Excavator Operator

**Excavator Operator**

**Location**: Whitecourt, AB

**Position Type**: Full-time (Project-Based)

**Wage/Salary Range**: $38.00 per hour, plus LOA of $180 per day

**Shift Schedule**: 12-hour shifts, 9-day project

**Hours Per Day**: 12 hours

**Company Overview**:
GrizzlyTrek invests in our people, relationships, and partners, ensuring motivated and ready-to-work individuals meet job opportunities that foster lasting success for them and our business partners. We work across Canada and industries including mining, construction, oil and gas, turnarounds, and shutdowns. Dedicated to sustainable employment, we particularly emphasize career opportunities and empowerment for Indigenous communities across Canada. Join us and contribute to building a more inclusive future.

**Job Overview**:
GrizzlyTrek is currently seeking one Excavator Operator to join our valued client’s team at a plant site in Whitecourt. This is a full-time project-based position, ideally suited to an individual committed to safety, teamwork, and operational excellence.

**Responsibilities**:

- Operate excavators safely and efficiently in a plant site environment.
- Follow site-specific safety protocols and maintain clean-shaven requirements for respirator use.
- Work collaboratively with team members to ensure safe and effective operations.
- Maintain situational awareness and proactively identify potential hazards.
- Perform pre-operational checks and minor maintenance on equipment.

**Qualifications**:

- CSTS 2020 certification.
- H2S Alive.
- Standard First Aid certification.
- Ground Disturbance certification (if operating).
- Ability to work 12-hour shifts safely and consistently.
- Strong situational awareness and communication skills.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Previous experience as an excavator operator in an industrial or plant site setting.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a team environment.
- Commitment to safety and operational excellence.

**Work Environment**:
This role is based at a plant site in Whitecourt, requiring adherence to strict safety standards and PPE requirements. Operators must be clean-shaven for respirator use and prepared for long shifts in a collaborative, safety-driven work environment. LOA is provided to support non-local employees.

**Benefits**:

- $38.00 per hour, plus LOA of $180 per day.
- Overtime opportunities as applicable.
- Comprehensive safety and training support.

**Comprehensive Benefits Package**:
We offer a robust benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, including:

- Life insurance: $100,000 for the employee
- AD&D insurance: Matching life insurance with critical illness and cancer coverage
- Dependent life insurance: $10,000 for spouse, $5,000 per child
- Extended health care: Drug, hospital, hearing, orthotics, nursing, and more
- Paramedical services: Annual coverage for services like chiro, physio, massage, and mental health
- Vision care: Glasses, contacts, laser surgery, and exams
- Dental care: 80% basic/comp services ($2,500), 50% major ($2,500), $2,500 ortho for children
- Travel insurance: Up to $5,000,000 per incident for trips up to 90 days

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