Heavy Equipment Technician: Fort McMurray, AB ($77.00/hr, 14 & 14 & More)

Cold North Mechanical is seeking experienced, Journeyman heavy equipment technicians to join our growing company. We are seeking Field technicians.

We offer a number of shift rotations including 14 days x 14 days off, 5 days on and 2 days off, 3 weeks on and 3 weeks off and a 7 days on and 7 days off.

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 and also at Cold North Mechanical's new undercarriage and equipment repair facility based in the Ft McKay industrial park.

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
• 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

• Ossa/BSO Orientation
• First aid
• Fall protection
• Aerial lift
• WHMIS and TDG
• Drug and alcohol testing