Your Opportunity:

The opportunity to work as a Maintenance Worker IV (MWIV) at the Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre on the Foothills Medical Campus represents a meaningful and impactful role within Alberta’s healthcare system. As a MWIV, one plays a critical part in maintaining a safe, functional, and comfortable environment for patients, staff, and visitors in a facility dedicated to the treatment and care of individuals facing cancer. This position goes far beyond traditional maintenance work. It offers the chance to contribute directly to a cutting-edge medical environment that is focused on healing and innovation. The Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre is one of the most advanced cancer centres in Canada, and supporting its infrastructure means maintaining essential systems that ensure uninterrupted care, from HVAC and electrical systems to medical gas distribution and safety protocols. Working in such a specialized setting requires strong technical skills, adaptability, and a commitment to high standards. A MWIV must demonstrate leadership, problem-solving abilities, and collaboration with other facility and clinical teams. The complexity of the environment demands diligence, responsibility, and a safety-first mindset. Moreover, this opportunity allows for continuous learning, as one works alongside engineers, medical professionals, and other skilled tradespeople in a dynamic, high-performance environment. It offers not just job stability, but the personal satisfaction of knowing that your work directly supports life-saving care. Ultimately, becoming a MWIV at the Arthur Child Cancer Centre is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. It’s an opportunity to support groundbreaking cancer treatment and research while ensuring that patients and staff operate in a safe, well-maintained, and responsive environment every single day.

Description:

As a Maintenance Worker IV, you will perform a variety of highly skilled and complex maintenance and repair work requiring considerable initiative and judgment in determining the appropriate work methods consistent with standards, regulations and procedures. You will utilize your supervisory and/or maintenance skills and experience to perform preventative maintenance and repair duties on specialized equipment and building control systems, and to provide leadership and direction to other maintenance staff in order to meet operational requirements. In addition, you will perform specialized machine repairs, as well as the maintenance and monitoring of systems and equipment. You may be responsible to resolve escalated operational issues; act as a delegate for the Manager on operational issues; participate in the recruitment and selection of new staff; assisting the design and implementation of preventative maintenance programs; estimate project costs; and liaise with outside agencies and contractors.