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Excavator Operator
Employer
SK trucking LtdDate Posted
June 29, 2026Languages
English-
Location Slave Lake, AB
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Earnings $30.00 to $45.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 80 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jul 13, 2026
Employer
SK trucking Ltd
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Hot
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
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Ground Disturbance - Level 1 program
- Ground Disturbance - Level II program
Type of heavy equipment operated
Backhoe excavator, loader
Area of work experience
- Excavation
- Land clearing
Type of industry experience
Oil and Gas Well Sites
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Willing to travel
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Attention to detail
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Safety vest
- Gloves
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?
Employment terms options
Early morning
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Day
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Interest Codes
- 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
Abilities
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