Heavy Duty Vehicle Mechanic
Parsons Corporation
Job location
Faro, YT
Job details
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Job Description:
Abandoned Mine Opportunities – Faro, Yukon
Heavy Duty Vehicle Mechanic
Parsons has been successful in winning environmental and mining projects in Northern Canada and will be aggressively pursuing additional northern projects. We are a world-class leader in providing in-depth engineering, construction, technical, and management services. Our employees deliver landmark commercial, industrial, environmental, energy, power, and renewable infrastructure — and provide innovative solutions to complex environmental, water quality, supply, treatment, watershed, and wastewater projects. We hire colleagues with an entrepreneurial spirit who thrive on solving project challenges in a high-energy environment. Parsons is helping to build a healthier and more sustainable world.
Position Overview: Parsons is recruiting for a Heavy-Duty Mechanic for shop and field work at the Faro Mine Complex in the Yukon Territory. The work schedule will be 12-hour dayshift on a rotational schedule (2-2 or 3-3) or residential in Faro. The successful applicant will be responsible for continued maintenance of all heavy-duty mobile equipment at site.
Principal duties include:
• Perform daily repairs on all heavy-duty mobile equipment including skid steers, excavators, loaders, graders, heavy trucks, tandems, triaxles, half tons
• Service attachments and working tools such as blades, ploughs, winches, side booms and masts
• Ensure all equipment is continually maintained efficiently and effectively, at the highest standards
• Inspect equipment for proper performance and detect faults / malfunctions to determine the extent of any repair that is required
• Perform preventative, planned, and unplanned maintenance, repair, overhaul, troubleshoot, and test mechanical and electronic equipment
• Conduct performance and quality inspections according to procedure
• Resolve work problems and recommend work measures to improve productivity
• Maintain records in accordance with company policies
• Promote safety awareness – ensure no harm to people, environment, assets or reputation
• Conduct business professionally, ethically and practically
• Other duties assigned by the Maintenance Superintendent or Planner as required.
The successful applicants will ideally have the following qualifications:
• Red Seal or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic Technician Certification
• Automotive Mechanical and Journeyman certification would be considered an asset
• Valid driver’s class 5 driver’s license minimum (air brakes, class 3 or 1 would be considered an additional benefit)
• +5 years’ experience as a Heavy-Duty Mechanic
• Extensive knowledge of Diesel engines and Trailers
• Must have knowledge on DPF Systems, Electrical Systems, Air Systems, Fuel Systems & Brake Systems
• Complete understanding of Electrical and Hydraulic diagrams
• Previous experience with CAT surface earthmoving equipment
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Not Applicable/None
This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.
A full-service engineering and construction firm, we work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see new possibilities.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!
The position may require a COVID vaccination or an approved accommodation/exemption for a disability/medical condition or religious belief as required by federal, state, provincial or local mandates or customer requirements.
Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.
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