Description
Job Location: Based at 242144 112 St, De Winton AB, T0L 0X0, but required to work in various locations in the Calgary and surrounding areas (Airdrie, Crossfield, Chestermere, Okotoks, etc.)
Wage: $38.00 - $45.00 per hour (based on skills and experience, salary increases per company policy)
Benefits: Extended medical
Employment terms and conditions: Seasonal, Full-time, Monday to Friday, and every other Saturday, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. (10.5 hours per day; hours may vary depending on weather).
Vacancies: 6
Anticipated start date: Early Spring 2027 (actual start date is weather-dependent)
Job requirements:
Language: Basic English
Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience; must be able and willing to pass the company’s practical test prior to hiring
Area of work/industry: Land development, Earthworks, Landscaping, Landscape Construction (parks, green spaces, sports fields, environmental reserves, retention ponds, irrigation, maintenance, civil earth moving, etc.)
Equipment Operated: Excavators (primary), Dozers (often), Skid steers (sometimes), Loaders (infrequent)
Worksite environment: Outdoor, wet, noisy, dusty, hot
Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots
Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment, physically demanding, some handling of heavy loads (up to 23 kg/50 lbs), manual dexterity, attention to detail
Personal Suitability: Dependability, reliability, efficient interpersonal skills, organized, team player, strong communication skills
Duties:
- Reach finish grade (within +/- 5 centimetres)
- Operate heavy equipment throughout all stages of land development landscape projects:
- Earthworks:
- Bulking materials in and out to shape and contour the land
- Rough grading and fine grading subgrade materials
- Coring boulevards, medians, traffic circles
- Levelling sports fields, multi-use sites and future school sites
- Grading slopes for storm retention ponds, environmental reserves and other natural sites
- Prepping for pathways, future playground equipment, entry feature structures, site furniture and other hardscapes by achieving the correct grade, and compaction
- Fine grading to the final acceptable grade
- Digging tree pits, augering fence post holes, preparing for seed and/or sod, creating shrub beds
- Landscape construction:
- Placing and distributing final materials like rip rap, bark mulch, pea gravel, washed rock, crush, etc. (project dependent)
- Operate heavy equipment to help landscape construction workers and labourers plant trees, lay sod, plant shrubs and ornamental grasses
- Build beds or tree wells with bark mulch
- Occasional site furniture placement
- Post-construction:
- Tree removal and replacements
- Material top up
- Repairing damages such as large ruts or grade corrections due to settlement
- Work alongside Operators, Drivers, and Labourers through phases of landscape construction
- Conduct extensive pre- and post-use inspections on equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
- Operate equipment with and without the use of GPS technology
- Communicate via radio with supervisors, other operators, truck drivers, labourers, etc.
- Interpret plans and read stakes, follow specifications
- Monitor safety conditions
- Earthworks:
How to apply:
By email: applications@harcodevelopments.com
Youth, Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, Visible minorities, Indigenous people, and Newcomers to Canada are welcome to apply.