Posted Feb 2, 2024Transload Operator
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Business: Savage Services
Phone: (800) 827-4439
Website: https://savageco.com/careers/
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Heavy-Duty MechanicsDescription
- This position is in Kamloops!
- Starting wage at $28.00/hour – with annual compensation review
- Paid uniforms & PPE (laundering included)
- $200/year steel toe boot allowance
- Excellent Benefits program including medical, dental, vision, and RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan) with match into a DPSP (Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan)
- Generous paid time off policy that exceeds statutory norms
This a permanent, full-time, seasonal position (March 1 – December 1).
This is what we need from you:
- Be mechanically inclined.
- A strong commitment to maintaining safe work practices at all times.
- Ability to handle challenges and problem-solve.
- Willingness to develop your knowledge in emulsion production and quality control, and a technical understanding of different products.
Additional skills we’ll strongly consider to be an asset:
- Previous transload or experience with an asphalt terminal
- Knowledge of Safe Work Permits and LOTO
- Experience in a plant setting, petrochemical area, or other industrial environment
- Railroad experience
Requirements, include ability to:
- work at heights
- swing a 10-lb sledgehammer.
- walk extensively, sometimes on uneven terrain.
- lift a minimum 50 lbs.
- Work and stand on uneven surfaces for prolonged periods of time.
- Work outside for extended periods of time, in all weather conditions
- Work while wearing a SCBA respirator (note that this is a clean-shaven work site)
- Candidates are required to clear a criminal background check, drug screen, and preemployment medical examination.
- Attend and pass all job-required tests (WHMIS, TDG, H2S, Fall Arrest, First Aid, and all other site-specific training, as required)