices and sign off their skills.
- Work to the Quebec Construction Code, Chapter V – Electricity.
- Keep the installation drawings up to date after every change.
Requirements
- Valid certificat de qualification en électricité, or a valid apprentice card with supervision by a certified journeyperson.
- DEP en électricité, DEP en électromécanique de systèmes automatisés, or experience recognised by the ministry.
- Reading electrical schematics, drawings and the Quebec Construction Code, Chapter V – Electricity.
- Confident electrical testing: continuity, current, voltage and resistance, with the right instruments.
- Troubleshooting controls: relay logic, starters, programmable controllers.
- WHMIS training and use of the lockout procedure.
- Availability for the maintenance team's schedule and for on-call duty, if there is any.
Assets
- Red Seal endorsement.
- DEC in electrical engineering technology: automation and control, or an AEC in industrial automation and instrumentation.
- Experience in a site comparable to yours: metals, paper, automated warehouse.
- Working English for manufacturer documentation.
- Process instrumentation experience: transmitters, measurement loops, calibration.
- Experience mentoring electrician apprentices.
What we offer
[benefits, insurance, shift premiums, training]
Industrial electrician pay benchmark
| Region | Median | Offered in postings |
|---|---|---|
| All of Quebec | $43/h | — |
| Montérégie | $43.01/h | $39 (129) |
| Montréal | Quebec figures | — |
| Laval | Quebec figures | — |
| Lanaudière | $43/h | $39 (20) |
| Laurentides | $43/h | $39 (18) |
Median published by Job Bank (NOC 72201) and median offered in job postings (6 months, February to August 2026); in brackets, the number of hourly postings.
Eight interview questions
- Which certificate do you hold, when is it up for renewal, and where did you log your apprenticeship hours?
- Walk me through the last control fault you tracked down: which readings did you take, and in what order?
- A three-phase motor trips its protection at start-up: what do you check before running it again?
- How do you confirm a panel is de-energised before working on it?
- What have you modified in an installation, and how did you check the change met the Code?
- Which PLCs or programmable relays have you troubleshot, and how far into the program do you go?
- Have you mentored an apprentice? What do you sign off, and what do you refuse to sign off?
- Which maintenance schedule have you worked, and what made you leave your last job?
Timelines and difficulties
The certificate sets the pool. Only certified people, or apprentices supervised by a journeyperson, may work on the installation: an apprentice does not replace an electrician if nobody on the team holds the certificate. Job Bank rates the occupation's prospects Moderate in Montreal, Laval, Montérégie and the Laurentides, and Limited in Lanaudière. Two checks prevent a false start. First the certificate, valid and current, since it is renewed every four years. Then the job title: an electromechanical technician without the electricity certificate cannot modify your installation, and a posting that blends the two titles does not say which one is required. Finally, a CCQ journeyperson electrician receives the certificate for work outside construction with no further requirements: that pool is worth considering, provided the posting clearly describes plant work. If you plan to train an apprentice, settle in advance who will supervise their hours and sign off their skills: without a certified journeyperson on the team, the apprenticeship does not move forward, and the apprentice cannot work on the installation alone. The other way around, a candidate who has already worked in electricity can shorten the path: the ministry assesses their hours of experience from a work attestation, and can shorten their apprenticeship accordingly.
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