Excavator Operator job in Fort Macleod, AB with Van Huigenbos Farms Ltd., Alberta - alis
This permanent full time Excavator Operator job from Van Huigenbos Farms Ltd. is offering $36.00 hourly for 40 hours per week.
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Job Details
Excavator Operator
Employer
Van Huigenbos Farms Ltd.Date Posted
January 30, 2026Languages
English-
Location Fort Macleod, AB
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Earnings $36.00 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date Feb 20, 2026
Job Requirements
Employer
Van Huigenbos Farms Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Other trades certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
- Interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to plan methods or sequences of operation
- Operate heavy equipment
- Read blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Measure distance, volume, length and weight
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- 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
Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
Type of heavy equipment operated
Backhoe excavator, loader
Area of work experience
- Backfilling
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Fine grading and finishing
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Rough grading
- Slope grooming
- Sloping and banking
- Snow removal
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Sub-grade excavating
- Sub-grade rolling
- Trenching
Type of industry experience
Agricultural industry
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
- Day
- Weekend
Workplace information
On the road job
Other benefits
Other benefits
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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Excavator Operator is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).
Interest Codes
Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)
- OBJECTIVE
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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
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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
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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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Physical Abilities
Motor Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
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