Grader Operator

Overview

Are you passionate about operating heavy machinery and maintaining essential infrastructure? As a Grader Operator, can you see yourself making a real impact by ensuring CRL’s roads and property stay safe and efficient year-round? If so, apply today!

What will you be doing

• Excavating, landscaping, road and trail building and grading of CRL’s road system by using the appropriate machinery such as bulldozer, tractor loader backhoe, motor grader, skid-steer (and attachments), tractors (and attachments), excavators, and other pieces of equipment as necessary ensuring tasks are carried out to customer specifications and maintaining site infrastructure.
• Washing, cleaning, greasing, oiling, and making minor repairs and adjustments to equipment ensuring equipment is maintained in a safe and efficient working condition.
• Installing various attachments to applicable equipment to perform specific duties such as excavation, snow plowing, post hole digging (auger), etc.
• Maintaining good housekeeping practices of all work areas, tools and equipment, adhering to provincial, federal and AECL regulations to provide a safe and efficient working environment.
• Attending monthly safety meetings and immediately report any safety concerns and / or infractions.
• Applying Event Free Tools and Pre-Job Brief information throughout the execution of assigned work and modeling this behavior and knowledge to others.
• Assisting in the training, coaching and mentoring of apprentices and co-op students in safe workshop practices and procedures including work planning, assisting and development of skills by demonstrating techniques, describing suitable methods. Monitoring, assessing and correcting work performance, discussing problems and improvements and report progress to supervisor and identify further training needs.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for

Secondary school graduation diploma and minimum three years relevant experience in operating heavy equipment machinery such as bulldozer, tractor loader backhoe, excavator, and motor grader.

Knowledge of applicable programs and standards such as : CEC, CSA and ULC codes.

Must possess a Class G Vehicle License as per the Ministry of Transportation and Communication guidelines.

Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and / or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”

Working Conditions

Why CNL?

Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We\'re reinventing ourselves to be the pacesetters so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.

We offer a complete total rewards package :

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

Location

CNL’s Chalk River laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an environmentally pristine area with extensive forests, hills, and numerous small lakes. These support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa, and Deep River, provide unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep!

CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Please read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.

CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values : Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects, including accommodations for all employees.

CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received regarding accommodation requests will be kept confidential.

The Chalk River Laboratories site is located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As an organization, CNL recognizes and appreciates their historic connection to this place. CNL also recognizes the contributions that First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and this province and country as a whole.

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