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Electronic Technician - Nova Institution

@ ADGA Group Consultants Inc

Truro, Nova Scotia

$53k–$65k/yrOn-siteFull-timeBilingual
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Overview

ADGA Group Consultants Inc is hiring an electronics technician for its client in Truro, Nova Scotia, to maintain and repair electronic security systems at a federal institution. The work covers preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment calibration, on-call support and reporting. The posting requires a college technology diploma or equivalent, a security clearance eligibility, and English, with bilingualism an asset.

Pay:

$52,566–$64,896 a year

Responsibilities:

  • Effectuer la maintenance préventive et corrective des systèmes
  • Remplacer les modules défectueux et réparer sur place
  • Étalonner l'équipement d'essai selon un plan approuvé
  • Tenir les registres de maintenance dans le MIS
  • Assurer le service de garde après les heures normales

Requirements summary:

  • Diplôme collégial en technologie ou équivalent
  • Connaissance des équipements de test et des ordinateurs
  • Expérience de la suite MS Office
  • Éligibilité à l'autorisation de sécurité du gouvernement
  • Anglais essentiel, bilinguisme un atout

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Benefits mentioned

Health insuranceDentalDisability insuranceEmployee assistanceParental leaveWellnessHealth spending account
Source and dates

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Employer posting date
2026-10-02
First seen by our source
2026-10-08
Source record updated
2026-11-06

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Job details

SeniorityEntry level
DepartmentMaintenance & repair
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Scheduleday
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingPlant or factory
PositionSitting and standing
Physical demandsphysical moderate · computer moderate
LanguagesEnglish, French
Licences & certificationsCompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, Working at heights (Fall Arrest), First Aid, Confined Space, WHMIS
EducationCollege diploma (required)
Fields of studyElectronics technology
Security clearanceReliability status

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ADGA Group Consultants Inc

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Full company description

ADGA Group is a Canadian-owned defence and security company delivering advanced technology solutions to government and industry. We specialize in cybersecurity, simulation and training, systems engineering, and program management, applying deep expertise through embedded teams, advisory services, and integrated project delivery in live operational environments. For nearly 60 years we have supported Canada’s safety and sovereignty by helping complex systems integrate, evolve, and perform. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Commissionaires, ADGA is proud to reinvest in Canadian communities and veterans through our social mandate.

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People associated on LinkedIn
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Reported office locations
  • 21 Fitzgerald Rd, Suite 200, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
  • 490 Discovery Ave., Suite 7, Kingston, Ontario K7K 7E9, CA
Business categories
  • Information Technology
  • Consulting
Other recorded names
  • ADGA Group Consultants Inc
  • ADGA Group
Specialties
  • Systems Engineering
  • Program/Project Management
  • Business Advisory Consulting
  • IM/IT Services and Solutions
  • Defence
  • Security
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • SW/HW Engineering
  • Cyber Security
  • C4ISR
  • Cloud Computing
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Adobe Community Partner
  • Converged Security Solutions
  • Systems Architecture
  • Defence Technology
  • Infrastructure Resilience
  • C5ISR
  • and Systems Realization
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ADGA Group is a Canadian-owned defence and security company delivering advanced technology solutions to government and industry. We specialize in cybersecurity, simulation and training, systems engineering, and program management, applying deep expertise through embedded teams, advisory services, and integrated project delivery in live operational environments. For nearly 60 years we have supported Canada’s safety…

FieldValue
IndustryProfessional Services
Company size201-500 employees
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario
Organization typePrivately Held
SpecialtiesSystems EngineeringProgram/Project ManagementBusiness Advisory ConsultingIM/IT Services and SolutionsDefenceSecurityEnterprise Risk ManagementSW/HW EngineeringCyber SecurityC4ISR
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Job description

Company Description

Une version française suit:

ADGA provides strategic vision, world-class technology and service excellence in the areas of defence, security and enterprise computing to clients in the federal government, other levels of government and the private sector. In a world dominated by convergence, ADGA provides the expertise and innovation that organizations need to stay safe, efficient and productive. This is based on an exceptional balance sheet built since 1967, protecting some of Canada's most critical assets. Headquartered in Ottawa, with offices across Canada, ADGA is a privately owned Canadian company employing more than 800 employees, technical consultants and subject matter experts.

Francais:

ADGA fournit une vision stratégique, une technologie de classe mondiale et un service d'excellence dans le domaine de la défense, de la sécurité et de l'informatique d'entreprise à des clients du gouvernement fédéral, d'autres niveaux de gouvernement et du secteur privé. Dans un monde dominé par la convergence, ADGA fournit l'expertise et l'innovation dont les organisations ont besoin pour rester sûres, efficaces et productives. Cela repose sur un bilan exceptionnel construit depuis 1967, en protégeant certains des actifs les plus critiques du Canada. Basée à Ottawa, avec des bureaux dans tout le Canada, ADGA est une société privée canadienne qui emploie plus de 800 employés, consultants techniques et experts en la matière.

Job Description

We are currently seeking an electronics technician for our client located at Truro, Nova Scotia.

Responsibilities:

• Performs preventative and corrective maintenance in accordance with approved maintenance plans.

• Ensures that test equipment is calibrated on a regular basis as per an approved calibration plan.

• Restores systems by replacing faulty modules or components. Repairs faulty modules on-site when feasible.

• Makes necessary arrangements for modules to be repaired at the supplier’s plant or at contractor’s in-house repair facilities when repair is not possible on site.

• Records all maintenance and repair activities in the electronic maintenance information system (MIS).

• Maintains records showing all preventive and corrective maintenance activities, including test results

• Prepares and submits reports to the institutional representatives as specified in this document. Institutional representatives may request frequent meetings to monitor daily activities and unusual issues/problems.

• Performs annual inventory check of electronic security systems, their major components and major spare parts. Reports anomalies to institutional representatives for resolution. Example: major spare parts have been depleted and system is now vulnerable without spare parts on-site; or; new systems have been added but the required maintenance hand-over reports have not been submitted to NHQ

• Inspect and test items returning from repair facilities to ensure they are operational and meet relevant quality parameters, including incoming spare parts.

• Maintains clean working areas; sweeping, washing and vacuuming floors as required.

• Complies with all local safety and security rules and regulations as published by the Institution.

• Provide Telephone Support to other Technicians when requested.

• Available for on-call services after regular hours as per the local on-call schedule.

• Submits reports to the Regional Supervisor.

• Proactively researches, and stays up to date with newly installed systems to be able to manage the equipment effectively.

Francais

Nous sommes actuellement à la recherche d'un technicien en électronique pour notre client situé à Truro, Nouvelle-Écosse.

Responsabilités:

• Effectuer la maintenance préventive et corrective conformément aux plans de maintenance approuvés.

• Veiller à ce que les équipements d'essai soient étalonnés régulièrement conformément à un plan d'étalonnage approuvé.

• Restaurer les systèmes en remplaçant les modules ou les composants défectueux; Réparer les modules défectueux sur place lorsque cela est nécessaire.

• Prendre les dispositions nécessaires pour que les modules soient réparés dans l'usine du fournisseur ou dans les installations de réparation internes de l'entrepreneur lorsque la réparation n'est pas possible sur place.

• Enregistrer toutes les activités de maintenance et de réparation dans le système électronique d'information sur la maintenance (MIS).

• Tenir les registres indiquant toutes les activités de maintenance préventive et corrective, y compris les résultats des tests

• Préparer et soumettre des rapports aux représentants institutionnels comme indiqué dans ce document. Les représentants institutionnels peuvent exiger des réunions fréquentes pour suivre les activités quotidiennes et les questions/problèmes inhabituels.

• Effectuer un inventaire annuel des systèmes de sécurité électronique, de leurs principaux composants et des principales pièces de rechange. Rapporter les anomalies aux représentants institutionnels pour résolution. Par exemple : les principales pièces de rechange ont été épuisées et le système est maintenant vulnérable sans pièces de rechange sur place ; ou de nouveaux systèmes ont été ajoutés mais les rapports de transfert de maintenance requis n'ont pas été soumis à l'administration centrale.

• Inspecter et tester les articles revenant des installations de réparation pour s'assurer qu'ils sont opérationnels et qu'ils répondent aux paramètres de qualité pertinents, y compris les pièces de rechange entrantes.

