Heavy Equipment Operator

5 days ago

Sparwood, Canada MacKay Contracting Full time

**MacKay Contracting is a progressive and well-established Heavy Civil Construction and Mining Services Company. We operate throughout Western Canada on a wide variety of projects. We take pride in valuing our employees and offer competitive wages and benefit packages.**

**Location & Hours**:
This role will be located in the Sparwood, B.C. area with operations running 24/7 and having both day and night shifts. This role operates on a variety of work schedules depending on the Project (ie. 7x7, 5x2) with rotational shift of 10-12-hour days, with overtime paid after eight (8) hours. You may be expected to work in accordance with the organization’s overtime policies.

**Responsibilities & Duties**:

- Perform work in accordance with all organizational, as well as Provincial and Federal health and safety standards and legislation, ensuring highest standard of safety is upheld
- Work within a team to operate multiple pieces of equipment effectively and safely such as an excavator, loader, dozer, grader and haul truck
- Loading and unloading equipment from vehicles used to transport it
- Driving or controlling heavy equipment to complete tasks at the construction site
- Ability to operate in crowded, fast-paced working environments, and exercise extreme caution with awareness of potential situational hazards to ensure site safety
- Interpret verbal and non-verbal communication (including hand signals) from operators, ground personnel and labourers, and act accordingly
- Perform mechanical inspections and servicing including controls and operations, completing logbooks, performing minor maintenance and adjustments, ensuring good housekeeping, and perform machine lubrication within your skillset
- Recognize existing and potential hazards and can identify these through conducting a field level pre-job hazard analysis, checking for hazards, and assessing any tasks
- Willing to work flexible hours and shifts
- Adhere to all MacKay safety practices and policies.
- Operate equipment while maintaining proper awareness of surroundings.
- Daily submission of daily time cards and FLHA forms
- Additional duties as may be assigned

**Qualifications & Skills**:

- Minimum 3-5 years experience in Mining or Civil Construction
- Knowledge of construction layout/staking
- Knowledge of operating 3D machine control considered an asset
- Knowledge of safety protocols and the procedures used to control heavy equipment
- Coordination to use all the controls on pieces of equipment
- Possess enough strength to operate on heavy equipment
- Must possess a valid Class 5 B.C. Driver’s Licence
- Must have demonstrated ability to work under mínimal supervision
- Ability to operate required equipment in a safe and responsible manner
- Effective verbal and non-verbal communication and active listening skills essential
- Problem-solving skills to diagnose issues with equipment
- Basic writing skills to accurately complete reports and other paperwork
- Good non-commercial driver’s licence history to indicate a habit of safe driving
- Position requires a high level of initiative and a positive attitude
- Ability to give and follow both oral and written instructions while operating safely
- Excellent interpersonal communication and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders at all levels

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