Heavy-duty Equipment Operator

2 weeks ago


Kitchener, Canada Delve Con Full time

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 60 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- or equivalent experience
- ** Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- Dusty
- ** Work setting**:

- Various locations
- ** 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
- Use International Organization for Standardization (ISO) pattern joystick controls
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Measure distance, volume, length and weight
- Operate computer controlled equipment
- Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Complete onboard and other logs
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Prepare accident reports
- 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
- Operate hydraulic pumping systems
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
- Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
- Forklift Operator Certification
- ** Type of heavy equipment operated**:

- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Caterpillar (CAT) controls
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Side-boom
- Trencher, large or small
- Grader
- Loader
- Concrete spreader
- Compactor
- Concrete pumping equipment
- Paver
- Roller
- Scraper
- Front end loader
- Dump truck
- Gravel or dump truck
- Bobcats
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Skidsteer
- ** Area of work experience**:

- Demolition
- Ditching
- Excavation
- Fine grading and finishing
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Material handling
- Rough grading
- Slope grooming
- Sloping and banking
- Sub-grade rolling
- ** Type of industry experience**:

- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
- Residential construction
- Road construction
- ** Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel regularly
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Overtime required
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety vest
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- ** Workplace information**:

- On the road job
- ** Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits



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