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Foreman/Woman, Excavating, Grading And Paving

Employer

Park-Aid Asphalt and Maintenance Ltd

Date Posted

January 23, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Nisku, AB
  • Earnings $34.00 to $45.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 4  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Feb 22, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Park-Aid Asphalt and Maintenance Ltd

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Dangerous
  • Dusty
  • Outdoors

Work setting

  • Equipment operation
  • Excavation
  • Grading
  • Paving

Tasks

  • Recommend measures to improve productivity
  • Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
  • Estimate costs and materials
  • Prepare production and other reports
  • Recruit and hire workers and carry out related staffing actions
  • Co-ordinate and schedule activities
  • Co-ordinate work activities with other project supervisors or managers
  • Ensure health and safety regulations are followed
  • Establish methods to meet work schedules
  • Read blueprints and drawings
  • Requisition materials and supplies
  • Supervise workers and projects
  • Train or arrange for training

Supervision

  • 5-10 people
  • Heavy equipment operators, except crane
  • Labourers

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Leadership for safety excellence course
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
  • Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate

Type of industry experience

Construction

Transportation/travel information

  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Overtime required
  • Tight deadlines
  • Work under pressure

Own tools/equipment

Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Foreman/Woman, Excavating, Grading And Paving is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews
DIRECTIVE

Interest in supervising the activities of workers who operate cranes and construction, paving, drilling, railway maintenance and other similar heavy equipment; may supervise activities of related workers

innovative

Interest in co-ordinating and scheduling the activities of workers on heavy construction equipment crews; and in resolving problems; may co-ordinate and schedule the activities of apprentices, helpers and labourers

objective

Interest in understanding the functioning of equipment and machinery and procedures used by heavy construction equipment crews

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A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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