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Communicate complex data insights clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels, enabling data-driven decision-making. * Assist in the deployment and continuous improvement of supply chain ...

Support cross functional stakeholders with scalable reporting architecture * Assist in high-priority analytics platform issues Who you are: * You are an expert in Power BI data modeling and Power BI ...

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Apply and follow best practices for automated regression testing to ensure the reliability and accuracy of data solutions * Assist in implementing change management and release management strategies ...

Apply and follow best practices for automated regression testing to ensure the reliability and accuracy of data solutions * Assist in implementing change management and release management strategies ...

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How much do data assistant jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 10, 2026, the average hourly pay for data assistant in Alberta is $19.78, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $16.83 and $20.19 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a data assistant?

Data Assistants are professionals who support data management processes within an organization. Their responsibilities typically include collecting, entering, cleaning, and maintaining data to ensure its accuracy and accessibility. They often work with spreadsheets, databases, and specialized software to organize and analyze information, making it easier for teams to make data-driven decisions. Data Assistants may also help prepare reports and collaborate with other departments to support research or business operations.

What are some common challenges data assistants face when managing large datasets, and how can they overcome them?

Data Assistants often encounter challenges such as data inconsistencies, missing information, and time-consuming data entry tasks when handling large datasets. To overcome these issues, it’s important to develop strong attention to detail, utilize data validation tools, and follow established data management protocols. Collaborating closely with data analysts and IT teams can also help identify and resolve data quality problems more efficiently, ensuring that the information remains accurate and reliable for stakeholders.

What is the difference between Data Assistant vs Data Analyst?

AspectData AssistantData Analyst
Required CredentialsHigh school diploma or equivalent; some roles may require basic certificationsBachelor's degree in data-related fields; certifications like Microsoft Excel or SQL are common
Work EnvironmentOffice settings, data entry centers, or remoteOffice environments, research firms, or corporate settings
Employer & Industry UsageAdministrative support in various industries, including healthcare, education, and retailData-driven decision making in finance, marketing, healthcare, and tech

While Data Assistants focus on data entry, organization, and basic support tasks, Data Analysts interpret data to provide insights and strategic recommendations. Both roles are essential but differ in complexity and scope.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a data assistant, and why are they important?

To excel as a Data Assistant, you need strong attention to detail, proficiency in data entry, and a basic understanding of data management principles, often supported by a high school diploma or equivalent. Familiarity with spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel, database platforms, and data visualization tools is typically required. Excellent organizational skills, reliability, and effective communication set top performers apart in this role. These abilities are vital for ensuring data accuracy, supporting efficient workflows, and facilitating informed decision-making within organizations.
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Infographic showing various Data Assistant job openings in Alberta as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 78% Full Time, 14% Part Time, and 7% Contract. Highlights an 80% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 16% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $41,139 per year, or $19.8 per hour.

CAL-3 Electrician Data Center Operator - Relocation Assistance Possible| lectricien Oprateur de c

Estruxture Data Centers

Rocky View County, AB • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 5 days ago


Job description

Salary:
  • Do you have a keen eye forplanning & prioritizing corrective maintenance activities?
  • Are you a strong communicator?
  • Are you comfortable working directly with customers or end users?


If that sounds like you, keep reading.


Tell me about the company...


eStruxture Data Centers is an award-winning company and the largest Canadian-owned data center provider with locations in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary. Our solutions are designed to give customers more: more locations, more capacity, more connections that enable them to run modern, demanding enterprise applications, and offer their business the control to rapidly scale in response to unpredictable changes in business processes. eStruxture provides access to an ecosystem of almost 1,000 customers that trust and depend on our infrastructure and customer support, including carriers, cloud providers, media content, financial services, and enterprise customers. eStruxture offers colocation, bandwidth, security and support services to customers across Canada in its 15 carrier and cloud-neutral facilities.


Everything starts with our dedicated and talented team. As an award-winning industry leader, our data centers help our customers improve network connectivity, redundancy, and uptime, scale up or down, increase cost savings, and provide a high level of physical security. This would be unachievable without thepeopleof eStruxture.


Tell me about the job...


As a Electrician - Data Center Operator, youll be on the front lines of daily operations at one of our mission-critical facilities. Your role will involvemanaging the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and optimization of the electrical and mechanical infrastructure supporting eStruxtures mission-critical facilities. Youwill be responsible for facility monitoring, preventative maintenance, optimization, health and safety, incident response/reporting, as well as planning & prioritizing corrective maintenance activities. Youll report directly to the Data Center Manager and play a key part in ensuring our infrastructure performs reliably and efficiently.

OK, I'm interested! Tell me more about the key responsibilities of the position...


The duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:


Responsible for Facility Health & Safety


  • Management of both preventative and corrective infrastructure maintenance
  • Develop, maintain, and adhere to procedural and technical documentation
  • Respond to fault conditions, diagnose, and assist with root cause analysis/repair/remediation
  • Management of local data center infrastructure and asset lifecycle
  • Compliance with relevant CSA, SSAE 18, ISO and PCI controls
  • Participate in weekly change management meetings, presenting to the Change Advisory Board, working with vendors and team members to create supporting MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs
  • Identifying areas for operational optimization, adhering to best practices
  • Monitoring of local data center infrastructure


Supporting site operations


  • Vendor/Contractor coordination and supervision
  • Ensure timely resolution and/or escalation of customer issues
  • Ensure physical and remote security policies and procedures are being strictly followed
  • Create trouble tickets, log site visitors, and carry out shipping and receiving procedures
  • Provide best in class customer service
  • Maintain cleanliness of the data center and facility areas
  • Rack and stack various IT hardware into racks
  • Install and test copper and fiber cables throughout the data center and various computer rooms


Working Conditions

  • Full-time role: Minimum 40 hours/week (MondayFriday).
  • Rotating on-call responsibilities (typically 1 week every 34 weeks).
  • Occasional evening, weekend, or extended hours may be required.
  • Some roles may include 24x7 shiftwork depending on location.
  • Interaction with customers and vendors is routine.


What experience, certifications, and skills do you need?


Experience

  • 4+ years experience in data center, facility, or in mission critical environments.
  • Experience working with Electrical & Mechanical systems with an emphasis on building operations, including BMS/EPMS and BAS systems & software. *
  • Experience with ticketing systems and ITIL principles*

Education/Certification/Designation


  • Electrical certifications an asset - Journeyman Electricians, Electrical Engineering Technologists etc. *
  • Mechanical/HVAC certifications an asset *
  • CPR, AED, AWP certifications an asset
  • Ability to obtain Reliability Clearance Status (+5 years Canadian residency)
  • ASP training an asset


Competencies


  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills including report writing/document control
  • Extremely process driven and high degree of quality, precision and care needed.
  • Understanding of Data Center Tiering classifications (UTI) as well as thermal guidelines and policy (ASHRAE TC9.9 etc.)
  • Able to deliver independently and take lead on local initiatives.
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritize
  • Working knowledge with Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint
  • Physically able to lift up to 50LBS, Climb Ladders/Work at heights


Technical Skills/Knowledge


  • Strong Knowledge of Electrical, Mechanical, and Life Safety Systems including the following:
    • MV/LV Power Distribution Equipment (25kV/13.8kV/480V/277V), UPSs, ATSs, Emergency Generator Systems, Automation/PLCs/VFDs etc.
    • CRAC/AHUs/FCUs, Condensers, Pumps, Compressors, Control Logic etc.
  • Strong troubleshooting & analytical skills
  • BMS/EPMS/CMMS Operator Knowledge


*Assets, not mandatory.


Security Considerations

All offers are subject to the successful completion of a background check. Security clearance may be required for this role.


Ready to level up your career? Wed love to hear from you.


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Les centres de donnes eStruxtureest une entreprise prime et le plus grand fournisseur canadien de centres de donnes avec des sites Montral, Toronto, Vancouver et Calgary. Nos solutions sont conues pour donner plus nos clients : plus d'emplacements, plus de capacit, plus de connexions qui leur permettent d'excuter des applications d'entreprise modernes et exigeantes, et d'offrir leur entreprise le contrle ncessaire pour s'adapter rapidement aux changements imprvisibles des processus d'affaires. eStruxture donne accs un cosystme prs de 1 000 clients qui font confiance et dpendent de notre infrastructure et de notre soutien la clientle, y compris des oprateurs, des fournisseurs de nuages informatiques, des contenus mdiatiques, des services financiers et des entreprises. eStruxture offre des services de colocation, de bande passante, de scurit et de soutien ses clients partout au Canada dans ses 15 installations neutres l'gard des oprateurs et des nuages informatiques.


Tout commence avec notre quipe dvoue et talentueuse. En tant que leader reconnu du secteur, nos centres de donnes aident nos clients amliorer la connectivit, la redondance et le temps de fonctionnement de leur rseau, augmenter ou rduire leur capacit, raliser des conomies et assurer un niveau lev de scurit physique. Tout cela serait impossible sans lescollaborateursd'eStruxture.


Parlez-moi du poste...


En tant qu'lectricien - oprateur de centre de donnes, vous serez en premire ligne des oprations quotidiennes dans l'une de nos installations stratgiques. Votre rle consistera grer les oprations quotidiennes, la maintenance et l'optimisation de l'infrastructure lectrique et mcanique qui soutient les installations critiques d'eStruxture. Vous serez responsable de la surveillance des installations, de la maintenance prventive, de l'optimisation, de la sant et de la scurit, de la gestion des incidents et du reporting, ainsi que de la planification et de la hirarchisation des activits de maintenance corrective. Vous rendrez compte directement au responsable du centre de donnes et jouerez un rle cl pour garantir la fiabilit et l'efficacit de notre infrastructure.


