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Heavy Construction-Equipment Operator
Employer
Ruby Rock Asphalts Works Ltd.Date Posted
September 21, 2026Languages
English-
Location Airdrie, AB
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Earnings $37.50 hourly
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Work Hours 30 to 60 hours per week
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Position Seasonal Full Time
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Vacancies 17  Vacancies
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Closing Date Oct 12, 2026
Employer
Ruby Rock Asphalts Works Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- Dusty
- Noisy
Work setting
- Various locations
- Residential
- Industrial
- Staff accommodation available
- Urban area
Tasks
- Operate heavy equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Monitor safety conditions
Type of heavy equipment operated
- Grader
- Paver
- Roller
Equipment and machinery experience
- Skidder
- Screeds
Area of work experience
- Asphalt finishing
- Fine grading and finishing
- Rough grading
Type of industry experience
- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
- Residential construction
- Road construction
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Handling heavy loads
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Flexibility
- Accurate
- Team player
- Reliability
- Organized
Employment terms options
Evening
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Life insurance
- Mileage paid
Other benefits
Transportation provided by employer
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
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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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