Loader Operator

**Company**: PT Landscaping
**Location**: Barrie/Innisfil ON
**Season**: October-April (on-call, weather dependent)
**Employment Type**: Seasonal employee (full-time/part-time event-based)
**Compensation**:$28-$32/hr** (experience & tickets).

**Expected Hours**: Active weeks **20-40+ hrs** during events; typical storm shifts **6-12 hrs**, major events up to **16 hrs**.

Operate wheel loaders (and skid steers as needed) to load salt/sand, open lots, push back banks, and support sidewalk/driveway crews so sites meet service times and quality standards. You’ll work independently and as part of a dispatch-led team, often overnight, in challenging weather.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Pre-trip, safe operation, and post-trip of **wheel loader** (and attachments: pusher, bucket, forks).
- **Lot clearing**: windrow/pile management, pushbacks, widening, stack/bank control.
- **Loading**: salt/sand trucks, on-site bins; careful scale/volume awareness.
- **Site quality**: cut to edges, reduce ridges, protect curbs/fixtures, prevent property damage.
- **Documentation**: start/stop times, site notes, photos, and damage reports in the app.
- **Coordination**: follow radio/app dispatch; support plow/sidewalk crews for sequence and ETAs.
- **Equipment care**: daily fueling/greasing, minor adjustments, report defects immediately.
- **Safety first**: traffic control, spotters when required, comply with all policies & PPE.

**Qualifications**
- **1+ season** operating a wheel loader (winter) **or** strong heavy-equipment experience in construction/yard settings.
- Valid **Class G** license and reliable transportation to yard/site.
- Ability to work **overnights, weekends, holidays**, sometimes with short notice.
- Comfort working outdoors for long periods; able to climb in/out of equipment repeatedly.
- Smartphone literacy (photos, app check-ins, notes).

**Nice to Have (Asset)**:

- Loader/Heavy Equipment certification, Skid Steer experience.
- WHMIS, Working at Heights (asset), First Aid/CPR.
- Basic mechanical aptitude (hoses, fittings, pins, electrical).

**What We Provide**
- Company loader with heated cab, LED lighting, and snow pusher.
- Fuel, maintenance, and 24/7 ops support/dispatch.
- Branded high-vis PPE (vest/jacket) and smartphone app for routes & reporting.
- Paid training: equipment refresher, lot standards, incident reporting, and de-icing basics.

**How to Apply**

Please include:

- Seasons of winter experience, equipment/attachments used.
- Any certifications (loader/skid steer tickets, WHMIS, First Aid).
- Your typical availability (overnights/weekends/holidays).

**Job Type**: Seasonal
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: $28.00-$32.00 per hour

Application question(s):

- Valid Class G license?
- Able to work overnights/weekends/holidays on short notice?
- Minimum guaranteed hours you need per week?
- Comfortable working 12-16 hr shifts when required?
- Consent to Driver Abstract check?
- Comfortable operating in active lots with pedestrians/traffic?
- Can reliably get to the yard/site within 45min of call in?
- Number of seasons of winter wheel loader work?
- Primary Equipment used?
- Attachments you've run?
- Site types handled?

Work Location: In person