Heavy equipment operators operate heavy equipment used in the construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, airports, gas and oil pipelines, tunnels, buildings and other structures; in surface mining and quarrying activities; and in material handling work. They are employed by construction companies, heavy equipment contractors, public works departments and pipeline, logging, cargo-handling and other companies.

• This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Operate heavy equipment such as backhoes, bulldozers, loaders and graders to excavate, move, load and grade earth, rock, gravel or other materials during construction and related activities
• Operate bulldozers or other heavy equipment to clear brush and stumps prior to logging activities and to build roads at logging and surface mining sites
• Operate heavy equipment with pile driver head to drive piling into earth to provide support for buildings, bridges or other structures
• Operate heavy dredging equipment to deepen waterways or reclaim earth fill
• Operate heavy paving and surfacing equipment to lay, spread or compact concrete, asphalt and other surface materials during highway and road construction
• Operate power shovels to excavate rock, ore or other materials from open-pit mines, strip mines, quarries or construction pits
• Operate heavy equipment to move, load and unload cargo
• Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment and clean, lubricate and refill equipment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $29.00-$30.00 per hour

Additional pay:

• Overtime pay

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• North Bay, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Excavator: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Valid tickets for completed training (preferred)

Work Location: In person