Canadian Kraft Paper (CKP) is advertising a slate of 2026 openings on its careers page in The Pas, Manitoba, including 4th‑year Electrician and Millwright apprenticeships, an Asset Integrity Engineer, a Warehouse/Relief Supervisor, a Forestry Assistant summer student and general Summer Student roles. The listings show the mill site on Hwy 10N and ask applicants to submit materials to info@ckpi.com; no application deadline is listed on CKP’s careers page, so applicants are encouraged to apply early.
According to job-listing data, entry-level unionized trade positions start at about $29.49 per hour and increase by roughly $4 per hour after the first year, while third-party aggregate listings put salaries for professional engineering and supervisory roles in the roughly $72,000–$125,000 range. The Forestry Assistant position is listed as an 18‑week term running April 28–August 29, 2026; CKP’s training materials and job descriptions emphasize hands-on forestry experience within the company’s forest management area and note the company’s location on Treaty 5 territory.
Central to the postings is CKP’s Professional & Technical Training Program (PTTP). CKP’s announcement says the program may cover tuition, course materials, housing/accommodation allowances and travel assistance for qualifying students, and provides summer student employment and on‑the‑job training. CKP’s policy states that any financial assistance provided will be forgiven in proportion to the number of years the participant received support, “plus an additional year” of employment with CKP; participants must meet entrance requirements at the approved post‑secondary institution and reside within the boundaries of the CKP forest management license area or a Nekoté community.
CKP acquired the Tolko mill in The Pas in 2016. Since that transition the company has emphasized growing a local workforce and reducing reliance on fly‑in contractors. The current postings — which reference housing allowances and travel/relocation assistance under the PTTP — respond to the area’s tight rental market and regional labour shortages. The Town of The Pas and the Opaskwayak Cree Nation are identified in background materials as key local stakeholders; CKP frames the training program and recruitments as contributing to longer‑term local economic stability.