OK, je suis intress(e) ! Parlez-moi davantage des fonctions essentielles du poste...


Les tches et responsabilits comprennent, mais ne sont pas limites :


Responsable de la sant et de la scurit des installations

  • Gestion de la maintenance prventive et corrective des infrastructures
  • laboration, mise jour et respect de la documentation procdurale et technique
  • Intervention en cas de dfaillance, diagnostic et participation l'analyse des causes profondes, la rparation et la remise en tat
  • Gestion de l'infrastructure du centre de donnes local et du cycle de vie des actifs
  • Respect des contrles pertinents CSA, SSAE 18, ISO et PCI
  • Participation aux runions hebdomadaires de gestion du changement, prsentation devant le comit consultatif sur le changement, collaboration avec les fournisseurs et les membres de l'quipe pour crer des MOP, SOP et EOP de soutien
  • Identification des domaines d'optimisation oprationnelle, en respectant les meilleures pratiques
  • Surveillance de l'infrastructure du centre de donnes local


Assistance aux oprations du site

  • Coordination et supervision des fournisseurs/sous-traitants
  • Assurer la rsolution rapide et/ou la remonte des problmes rencontrs par les clients
  • Veiller au strict respect des politiques et procdures de scurit physique et distance
  • Crer des tickets d'incident, enregistrer les visiteurs du site et effectuer les procdures d'expdition et de rception
  • Fournir un service client de premier ordre
  • Maintenir la propret du centre de donnes et des locaux
  • Installer et empiler divers matriels informatiques dans des baies
  • Installer et tester les cbles en cuivre et en fibre optique dans l'ensemble du centre de donnes et des diffrentes salles informatiques


Conditions de travail

  • Poste temps plein : 40 heures par semaine minimum (du lundi au vendredi).
  • Prise de garde par rotation (gnralement une semaine toutes les 3 4 semaines).
  • Des horaires en soire, le week-end ou des heures supplmentaires peuvent tre occasionnellement requis.
  • Certains postes peuvent impliquer un travail post 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7, selon le lieu d'affectation.
  • Les interactions avec les clients et les fournisseurs font partie du quotidien.


Quelle exprience, quelles certifications et quelles comptences faut-il possder ?

Exprience

  • Au moins 4 ans d'exprience dans un centre de donnes, des installations techniques ou des environnements critiques.
  • Exprience dans la gestion des systmes lectriques et mcaniques, notamment dans le domaine de l'exploitation des btiments, y compris les systmes et logiciels BMS/EPMS et BAS. *
  • Exprience des systmes de gestion des tickets et des principes ITIL*


Formation / Certifications

  • Certifications en lectricit : un atout lectriciens qualifis, techniciens en gnie lectrique, etc. *
  • Certifications en mcanique/CVC : un atout *
  • Certifications en RCP, DAE et AWP : un atout
  • Capacit obtenir une habilitation de scurit (+5 ans de rsidence au Canada)
  • Formation ASP : un atout


Comptences

  • Excellentes comptences en communication crite et orale, notamment en matire de rdaction de rapports et de gestion documentaire
  • Sens aigu des processus et exigence leve en matire de qualit, de prcision et de rigueur.
  • Matrise des classifications de niveaux de centre de donnes (UTI) ainsi que des directives et normes thermiques (ASHRAE TC9.9, etc.)
  • Capacit travailler de manire autonome et prendre l'initiative dans le cadre de projets locaux.
  • Solides comptences organisationnelles, avec une capacit mener plusieurs tches de front et tablir des priorits
  • Matrise de Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio et PowerPoint
  • Capacit physique soulever jusqu' 22 kg, monter l'chelle et travailler en hauteur


Connaissances techniques

  • Solides connaissances des systmes lectriques, mcaniques et de scurit des personnes, notamment :
    • quipements de distribution lectrique MT/BT (25 kV/13,8 kV/480 V/277 V), onduleurs (UPS), commutateurs automatiques (ATS), groupes lectrognes de secours, automatismes/PLC/variateurs de frquence (VFD), etc.
    • CRAC/AHU/FCU, condenseurs, pompes, compresseurs, logique de commande, etc.
  • Solides comptences en dpannage et en analyse
  • Connaissances en tant qu'oprateur BMS/EPMS/CMMS


*Atouts, non obligatoires.


Considrations en matire de scurit

Toutes les offres sont subordonnes la russite d'une vrification des antcdents. Une habilitation de scurit peut tre requise pour ce poste.


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