Assembly Heavy Equipment Technician Apprentice

DFI Steel Piling; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and teamwork. As an Assembly Heavy Equipment Technician Apprentice, you'll work in a dynamic environment where your ideas are encouraged and valued. This role involves fitting, aligning, and commissioning new equipment, providing you with hands-on experience in a variety of challenging tasks. With a focus on safety and quality, you will collaborate with a skilled team to enhance equipment performance. DFI Steel Piling offers a clean and organized workspace, along with opportunities for professional development and career advancement. If you're ready to take on a rewarding challenge, this is the place for you!

Benefits

Comprehensive Health and Dental Plan

RRSP Matching

Employee Referral Program

Professional Development Allowance

Employee Preferred Fuel Pricing

Career Advancement Opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Discounts at Participating Vendors

Qualifications

• Registered Apprentice Millwright or Heavy Equipment Technician is an asset.
• Experience in fabrication repair of heavy equipment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fit, plumb, assemble new parts, and install components to specifications.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical and hydraulic systems.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Mechanical Skills

Hydraulic Systems Understanding

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Apprentice Millwright

Heavy Equipment Technician Certification

Tools

Forklift

Overhead Crane

Laser Level

Heavy Shop Tools

Job description

Assembly Heavy Equipment Technician Apprentice

Assembly Heavy Equipment Technician Apprentice - Edmonton

Working at DFI

Got ideas? We want them.
Looking for a rewarding challenge?

As a privately owned company, with innovation as a core value, DFI has the unique ability to provide you with experiences that put your ideas into action.
Over the past 50+ years, the relentless pursuit of excellence and self sufficiency has led DFI to grow from a small, one-truck operation into a multi-national company that works across the globe delivering world-class products and services across a vast array of industries.

Our own independent ERW pipe mill, our 54-acre storage yard, 200,000 square feet of shop space (featuring overhead cranes, vehicle exhaust extraction, and mechanic pits), our in-house engineers, our custom-built cranes, and internal international opportunities are all examples of what proudly sets us apart.

We recognize that none of the above could be achieved without a world class workforce, so let us invest in you.
Join our team.

Job Profile

Our new build Assembly Technicians enjoy a flexible, clean, healthy and organized team dynamic where they work together or independent in a challenging and rewarding environment to fit, align, plumb, assemble, test and commission new equipment using new or recommissioned parts within the fabrication group. Custom designed equipment can range from 45 Ton purpose-built Picker truck, 50 Ton crawler crane, Air Rotary surface mining, Auger Drilling and auxiliary equipment. The DFI and Assembly group management understands, the most valuable ideas and concepts are discovered by the front lines staff and encourage input from all levels to consistently improve equipment grade, quality and performance.
Benefits:
• Comprehensive Health and Dental plan
• RRSP Matching
• Employee Referral Program
• Professional Development Allowance
• Employee preferred fuel pricing program
• Career advancement opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discounts at participating vendors

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Job Duties

• Participate in facility health and safety practices
• Maintain a good attitude and practice critical thinking skills
• Perform tasks within or beyond there skillset in a controlled environment
• Lead the following: Fit, plumb, assemble new parts, install small or large components to spec including but not limited to Pumps, PTO, Gearboxes, Generator, Power plant, Compressors, Booms, Derricks, Torque tube, sub frames, cooling packages, operator’s cabin, Track assemblies etc.
• Layout and plan project parts placement and fitment.
• Crimp and clean hydraulic hose assemblies
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair mechanical and hydraulic systems
• Commission new equipment including setting hydraulic pressure and flow
• Operate forklift, overhead crane, laser level, and heavy shop tools as needed

Qualifications

• Registered Apprentice Millwright or Heavy Equipment Technician; an asset
• Experience in the fabrication repair of heavy equipment or sub assemblies
• Understanding of hydraulic plumbing and component groups; an asset
• Strong work ethic with the ability to work independently