About the job
Employer
COX CONTRACTORS LTD
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- At heights
- Underground
- Confined spaces
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot
Work setting
- Willing to relocate
- Construction site
Tasks
- Load, unload and transport construction materials
- Perform pre-operational inspection
- Clean and lubricate cranes
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
- Operate pile driving cranes to drive pilings into earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
- Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt
- Operate cranes equipped with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
- Assist in aligning pipes during pipeline construction
- Assist in drilling and blasting rock on construction sites
- Operate bridge or overhead cranes to lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
- Assist in framing houses, erecting walls and building roofs
- Level earth to fine grade specifications
- Pave and rake asphalt
- Assist in demolishing buildings
- Clean and pile salvaged materials
- Operate dragline cranes to expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines
- Perform routine maintenance work
- Clean up chemical spills and other contaminants
- Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites
- Tend or feed machines or equipment used in construction
- Direct traffic at or near construction sites
- Follow emergency and safety procedures
- Prepare layouts in conformance to building codes, using measuring tools
Type of trucking and equipment
Concrete mixing
Equipment and machinery experience
- Bobcats
- Mortar and concrete mixers
- Grouting machine
- Air compressors
- Nail guns
- Drills
- Torches
- Small front end loaders
- Compactor
- Forklift
- Hand tools
Construction specialization
- Driveways
- Industrial, commercial and institutional
- Residential
- Roads and bridges
- Sidewalks and curbs
- Underground and tunnel work
- Poured concrete
- Roofing
Security and safety
Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Tight deadlines
- Manual dexterity
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sound discrimination
- Sitting
Weight handling
More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Time management
Employment terms options
Early morning
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Health benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
Group insurance benefits
Other benefits
Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
Support for newcomers and refugees
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment