Heavy Equipment Operator

Now Hiring – Heavy Equipment Operators
Permanent F/T

Knox Mountain Metals (2020) Ltd. is a locally owned and operated business located in Kelowna, B.C. This is an on-site job. We provide metal recycling services for industrial and construction industries.
We are currently seeking to hire several Heavy Equipment Operators in permanent, full-time positions, to start as soon as possible for our many upcoming projects. You will be based out of Kelowna, BC. Our starting wage is $38.50/hourbased upon a 40-hour work week. We offer health care benefits

You should be willing to be flexible with shift work, on-call and willing to work overtime. Hours can be morning, day, evening as well as weekends. You must speak English. You should have completed high school and have between 1 to less than 2 years experience. You will be required to have steel toed safety boots. You should have Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) certification and forklift operator certification.

Specifically, you will be operating heavy equipment including Caterpillar (CAT) controls and John Deere Controls, loaders, forklifts and front end loaders. You will operate equipment with grapple and shears. As well you will clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks; understand the purpose, proper usage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS); conduct pre-operational checks on equipment; secure special attachments to equipment;

operate two-way radios and other communication equipment; perform minor repairs to equipment; operate hydraulic pumping systems. The work includes materials handling and is outdoors.

The work can be physically demanding in a fast-paced environment that is outdoors. You must have good attention to detail.

We encourage students, youth, visible minorities, indigenous people and newcomers to Canada to apply. We will only accept application from Canadians and Permanent Residents of Canada.