Heavy Equipment Technician

**Heavy Equipment Technician**

Weldco-Beales Manufacturing designs and manufactures specialized heavy equipment attachments for the construction, forestry, mining, scrap recycling, road maintenance and resource industries throughout Canada, the USA and internationally. Weldco prides itself on providing a great employee experience where safety is a way of life. Weldco-Beales is currently recruiting a Heavy Equipment technician for the Edmonton manufacturing team on the day shift. This position will report to the General Foreman.
Our Culture**

Weldco-Beales prides itself on maintaining a strong culture of safety, hard work, and customer satisfaction. We embrace the values of safety, quality, and community. We are looking for hard working people who will stand behind our products and services to help us become the trusted leader in the heavy equipment industry.

**What you will do**:

- Interpret work orders and technical manuals
- Check heavy equipment, mobile cranes, and other heavy construction, logging and mining equipment for proper performance and to detect faults and malfunctions
- Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts, components or systems, using hand and power tools
- Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment
- Service and assemble attachments and working tools such as blades, ploughs, tire manipulators, grapples, etc.
- Perform repair work on heavy trucks if necessary
- Attach components
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair existing hydraulic systems
- Assemble, install, and commission new hydraulic systems
- Diagnose, troubleshoot and repair electrical systems

**Your qualifications**:

- Alberta Journeyman Ticket in Heavy Duty Mechanic
- Directly related experience in a manufacturing facility or with heavy attachments is an asset

**What you bring to the position**:

- Previous experience with heavy equipment is an asset
- Previous experience with mobile cranes is an asset
- Good knowledge of all heavy equipment and power tools and their use and care
- Analytical skills to identify simple problems and find a solution
- Mechanically inclined
- Physically fit to perform work
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Strong safety performance

If you feel you fit the overall profile, please clearly demonstrate this in your cover letter and resume when applying.

**What we bring**:

- Multiple schedule options with shorter work weeks
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
- Employee Assistance Program, MSP (BC)
- Company Pension Plan with 3% company matching
- Rewards:

monthly incentive program with monetary rewards
- service awards in 5-year increments
- company/team events
- personal growth
- career advancement opportunities
- Education and apprenticeship support including EI top-up payments
- A workplace that prides itself on safety, cleanliness, respect, and results.

**_ Weldco Companies is a subsidiary of IDC (Inuvialuit Development Corporation) and is 100% Inuvialuit owned. Weldco provides Employment and Career Development opportunities for its beneficiaries and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, Weldco’s goal is for our employees to be as diverse as our products. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require accommodation at any point throughout this process we will work with you to meet your needs._**

**_ Applications for this position may be kept on file for twelve months and may be considered for future positions within Weldco or IDC. Your interest in Weldco is appreciated. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please._**

Flexible shifts, 4, 10 shift or 5, 8 shift

40 hours a week