Heavy equipment operator
Job in
High Prairie, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Listed on 2026-07-13
Listing for:
COX CONTRACTORS LTD
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-13
Job specializations:
-
Trades / Skilled Labor
Heavy Equipment Operator, Construction Labor / Trades, Road Construction -
Construction
Heavy Equipment Operator, Construction Labor / Trades, Road Construction
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Work Term:
Permanent - Work Language:
English - Hours:
30 hours per week - Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year - Experience:
Experience an asset Tasks - Operate heavy equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Measure distance, volume, length and weight
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Complete onboard and other logs
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Prepare accident reports
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate hydraulic pumping systems Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
- Driver's License (Class 3 or
D) - First Aid Certificate Type of heavy equipment operated
- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Caterpillar (CAT) controls
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Cable shovel, large or small
- Trencher, large or small
- Grader
- Loader
- Asphalt spreader
- Concrete spreader
- Pulverizing, stabilizing machine
- Compactor
- Concrete pumping equipment
- Paver
- Roller
- Scraper
- Operate forklift
- Front end loader
- Dump truck
- Gravel or dump truck
- Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts
- Bobcats Area of work experience
- Asphalt finishing
- Backfilling
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Fine grading and finishing
- Haul road maintenance
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Material handling
- Rough grading
- Slope grooming
- Sloping and banking
- Snow removal
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Stumping
- Sub-grade excavating
- Sub-grade rolling
- Trenching Type of industry experience
- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
- Large diameter pipeline construction
- Oil and Gas Well Sites
- Quarrying
- Residential construction
- Road construction
- Surface mining Security and safety
- Criminal record check Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots Employment terms options
- Morning Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend Health benefits
- Health care plan Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees Support for Indigenous people
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people
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