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Electrical Planner
Alamos Gold Inc.
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Posted Oct 21
About this role
About Alamos Gold Inc.: Alamos Gold is a Canadian-based gold producer with a long-term track record of creating value for all stakeholders through solid financial performance, low-cost production growth, and a company-wide commitment to social responsibility and environmental stewardship. We currently operate three mines – two in Canada and one in Mexico – and we have a strong portfolio of development stage projects, including the Lynn Lake Project and Island Gold Phase 3+ Expansion in Canada, and Puerto Del Aire Project in Mexico. Alamos also has an early-stage exploration project in Canada, the Qiqavik Gold Project. Our core values of safety, teamwork, environmental sustainability, integrity, and commitment allow our more than 1,900 dedicated team members to thrive in their careers and to create a lasting legacy that benefits all Alamos stakeholders. About Island Gold District: Alamos Gold’s Island Gold District will become one of the largest and lowest-cost gold mines in Canada. With the two mines within the district, Island Gold and Magino employ over 900 team members who work in the underground and open pit operations and are located in northern Ontario, just east of the town of Dubreuilville, 83 kilometres northeast of Wawa. Through ongoing exploration success, Island Gold District’s Mineral Reserves and Resources have continued to grow in size and quality. Join the Island Gold District team and be a part of the long-life mining operations, as we prioritize our employee growth, high performance and a culture of safety and accountability. Join Us in Supporting Safe and Efficient Mine Development! Are you passionate about planning? Do you thrive in an active, safety-focused environment? If you are someone who is looking to develop a career in mining, we want you on our team! Role Overview/Purpose: The Electrical Planner will develop safe, detailed, and executable maintenance plans for surface electrical assets and infrastructure to support the reliable operation of power distribution systems, substations, buildings, shops, conveyors, pumps, dewatering systems, lighting, communications networks, and other surface facilities. Coordinate labour, materials, tools, permits, documentation, and contractor requirements to ensure all work is fully prepared before scheduling. Focus on improving equipment availability, maintenance quality, schedule compliance, and cost control while supporting safe and efficient operations. Key Responsibilities : Build job plans from approved work requests, inspections, preventive maintenance tasks, and equipment strategies. Define job scope, work steps, estimated labour hours, crew size, required competencies, tools, test equipment, parts, and consumables. Identify hazards and planning controls, including isolation points, lockout/tagout requirements, permits, switching requirements, arc-flash boundaries, grounding, fall protection, and access needs. Prepare electrical drawings, single-line diagrams, schematics, manuals, photographs, bills of material, checklists, and other job-package documents. Conduct field walkdowns with supervisors, electricians, engineering, operations, reliability, and contractors to validate scope and site conditions. Create and maintain accurate work orders, task lists, bills of material, equipment records, and planning data in the computerized maintenance management system. Check inventory and initiate reservations, purchase requests, repair orders, or contractor scopes early enough to support the schedule. Develop plans for corrective, preventive, predictive, shutdown, project, and emergency follow-up work. Maintain a ready backlog by confirming that work is fully scoped, risk assessed, resourced, and released for scheduling. Support weekly scheduling and shutdown preparation by identifying job dependencies, operating constraints, outage windows, and critical-path activities. Review completed work orders, capture feedback and actual hours, update reusable job plans, and address recurring planning gaps. Monitor planning quality, backlog health, schedule readiness, material availability, and maintenance costs; recommend improvements. What You Bring to the Table Electrical trade certification, electrical engineering technology diploma, or equivalent combination of education and industrial experience. Several years of electrical maintenance experience in mining, heavy industry, utilities, or a comparable operating environment. Working knowledge of surface power distribution, substations, motor control centres, variable-frequency drives, motors, protection systems, generators, grounding, instrumentation, and industrial controls. Experience planning maintenance work and using a computerized maintenance management system; SAP experience is an asset. Ability to interpret single-line diagrams, schematics, electrical drawings, equipment manuals, and technical specifications. Knowledge of applicable electrical codes, site standards, safe-work procedures, and regulatory requirements. Strong computer skills, including spreadsheets, document preparation, and maintenance reporting. Valid driver’s licence and ability to access active surface facilities. Working Conditions: The ideal candidate for the role will work a rotation of 4 days on, 3 days off Comply with all site health, safety, environmental, and electrical safety requirements. Split time between office planning and field verification in shops, substations, process areas, yards, and other surface locations. Wear required personal protective equipment and work around mobile equipment, weather exposure, noise, dust, heights, and energized-equipment boundaries. Participate in shutdown support or urgent planning activities outside normal hours when required. Ready to make a lasting impact? Apply today and help us continue building a culture of excellence, engagement, and growth! This is an existing vacancy. Salary range: $92,825- $142,175 CAD The expected salary range for this role is intended to support transparency and informed decision making. Final compensation will be based on skills, experience and internal equity. Alamos Gold Inc. may use artificial intelligence to initially screen or assess applicants for this position with respect to mandatory job requirements. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Alamos Gold Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment for all third parties, and will provide accommodation where required, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (the “Act”). The Company is committed to excellence in serving all third parties including people with disabilities and will do so by preventing and removing barriers to accessibility and meeting the requirements under the Act in a timely fashion.