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Electrical Technician

@ Metro Compactor Service

Brampton, Ontario

$24–$26/hrFull-time2+ years experience
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Overview

Metro Compactor Service is hiring a full-time Electrical Technician to test, maintain, diagnose and repair waste and recycling equipment such as balers and compactors. The role works from the company's production shop, wiring control panels with PLCs, relays, sensors and hydraulic components from electrical schematics. Work hours are 7:00am to 3:30pm at $24-$26 per hour, with an incentive bonus targeted at 5% of base salary.

Pay:

$24–$26 an hour

Responsibilities:

  • Assemble and wire control panels from schematics
  • Troubleshoot and repair electrical and PLC systems
  • Install and repair hydraulic components
  • Analyze work orders and wiring blueprints
  • Maintain a tidy and safe work area

Requirements summary:

  • 2+ years hands-on experience with panels and sensors
  • Ability to read electrical circuit drawings
  • PLC commissioning experience
  • Hydraulic systems experience (asset)
  • Forklift operation (asset)

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Employer posting date
2026-09-16
First seen by our source
2026-10-08
Source record updated
2026-10-16

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Job details

SeniorityMid level
DepartmentMaintenance & repair
Experience2+ years
Hours per week40
Scheduleday
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingPlant or factory
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical moderate · computer low
Perks mentionedPerformance bonus

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Metro Compactor Service

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Waste equipment service & sales powered by iSMART™ Technology to optimize equipment performance throughout its lifetime.

Full company description

Metro Compactor is Canada's leading expert in waste and recycling equipment. We are committed to quality—in our staff, our service, and in the products we provide. We produce top-of-the-line residential and commercial waste and recycling equipment and are the Canadian master distributor of Marathon Equipment, the largest manufacturer of compactors and balers in North America. Our service fleet—the industry’s largest in Canada—repairs and maintains equipment of every make, model, and size, in every marketplace. Our customers include multi-residential buildings, Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Clients as well as Municipalities No matter what your waste management equipment needs, Metro Compactor Service has the expertise to provide you with effective, industry-leading solutions.

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Reported office locations
  • 145 Heart Lake Road South, Brampton, Ontario L6W 3K3, CA
  • 1860 Broadway St., Port Coquitlam, British Columbia V2C 2N1, CA
Business categories
  • Machinery Manufacturing
  • Service Industry
  • Health Care
  • Recycling
  • Sales
Other recorded names
  • Metro Compactor Service
  • Metro Compactor Service Inc.
Specialties
  • Compactors
  • Balers
  • Waste
  • Recycling
  • Organic
  • Compactor Containers
  • Grates
  • Bike Racks
  • Bin Pullers
  • Chutes
  • 24 Hr Service & Repair
  • Custom Installations
  • and Remote Monitoring
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Metro Compactor is Canada's leading expert in waste and recycling equipment. We are committed to quality—in our staff, our service, and in the products we provide. We produce top-of-the-line residential and commercial waste and recycling equipment and are the Canadian master distributor of Marathon Equipment, the largest manufacturer of compactors and balers in North America. Our service fleet—the industry’s…

FieldValue
IndustryEnvironmental Services
Company size51-200 employees
HeadquartersBrampton, Ontario
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded1978
SpecialtiesCompactorsBalersWasteRecyclingOrganicCompactor ContainersGratesBike RacksBin PullersChutes
Open jobs on Jobsy7
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Job description

Description

About us:

Metro Compactor Service is Canada's leading expert for waste and recycling equipment solutions. With expertise spanning over four decades, we provide custom manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and repair services for balers, compactors, and chutes. Our cutting-edge iSmart technology sets us apart, enhancing efficiency and sustainability for our clients in the residential, commercial, and municipal sectors.

You can learn more about us on our website: www.metrocompactor.com

Overview

The Electro-Mechanical Technician is responsible for testing, maintaining, diagnosing, and repairing new or refurbished waste and recycling equipment (balers and compactors). Equipment is composed of electrical and hydraulic components. While working in the production shop, the electro-mechanical technician will be reading electrical schematics to install, commission and wire panels with PLCs, relays, sensors, HMIs, Motors, electrical solenoids, hydraulic cylinders and other components.

Location: Electrical Technicians will work from our Production Shop.

Work Hours: 7:00am – 3:30pm

Salary Range: $24-$26 per hour

Bonus: This position is eligible to receive an incentive award targeted at 5% of the base salary.

Responsibilities:

  • Assemble control panels
  • Troubleshoot and fix control panels.
  • Run wire, install, and troubleshoot all aspects of the electrical system as per schematics.
  • Installing, wiring, and testing of control panels.
  • PLC upgrades, downloads, and basic modifications.
  • Install, repair, and maintain hydraulic components – training will be provided in hydraulics.
    • Includes mounting hydraulic cylinders, making hydraulic hoses, replacing hydraulic pumps, and filling hydraulic oil.
  • Analyze work orders and wiring blueprints to determine the need for supplies and sequence of operations required.
  • Maintain tidy and safe work area.
  • Report any unsafe conditions or concerns to Supervisor.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with panels and sensor components.
  • Experience assembling panels
  • Experience with electrical wiring, commissioning, and repair on panel.
  • Experience working with various components such as: Safety interlocks, Ultrasonic sensors, Photo-eyes, Pressure Transducers, Solenoids, Relays, limit switches and motor controls.
  • Ability to read and understand electrical circuit drawings to properly install, diagnose, repair, and replace various parts and components.
  • Experience working with hand tools such as drills, screwdrivers, voltmeters, hammers, and wrenches.
  • PLC commissioning (upgrades, downloads, and basic modifications).
  • Previous working experience in hydraulic systems, an asset.
  • Ability to operate a forklift, an asset.

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