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Job Details

Heavy Equipment Operator

Employer

TerraBurst Inc.

Date Posted

February 26, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Foothills, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 to $37.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 30 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Apr 14, 2026
Job Requirements

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 & Abilities
The Heavy Equipment Operator is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)
OBJECTIVE

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

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

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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