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Heavy Equipment Technician

POSTED ON 3/25/2025 AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/1/2025
Cold North Mechanical Fort McMurray, AB Full Time

Cold North Mechanical

Is seeking experienced, Journeyman heavy equipment technicians to join our growing company. We are seeking Field technicians.

We are looking to fill a 14/14 shift. This shift is a 12 hour shift including days and nights. A $2000 signing bonus will be paid to qualified candidates who finish the onboarding requirements. Camp and flight will be provided.

Candidates will be responsible for maintaining a variety of heavy equipment consisting of CAT haul trucks, Cat bulldozers, various excavators, graders, hydraulic shovels and other types of mining equipment. These positions will be filled at customer site locations.

Technician responsibilities will include;

  • Field service repair
  • technical diagnostics
  • Haul truck component replacement and rebuilds
  • Bulldozer component replacements and rebuilds
  • Track frame removal, inspection, repairs and installations
  • Inspection reports
  • Air conditioning repairs
  • Brake testing and generating reports

These responsibilities will also include maintaining a fully tooled service truck, safely operating torquing tools, safely operating yard loaders and skid steers, filling out daily JSA's, FLRA's and looking up safe operating procedures to complete daily tasks.

Required Qualifications are

  • Journeyman Red seal HET certification or an Alberta provincial HET certification
  • CSO
  • Fall Pro ( Energy Safety Canada)
  • Elevated Work Platform ( Energy Safety Canada)
  • RT Crane
  • Rigging Basic
  • A valid drivers license and clean drivers abstract
  • The ability to work alone in a field setting or as a part of a team
  • The ability to work through troubleshooting charts and read schematics
  • The experience that's needed to analyze problems and come up with safe, effective solutions in a safe manner

Safety training certificates required

  • CSO
  • First aid
  • Fall protection (Energy Safety Canada)
  • Elevated Work Platform ( Energy Safety Canada)
  • WHMIS and TDG
  • RT Crane
  • Rigging Basic
  • Drug and alcohol testing

All training will be provided but any previous training completed will be considered valid as long as the tickets are presented. There will also be ongoing technical training provided on certain types of equipment, Brake testing systems and air conditioning systems.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $54.00-$80.00 per hour

Additional pay:

  • Bonus pay
  • Overtime pay
  • Signing bonus

Benefits:

  • Company car
  • Dental care
  • Disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Extended health care
  • Housing allowance
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision care

Flexible language requirement:

  • French not required

Experience:

  • mechanical: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • Class 5 Licence (required)
  • Journeyman (required)

Work Location: In person

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