• Maintenir la propreté des zones de travail ; balayer, laver et aspirer les sols selon les besoins.

• Se conformer à toutes les règles et réglementations locales en matière de sûreté et de sécurité, telles que publiées par l'institution.

• Fournir une assistance téléphonique aux autres techniciens sur demande.

• Être disponible pour les services de garde après les heures normales selon le calendrier de garde local.

• Soumettre des rapports au superviseur régional.

• Effectuer des recherches proactives et se tenir au courant des systèmes nouvellement installés afin de pouvoir gérer efficacement l'équipement

Qualifications

• A minimum of a college degree from a technology program or equivalent. A combination of education and experience with a proven ability to perform the duties of the position may be accepted.

• Knowledge of Communications in GP test equipment, commercial and personal computers and their peripherals as well as MS Office Suite software experience.

• This position requires exposure to information that requires a security clearance. All applicants must meet eligibility requirements for contracting with the Government of Canada

Other Requirements:

• The incumbent must be able to communicate his/her ideas clearly, and this requires good interpersonal skills in order to problem solve and interact at the client site effectively.

• Decisions require clear conceptual thinking of complex technical situations; advice must be sought if uncertainty exists.

• CompTIA A+ and Network+ an asset. Working at heights (Fall Arrest), First Aid, Confined Space and WHMIS certifications are assets, as well.

• A very good understanding of RF, CATV, CCTV, PA/intercom and automated control systems is an asset.

• English essential, bilingualism an asset.

Exigences (expérience/compétences/homologation) :

• Au minimum un diplôme d'études collégiales d'un programme de technologue ou équivalent. Une combinaison d'études et d'expérience avec la capacité prouvée d'effectuer les tâches du poste peut être acceptée.

• Connaissance des communications dans les équipements de test de GP, les ordinateurs commerciaux et personnels et leurs périphériques, ainsi qu'une expérience des logiciels de la suite MS Office.

• Ce poste exige l'accès à des renseignements qui nécessitent une autorisation de sécurité. Tous les candidats doivent satisfaire aux exigences d'admissibilité pour travailler sur des contrats avec le gouvernement du Canada.

Autres exigences :

• Le titulaire doit être capable de communiquer clairement ses idées, ce qui nécessite de bonnes compétences interpersonnelles pour résoudre les problèmes et interagir efficacement sur le site du client.

• Les décisions nécessitent une réflexion conceptuelle claire sur des situations techniques complexes ; il faut demander conseil en cas d'incertitude.

• CompTIA A+ et Network+ un atout. Travail en hauteur (antichute), premiers secours, espace clos et SIMDUT sont des atouts, ainsi .

• Une très bonne compréhension des systèmes de radiofréquence, de télévision par câble, de télévision en circuit fermé, de sonorisation/interphonie et de contrôle automatisé est un atout.

• Anglais est essentiel; le bilinguisme est un atout.

Additional Information

If you require accommodations during any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are happy to work with you to meet your needs.

*Our recruitment systems include artificial intelligence–enabled tools; however, AI is not used to screen, evaluate, or make decisions about applicants for this role.

*Unless otherwise stated, all job postings reflect a current vacancy at the time of publication.

Work-Life Balance

We strongly support a healthy and productive work-life balance. This starts with a flexible approach to work, and policies designed to support employees through their day-to-day routines and major life events. For example, we offer a Maternity/Parental Top-Up (up to 52 weeks) and a Reservist Leave Top-Up (up to 180 days).

Belong@ADGA

ADGA continuously strives to integrate advanced Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) approaches and practices into our work culture. Our employee-based DEI Committee explores activities and invites discussions that foster an environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and heard.

Compensation

Above and beyond our commitment to offer a competitive base salary, ADGA has a company-wide profit-sharing plan for all full-time and part-time employees.

Comprehensive Benefits and Total Rewards

We offer a comprehensive benefit program, providing employees with the choice between base or enhanced plans. Depending on the plan, ADGA pays for Health & Dental, a Health Spending Account, Short-Term Disability, an Employee Assistance Program, and a Telemedicine service. Also offered: discounts on gym memberships, 5,000+ perks through Perkoplis, a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan, and access to a wide range of other employee-centric services and savings programs.

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