Maintenance Associate, Terminal Infrastructure (Multiple Opportunities)

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is a unique and dynamic place to work. Approximately 1,400 GTAA employees work non-stop with our partners and agencies to deliver a safe and welcoming airport experience at Canada’s leading global hub airport, Toronto Pearson. The impacts of the pandemic have been significant to our industry, yet we remain Pearson Strong and are realizing the opportunity to accelerate our Healthy Airport commitment. Join us on our accelerated journey in creating the airport of the future in a smart, healthy and profitable way.

What's in it for you!

We offer our GTAA members amazing benefits, including retirement planning, group health benefits, employee assistance programs (EAP), paid leave, education and training, as well as recognition and rewards programs.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Manager, Maintenance Response this position is responsible for the care and maintenance of the structural assets within terminal/aviation infrastructure. Performing Preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance and response maintenance is paramount in ensuring that the system assets are operating well for our passengers, tenants and partners. Duties my also extend to Aviation Infrastructure and include airfield lighting/rebuilding.

Key Accountabilities:

• Demonstrate the GTAA’s values
• Perform maintenance on various types of doors and hardware
• Investigate and make safe: broken glass in windows and doors, damaged or lifting floor coverings, stair treads etc.
• Wallpaper removal and new installation
• Operating hand tools and equipment as well as woodworking machines, such as table saws, planers and drills, weed trimmers, operate equipment or machinery related to assigned maintenance tasks including forklift, aerial platform, boom truck, vac truck, Sand blaster etc.
• Trouble shoot and repair power automatic doors and swing doors
• Drywall repairs, taping and sanding ensuring walls are ready for paint
• Escort contracted work forces to and from job sites for security purposes as required
• Cutting, gluing and assembling components
• Re-starting of escalators and moving walkways
• Various fixture relamping and rebuilding (Airside)
• Shop, storage facility and vehicle clean up
• Provide general laborer duties when required
• Heavy Machine Operations (Airside)
• Performs preventative, corrective, and demand maintenance to GTAA systems and facilities both indoor and outdoor
• Provide assistance to skilled trades (electricians, millwrights, plumbers, carpenters) in Terminal Infrastructure Response and Reliability or Airside Infrastructure
• Restocking of parts and supplies
• Painting walls, ceiling, bollards, etc.
• Carpet installation and repairs, baseboard, marmoleum installation and ceramic tile installation

This is a unionized position with an hourly wage of $36.23, based on a 40-hour work week. The successful candidate must be available to commence the duties of the position once a selection decision has been made. A test will be administered as a part of the competitive process. An eligibility list may be used to staff similar acting and/or permanent positions.

Qualifications:

• Experience working on building & airfield systems/Airside systems such as but not limited to power sliding doors, swing doors, door hardware, ceilings (all types) flooring (all types), walls and wall finishes, glass replacement or various types of Airfield lighting fixtures, relamping many different types of light fixtures with a construction maintenance or equivalent company employing skilled trades and maintenance technicians
• High school diploma and/or 6 years of combined equivalent work experience and education
• Able to obtain and retain a Transportation Security Clearance
• Able to work on a 24/7 rotational shift schedule
• Able to obtain a "D/A" class AVOP license and must possess a valid class “G” Ontario Driver’s License

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in analysis and decision making
• Ability to climb stairs or ladders and kneel or crouch while performing regular duties
• Ability to communicate effectively with the Communication Centre and the Maintenance Technical Center using radios and monitoring radios for emergency calls
• Ability to lift in excess of sixty (60) pounds
• Ability to perform duties in inclement weather
• Interpersonal skills to effectively deal with people, including superiors, co‐workers, customers and passengers
• Relevant health and safety training, familiarity with airport premises
• Knowledge of structural maintenance systems, maintenance activities preventative and corrective maintenance practices, and the ability to use a variety of power and hand tools related to these activities
• Freedom and ability to work shifts

The GTAA is a private not-for-profit corporation and a federally regulated employer. The Government of Canada has suspended mandatory vaccination requirement for federally regulated transportation sector workers. The GTAA has also suspended the application of the mandatory vaccination requirement in its COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. However, GTAA continues to monitor government and health developments relating to COVID -19 and may re-introduce the Vaccination and proof of Vaccination requirements in the Policy at any time.