Red Seal Heavy Equipment Mechanic

About the role

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At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

About the role

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Heavy Equipment Mechanic (CBA-Skilled Ticketed Trades) to join our team! In this role you will get to repair and maintain heavy equipment, utilizing your hands-on experience in equipment operation at the Faro Mine Complex. We are looking for a detail-oriented individual who can efficiently troubleshoot and resolve mechanical issues while ensuring all safety protocols are strictly followed.

Local/Yukon Candidates Preferred.

This position includes membership in the United Steelworkers Local 925. The hourly wage for this position is $47.99.

What You'll Be Doing

• Work with management to pre-plan and schedule daily and overall heavy equipment maintenance and repair to prevent functional breakdowns.
• Performing diagnostics, repair, preventative maintenance, and safety checks on all heavy equipment.
• Maintaining heavy equipment maintenance and repair records.
• Physically securing equipment to ensure safety during maintenance activities.
• Maintenance and repair of equipment hydraulic systems.
• Determining methods and sequence of troubleshooting, repair operations, and modifications to equipment by working from manufacturers manuals, drawings, and specifications, installation layouts and sketches and verbal or written instructions.
• Performs such typical operations as dismantling, diagnosing problem cause, repairing, mechanical servicing, and reassembling, installing and test operations of assigned equipment.
• Replace worn or broken parts, make adjustments and alignments as required, clean areas, and prepare equipment for full service.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Heavy Equipment Mechanic Journey person with Provincial or Red seal with 5 at least years experience
• Proficient with basic computer systems including Outlook and other Microsoft Office applications and previous exposure to CMMS systems is an advantage.
• Experienced in using mechanical tools of the trade including diagnostic tools. Extensive experience in hydraulics.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, engineering drawings, and manufacturer diagrams and manuals, and follow written and verbal instructions in accordance with established procedures.
• Valid class 5 driver's license with clean abstract.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in 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 what's next!

• This position is a part of the Faro Mines project which is a unionized worksite and therefore governed by the Faro Union Collective Bargaining Agreement. Union membership and dues will apply.
• This job posting is for a current addition or replacement opportunity within Parsons.

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!

• We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
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