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Excavator Operator

Employer

Prairie Demolition & Recycling Ltd.

Date Posted

September 08, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $39.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Sep 29, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Prairie Demolition & Recycling Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dusty

Tasks

  • Operate heavy equipment
  • Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
  • 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
  • Prepare accident reports
  • Secure special attachments to equipment
  • Perform minor repairs to equipment
  • Operate hydraulic pumping systems

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
  • Driver's License (Class 3 or D)
  • First Aid Certificate

Type of heavy equipment operated

  • Backhoe excavator, loader
  • Bobcats

Equipment and machinery experience

Skidsteer

Area of work experience

Demolition

Type of industry experience

Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own vehicle
  • Willing to travel
  • Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening
  • Shift

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Night
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime available

Workplace information

On the road job

Support for newcomers and refugees

Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Excavator 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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