Yard Labourer

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**Yard Labourer**
**Equipment & Yard Operations**
**Full-time, Permanent**
**Nisku, AB**

**WHO WE ARE**

Celebrating 60 years of People | Projects | Values around the world

Michels is an established energy and infrastructure organization with 25 years in Canada. We support Canada’s prosperous future by constructing safe, reliable infrastructure solutions to serve the public’s energy, water and wastewater, and transportation needs.

We care about doing what is best for our people, our customers, the communities in which we work and our country. We strive to provide our employees with meaningful and challenging work, and an engaging and collaborative environment.

Michels Canada headquarters is based in Nisku, Alberta, Canada.

**DESCRIPTION**

Michels Canada is looking for a Yard Labourer to join our growing team in Nisku Michels Canada prides itself on safe operations and owns over 1500 units of fleet equipment from heavy iron to rolling stock. Our yard requires a self-motivated and safety-minded yard hand to ensure our yard operations can run optimally all year round. In this role, you will interface with both shop and office personnel, as well as third party service providers such as truck drivers and other vendors/suppliers. This position requires the individual to maintain professional attitude and a personal value commitment to safe operating standards. This position will be based in Nisku AB.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Maintain and promote a strong safety culture for all employees, vendors, and customers. Follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
- Completing shipping and receiving documentation: bill of landings, transfers, and inspecting and reporting.
- Updating yard inventory.
- Follow all processes and procedures to ensure the safety of our people, equipment, and the environment.
- Prepare items to be shipped and stored.
- Prepare new vehicle: necessary equipment/items, decaling, installation of accessories.
- Operate vehicles as per the conditions of operator's driver's license.
- Closing of shop: Lock up / security.
- Clean and prepare shop, removing and properly disposing of debris and waster materials.
- Assisting other workers / divisions whey they are present in the yard / shop.
- Work with the Yard Operator on procedures for yard related practices.
- General housekeeping duties: clean up shop, sweep, wash and squeegee floors.
- Washing equipment.
- Inspect the condition of the equipment when it arrives and report any visible damages.
- Other manual duties can be requested (examples: move boxes/move furniture/ assemble & disassemble furniture/ hang picture frames/ changes batteries.. etc.)

**REQUIREMENTS**
- 1-2 years outside heavy labour experience; farmhand or industrial yard labourer experience is preferred but not required.
- Must be able to perform physical tasks, with the ability to lift up to 50lbs.
- Must be able to work outside year round in all weather conditions.
- Must possess a friendly attitude with a team player mindset.
- Must demonstrate personal value commitment to safety.

**DESIRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS**
- Able to lift 50lb.
- Organization and communication skills.
- Must demonstrate the ability to work well with others in a team setting as well. as independently with limited supervision.
- Forklift or other material handling operator certificates would be an asset.

**EDUCATION**
- Highschool diploma or GED.

**LANGUAGES**
- Must be able to communicate verbally and through written language (by hand and digitally) in English.

**BENEFTIS**

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