WCRMRC is holding an open house at the Best Western Plus Barclay Hotel from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday March 10th
Pat Deakin is the Economic Development Manager for the City of Port Alberni
PORT ALBERNI – At a recent Port Alberni Port Authority and City of Port Alberni meeting, we added up over 200 good paying jobs being advertised or coming open in the marine and wood manufacturing sectors. Those are traditional sectors for us but it is noteworthy that wood manufacturing here continues to grow thanks to the San Group’s ‘contrary approach’ to the forest industry.
We were also aware that other jobs are being advertised or coming available in the aviation and clean tech sectors, ones that Port Alberni is not generally known for unless, like us, you are fans of the Coulson Group.
In alphabetical order, the companies looking for employees include Canadian Maritime Engineering, Cascadia Seaweed, Coulson Aircrane, Coulson Ice-Blast, Independent Seafood Canada Corporation, the Port Alberni Food Hub, the San Group, the Uchucklesaht Tribe’s water bottling business and the Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC).
Coulson Aircrane is looking for, among others, Lockheed C-130 Mechanics/Crew Chiefs; CH-47 Pilots, a Design Engineer, a Challenger Mechanic, a Configuration Control Specialist and a Help Desk Analyst.
Jobs with the other companies range from marine techs, welders, a draftsperson, hydraulics specialists, deckhands, food processors and mill workers. WCRMRC is holding an open house at the Best Western Plus Barclay Hotel from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday March 10th.
In addition to those, the Alberni Valley Employment Centre has another 75 jobs listed on their web site. The jobs include occupational therapists, an organics diversion coordinator, letter carriers, development planner, cooks, kitchen helpers, construction foreman, shipper/receiver, produce associates, accounting clerk, secretary/treasurer, building maintenance worker, personal caregiver, cashiers, hairdressers, custodian/cleaner, driver, gas bar clerk, lumber yard rep, optometrist, fish hatchery manager, receptionist, log loader operator, harvester operator carpenters, siders, labourers and class 1 truck driver.
It is heart-warming to see so many good paying jobs in these really diversified sectors. Credit for those go to the companies themselves. However, I’d also like to give a ‘shout out’ to the Port Authority for their work in helping to materialize many of the jobs in the marine sector.
If you are looking for a job or know someone who is, please check out #explorePortAlberni to get a sense of our community’s lifestyle and attributes. We are centrally located on Vancouver Island and still the most affordable community where owning a home is easily achievable with most of the jobs featured here.
Pat Deakin is the Economic Development Manager for the City of Port Alberni. He can be reached at 250-720-2527 or Patrick_deakin@portalberni.ca
