Facts
as of Nov 15, 2026
Black & McDonald is a family-owned integrated, multi-trade service provider headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, delivering electrical and mechanical construction, facilities management, utility and renewables, nuclear, energy and engineering services. Founded in 1921 by World War I veterans William R. Black and W.J. McDonald as a residential wiring contractor, it now has more than 6,800 employees working from over 40 offices across Canada and the United States. Its job board covers skilled trades such as electricians, refrigeration and boiler technicians, carpenters and sheet metal apprentices, plus project coordinators, estimators, building operators and nuclear contract staff.
It is hiring: 102 open roles, 50 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 15% above the market estimate for the same roles.
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Canada
- Founded
- 1921
- Employees
- 5000+estimated range
- Open roles
- 102 in 28 citiesAlion job postings
- Website
- blackandmcdonald.com
As of Nov 15, 2026, Alion lists 102 open roles at Black & McDonald. Black & McDonald is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It was founded in 1921. The median pay stated in its open roles is $60k, across 46 postings that state pay.
Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake
What the registers and the postings say about this employer.
Postings are real
Alion truth index: B
83/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
0%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices
Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.
Field & Service is the largest family, 31 of open roles.
50Posted in 30 days49% of open roles are fresh
3%Remote roles3 of 102
28Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
10 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
Canada174On site
United States10On site
Bermuda4On site
Remote, from elsewhere3Rare
Some postings offer visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 3.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Black & McDonald39 days
Market, same roles34 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand51
Pay49
Your chance52
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 108 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
B
83 / 100Black & McDonald scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 9 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 67% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 39 days.
Ghost roles0%
Gone stale67%
Reposted0%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Field & Service31▼
Administrative17▲
Industrial Engineering13▼
Management10
Operations5
Solutions5▼
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 66%High School Diploma 29%Master's Degree 3%Associate's Degree 3%
Experience asked: 3.6 years on average, in 73 postings. 38 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Continuous learning3837%
Professional development1515%
Equity55%
Company events33%
Life insurance22%
Parental leave11%
401k plan11%
Contract type
Full-Time 94Contract 5Internship 2Part-Time 1
Visa sponsorship in some rolesRelocation: none stated
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family
Pays 15% above the market estimate for the same roles.
$60kMedian
$32k – $120kTypical rangeUSD a year
$120kHighest paying roleHVAC/R Service Technician
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year
Named in the work visa registers of Canada.
3 ▲ 50%Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months
91Open roles in Canada
In the register as Black & McDonald Limited, Scarborough, Ontario
Other sponsors in the same field
ESDC · latest filing Mar 31, 2026
Footprint
Hiring in 28 cities in 2 countries.
28Cities
2Countries
TorontoBusiest site
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers
Technologies named in job postings at Black & McDonald over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
9Technologies in use
27Postings analysed
61/100Stack modernity
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Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site
Newsroom
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Black & McDonald Modernizing Construction: The Transformative Power of Virtual Design and Construction In the evolving world of construction, innovation is the key to staying ahe…
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Blog
Black & McDonald Social Procurement in the Construction Industry The construction industry is undergoing a significant shift. In the past, industry practices like procurement sol…
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