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Heavy Equipment Operator
Employer
TerraBurst Inc.Date Posted
February 26, 2026Languages
English-
Location Foothills, AB
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Earnings $36.00 to $37.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Apr 14, 2026
Employer
TerraBurst Inc.
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Hot
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dusty
- Heavy equipment
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
- 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
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate a variety of equipment to load, unload and move materials and products
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate
- Ground Disturbance - Level 1 program
- Ground Disturbance - Level II program
Type of heavy equipment operated
Backhoe excavator, loader
Area of work experience
- Backfilling
- Excavation
- Material handling
- Sloping and banking
- Trenching
Security and safety
Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Screening questions
Are you authorized to work in Canada?
Employment terms options
Evening
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Day
- Weekend
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
Support for newcomers and refugees
Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
Support for Indigenous people
Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
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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
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