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Looking for an experienced Heavy Equipment operator to work in a busy scrap metal yard. You will be assisting to unload customers, load trucks and move metal around the yard. Experience in excavators using grapples and or magnets is required for this position. We would need someone who is a team player and you must have a valid a class 1A license. You must have experience in excavators for this position, forklifts, and skid steers are not the equipment that the qualified candidate would be operating.
We offer a competitive wage and benefit package. Please apply with a clean Class 1A drivers abstract. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for this position please no phone calls.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
- WHMIS Certificate
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
Additional Skills
- Prepare accident reports
- Complete onboard and other logs
- Calculate weight, distance, volume and length measurements
Specific Skills
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Operate heavy equipment
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
Type of Heavy Equipment Operated
- Side-boom
- Backhoe excavator, loader
Type Of Work Experience
- Material handling
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
Security and Safety
- Driving record check (abstract)
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors