Heavy Equipment Operator

MacKay Contracting is a progressive and well-established Heavy Civil Construction and Mining Services Company. We operate throughout Western Canada on a wide variety of projects. We take pride in valuing our employees and offer competitive wages and benefit packages.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Perform work in accordance with all organizational, as well as provincial and federal health and safety standards and legislation, ensuring the highest standard of safety is upheld.
• Work within a team to effectively and safely operate multiple pieces of equipment, such as Excavators, Loader, Dozer, Grader, and Haul Truck.
• Ability to operate in crowded, fast-paced working environments, and exercises extreme caution with awareness of potential situational hazards to ensure site safety.
• Interprets verbal and non-verbal communication (including hand signals) from operators, ground personnel, and labourers, and acts accordingly.
• Performs mechanical inspections and servicing including controls and operations, completes logbooks, performs minor maintenance and adjustments, ensures good housekeeping, and performs machine lubrication within your skillset.
• Daily track cleaning at the end of shift.
• Recognizes existing and potential hazards and can identify these through conducting a field-level pre-job hazard analysis, checking for hazards, and assessing any tasks.
• Willing to work flexible hours and shifts.
• Adhere to all MacKay safety practices and policies.
• Operate equipment while maintaining proper awareness of surroundings.
• Daily completion / submission of FLHAs.
• Daily completion / submission of timecard.
• Additional duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada.

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