Heat and Frost Insulator, Kitimat, BC (LMIA)
Job Type
Full-time
Location Type
On-site
Location
Kitimat, BC
Salary
$40.00–$46.00 CAD/hour
Job Description
AI Summary
Brock Canada Industrial Ltd. is hiring a Heat and Frost Insulator in Kitimat, British Columbia. Key duties include reading blueprints, applying insulation, installing barriers, and removing hazardous materials, with some supervisory tasks. Candidates require a college diploma (3-12 months), 1 to less than 2 years of experience, a Driver's Licence, and a Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate. English proficiency is required for this role.
About the Role
This Heat and Frost Insulator position involves working in commercial, industrial, and institutional settings. The work environment can be noisy, dusty, and outdoors, with potential odours. This role requires physically demanding work, including standing for extended periods, bending, crouching, kneeling, and demonstrating manual dexterity.
Responsibilities
Core responsibilities include reading blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine work requirements. You will select, measure, cut, apply, and secure various types of insulating materials, fitting them around obstructions and between joists and studs. Tasks also involve installing vapour barriers and fire-retardant materials, brushing waterproofing cement, and removing hazardous materials such as asbestos, ceramic fibres, lead, mould, and urea-formaldehyde insulation. You may also supervise other workers.
Specialization areas include asbestos abatement and removal, along with custom fabrication and layout. The role involves working with systems such as underground conduits and piping, steam and condensate process lines, vessels and boilers, kilns, and ventilation and exhaust systems.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a college, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year. A minimum of 1 year to less than 2 years of experience in this field is required. Essential certifications include a Driver's Licence and a Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate.
Benefits and Work Conditions
This position offers financial benefits as per collective agreement, group insurance benefits, and a night shift premium. Other benefits include team building opportunities and parking availability. Employment terms offer flexibility with options for early morning, morning, day, evening, night, and weekend shifts, with overtime available.
Why this job suits newcomers
This posting is highly relevant for newcomers to Canada as it is LMIA-positive, indicating it supports a work permit application for international candidates. The listed experience requirement of 1-2 years makes it accessible, and Kitimat, BC, offers specific regional opportunities.