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Asphalt-Paving Machine Operator

Employer

Kantrax Contractors Ltd.

Date Posted

September 15, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Leduc, AB
  • Earnings $34.00 to $38.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 44 to 70 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 10  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 06, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Kantrax Contractors Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Hot
  • Dusty
  • Noisy

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • Operate heavy equipment
  • Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
  • Measure distance, volume, length and weight
  • Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
  • Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
  • Secure special attachments to equipment
  • Perform minor repairs to equipment

Type of heavy equipment operated

  • Grader
  • Pulverizing, stabilizing machine
  • Paver

Area of work experience

  • Asphalt finishing
  • Fine grading and finishing

Type of industry experience

Road construction

Transportation/travel information

  • Willing to travel
  • Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Reliability

Employment terms options

Evening

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime available

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Transportation provided by employer

Support for newcomers and refugees

Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Asphalt-Paving Machine Operator is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating bulldozers and heavy dredging, paving and surfacing equipment to deepen waterways, reclaim earth fill, lay, spread and compact concrete, asphalt and other surface materials during highway and road construction; and in operating power shovels to excavate rock, ore and other materials from open-pit mines, strip mines, quarries and construction pits

METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to move, load and unload cargo and to clear brush and stumps before logging activities using bulldozers and other heavy equipment

innovative

Interest in conducting pre-operational checks on equipment and in cleaning, lubricating and refilling equipment, and in building roads at logging and surface mining sites using bulldozers and other heavy equipment

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