Piling Operator

Piling Operator - Grande Prairie

Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Career Number: 3725
Date Posted: 2025-04-21

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Job Profile

We are looking for an ambitious, innovative, and hardworking professional that can complement our exceptional team. Our mobile crane/boom truck operators will utilize 35- and 45-ton truck mounted cranes to facilitate the installation of driven and helical pilings using mostly hydraulic pile installation equipment. Operators are required to supervise a small crew and are responsible for the safe and efficient management of jobs they are assigned to.

Benefits:
• Comprehensive Health and Dental plan
• RRSP Matching
• Employee Referral Program
• Professional Development Allowance
• Employee preferred fuel pricing program
• Career advancement opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discounts at participating vendors

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Job Duties

  • Safely drive and operate DFI boom trucks or track cranes
  • Maintain a legal Driver's logbook
  • Practice proper, legal load securement
  • Care for and maintain company equipment to DFI standards
  • Provide piledriving service to customers in accordance with DFI procedures
  • Adhere to all policy and instructions provided in DFI Operating Manuals and SWPs
  • Take part in all safety meetings
  • Operate company vehicles and equipment in a professional, safe and courteous manner
  • Prepare safety and billing documentation in the field

Qualifications

  • Class 1 Drivers license required
  • Current Apprenticeship registration or Journeyman Boom Truck/Mobile Crane ticket
  • Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
  • Capability to plan and organize tasks
  • Ability to meet deadlines with high performance
  • Comfortable working out of town
  • Safety tickets are an asset
  • This is a safety-sensitive position requiring successful completion of pre-employment drug & alcohol testing and fitness-for-work testing

 

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