Overview

Employer: Kluane Drilling Ltd.

Position: Driller – surface mine

Location of Work: 14 Macdonald Rd., Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4L2, and remote location.

Wage: $46 hourly

Start Date: As soon as possible

Vacancies: 10

Terms of Employment: Permanent, full time, 40 to 60 hours per week

Employment Conditions: Early morning, Evening, Shift, Morning, Night, Day

Benefits: Transportation provided by employer

 

Job Requirements

Language: English

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

On site: Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Green job: The employer stated that this position is a green job, because it involves tasks and responsibilities contributing to positive environmental outcomes and helping Canada achieve its net-zero target.

Work site environment: Outdoors, Noisy, Dusty, Cold/refrigerated, Hot

Work setting: Remote location

Experience and specialization:

·       Type of trucking and equipment: Surface mining dump, off-highway

·       Technical experience: Mapping and surveying

·       Equipment and machinery experience: Air-track drilling machine, Blasting machines, Drilling machine, Well casings

·       Specialization or experience: Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Security and safety: Criminal record check, Drug test

Transportation/travel information: Willing to travel, Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities: Work under pressure, Physically demanding, Attention to detail, Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability: Dependability, Flexibility, Team player, Reliability

Job duties and responsibilities include:

·       Determine depth and diameter of blast holes

·       Operate tracked or truck-mounted drill equipped with auger or other attachment to drillholes for building foundations or pilings

·       Operate air-track, rotary, down-the-hole or other drilling machines to drill blast holes or may direct drilling of blast holes

·       Drive and operate air-track or other drilling machines to bore large blast holes to specified depths at staked positions in open-pit mine or quarry

·       Operate drilling machines to drill blast holes in rock at road or other construction sites

 

 

How to Apply:

By email: employment@kluanedrilling.ca

Job reference number: KDL10

Answers to the following screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?

What might be required by the employer later in the hiring process: References attesting experience, Letter of recommendation