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Heavy Equipment Operator
Employer
Norellco Contractors Ltd.Date Posted
May 13, 2026Languages
English-
Location Nisku, AB
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Earnings $20.00 to $44.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
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Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 5  Vacancies
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Closing Date Jun 03, 2026
Employer
Norellco Contractors Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Hot
- Dusty
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
- Measure distance, volume, length and weight
- Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
- Ground Disturbance - Level 1 program
- Ground Disturbance - Level II program
Type of heavy equipment operated
- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Grader
- Loader
- Compactor
- Roller
- Front end loader
- Bobcats
Equipment and machinery experience
Skidsteer
Area of work experience
- Backfilling
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Fine grading and finishing
- Haul road maintenance
- Landscaping
- Material handling
- Rough grading
- Slope grooming
- Sloping and banking
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Sub-grade excavating
- Trenching
Type of industry experience
- Large diameter pipeline construction
- Road construction
Security and safety
Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Safety vest
- Gloves
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- 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?
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
Important notice: This job posting has been provided by an external employer.The Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada are not responsible for the accuracy, authenticity or reliability of the content.
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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