Job Description

St. Jacobs Glass Systems is conveniently located just north of Waterloo and south of Elmira. We are a glass company with experience and highly reputed services.

Position: Glazier (NOC 73111)

Number of vacancies: Two

Wages: $ 34.07 CAD per hour

Benefits: WSIB

Working hours: 44 hours per week

Work Location: 1553 king Street N St. Jacobs, ON, N0B 2N0

*Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work conditions: Day, Early Morning, Morning, On Call

Terms of employment: Permanent and Full-time

Language Required: English 

Education Required: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate or equivalent experience

Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Job Duties: 

• Determine type of glass, frames and material required
• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Measure, mark and cut glass
• Position and secure panes in frame
• Prepare tenders and quotations
• Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products
• Install door, window and other hardware
• Instruct apprentices
• Prepare shop drawings
• Repair glass doors and other glass structures
• Assemble, erect and dismantle scaffolding, rigging and hoisting equipment
• Supervise other workers
• Transport cases of glass
• Estimate costs and materials
• Operate CADD and other computer software systems
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment

Experience and specialization

Type of glass/materials

• Acrylic plexiglass
• Float glass
• Mirrors
• Sealed units

Frame fabrication and installation

• Curtain wall (stock length material)
• Curtain wall (prefabricated material)
• Spandrel panel installations
• Aluminum framing members
• Entranceways

Glass cutting equipment and techniques

• Cutting wheels
• Self-lubricating cutters
• 118 degree wheel
• Circular cutters
• Computerized cutters
• Automatic finger pull machine
• Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
• Cut glass plate free-hand (curved cuts)
• Edge glass plates
• Etch glass
• Notch glass plates
• Laminate glass
• Paint glass
• Sandblast decal designs on glass
• Tint glass

Installation specialization

• Skylights and slope glazed installations
• Curtain walls
• Sports installations (sports courts and boards)
• Stained glass installations
• Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
• Glass baffles, smoke and sprinkler baffles
• Heat resistant ceramics
• Overhead automatic doors
• Shower doors and tub enclosures
• Suspended glazing system
• Vehicle windows, windshields and sunroofs
• X-ray glass
• Aquarium
• Display cases
• Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)

Work setting:

• On-site customer service
• Commercial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Installation
• Shop fabrication

 Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Apply at:  64ken.podhornik@gmail.com

We promote equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including indigenous people, persons with disabilities, newcomers, veterans, youth and visible minorities.