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Driller, Construction job in Calgary, AB with Gridiron Drilling Services Inc, Alberta - alis
This permanent full time Driller, Construction job from Gridiron Drilling Services Inc is offering $30.00 to $45.00 hourly (to be negotiated) for 44 hours per week.
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Driller, Construction

Employer

Gridiron Drilling Services Inc

Date Posted

October 21, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $30.00 to $45.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 5  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Nov 11, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Gridiron Drilling Services Inc

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Noisy
  • Dusty
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Dangerous
  • Hot

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Remote location

Tasks

  • Read instructions or diagrams and lay out drill patterns
  • Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
  • Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drill holes for building foundations or pilings
  • Drive and operate air-track or other drilling machines to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry

Security and safety

  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Own vehicle
  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Willing to travel
  • Drive manual transmission vehicle
  • Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Handling heavy loads

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Judgement

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

Life insurance

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available
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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Driller, Construction is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Blasters - Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to connect electrical wires, detonating cords and fuses into series, and to connect the series to blasting machines; may operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole and other drilling machines

INNOVATIVE

Interest in analyzing information to conduct field tests to determine the type and quantity of explosives required

DIRECTIVE

Interest in speaking - signalling to direct workers in assembling primer charges using selected detonators, fuses, detonating cords and other materials, and to direct bulk-explosive trucks to load holes; may direct drilling of blast holes

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