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Job Details

Heavy Equipment Operator

Employer

Norellco Contractors Ltd.

Date Posted

May 13, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Nisku, AB
  • Earnings $20.00 to $44.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 5  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jun 03, 2026
Job Requirements

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

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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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