When you look back on a workday or career, fewer things are more satisfying than knowing you’re part of something that truly matters – something bigger than yourself or your team.
It is precisely these opportunities that are now available through well-paid, long-lasting and meaningful work offered out of Seaspan Shipyards.
This is a career path that sells itself: some of the best-paying union trades jobs in Metro Vancouver; an employer that celebrates the diversity of its people; and shipbuilding projects that will protect Canadian sovereignty and conduct vital climate change research.
All of this is yours not in a remote camp setting for weeks on end, but in the heart of North Vancouver – allowing you to return home daily to your family, hobbies or whatever floats your boat.
“The opportunity that Seaspan Shipyards is offering right now in terms of the excitement and significance of the projects we are building for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy are once-in-a-generation,” explains Dan Southern, director of workforce development. “We are rebuilding an industry that had faded over the last 30 years and what you’re seeing now is Seaspan improving the fortunes of the marine and shipbuilding industries on the West Coast.”
Join Seaspan's growing workforce
Dozens of welders are needed to continue to rebuild the industry. Whether you’re a Red Seal-certified welder or someone who’s working towards that certification, Seaspan wants to hear from you.
On-site training is available, along with apprentice and upskilling programs, and an “improver” initiative that helps you work while you prepare to challenge your Red Seal designation.
Beyond welders, hundreds of other tradespeople are needed: steel fabricators (called shipfitters in the industry), painters, sandblasters, pipefitters, electricians, mechanics and millwrights.
“We’ve been growing significantly, particularly around our trades workforce, and we’ve hired nearly 450 people year to date,” Southern says. “If we find the right people, we will take them anytime.”
Seaspan’s projects
Seaspan is proud to be Canada’s long-term, strategic shipbuilding partner for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy, delivering on the promise of ships built in Canada, by Canadians, while creating jobs and rebuilding our domestic shipbuilding industry.
The company is currently building two Joint Support Ships for the Royal Canadian Navy, which will provide support and supplies to Canada’s naval vessels while at sea. These vessels are the longest naval ships ever to be constructed in Canada.
Seaspan is also building an Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel (OOSV) for the Canadian Coast Guard. Equipped with the latest scientific research apparatus, the OOSV will be able to meet its crucial mission to increase our overall understanding of the impact that climate change has on the oceans.
Simply put, these are jobs that will last decades and can lead into management and leadership positions over time.
“At the end of day, your hands will have helped create something that will make a difference for future generations,” says Seaspan’s communications director Ali Hounsell.
If you’re ready to build your future, visit www.seaspan.com/the-future-is-yours-to-build.
