Our Journeyman HETs have some of the highest job satisfaction rates among the industry due to a competitive compensation and benefits package that are complemented by a focus on work life balance.

• Variety of shifts
• Multiple worksites and shift premiums
• Annual tool and boot allowance
• Career stability without the out-of-town commutes
• Technical training onsite and eLearning
• Variety of equipment and new units
• Benefits package with dental, health spending account and vacation
• Paid training to obtain Class 3 Licence
• Clothing provided (coveralls, jackets, gloves, PPE)
• Access to onsite gym, yearly fitness subsidy, health screening clinics, and family assistance programs
• Why work for The City?

As a Heavy Equipment Technician, you will inspect, maintain, and repair a wide variety of medium/heavy and/or diesel-powered trucks.

Primary duties include:

• Inspect, maintain, and repair a wide variety of medium/heavy and/or diesel-powered trucks, automatic transmissions, auxiliary mounted equipment, propane burner systems, trailers, and light/heavy construction equipment (examples include International, Freightliner, Kenworth, Ford, Caterpillar, John Deere, Bobcat, Kubota, and Toro).
• Perform Commercial Vehicle Inspections (CVIP), troubleshoot, repair, and overhaul various components of these vehicles.
• Provide technical training and guidance to apprentices and servicemen.

• A High School diploma or equivalent (e.g., GED).
• A Heavy Equipment Technician certificate or equivalent Interprovincial Red Seal (as recognized by the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board) is required.
• Truck and Transport and Off-Road certification.
• A valid Class 5 Driver's License (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerits and no current suspensions or charges pending.
• A Commercial Vehicle Inspection Program (CVIP) license to be completed within three months of hire and sign-off Government paperwork for CVIP vehicles is required.
• A valid Class 3 driver’s license (or provincial equivalent) with an air brake endorsement to be completed within three months of hire is required.
• The ability to use computerized laptop diagnostics programs.
• The ability to provide clear and concise work order job notes and reports of completed work.
• Applicants are required to have a standard set of mechanic hand tools.
• You have strong communication and relationship-building skills, along with sound judgment and high attention to detail.
• The ability to complete audiometric testing

The City is looking for Heavy Equipment Technician (HET) Apprentices who are enrolled in a Heavy Equipment Technician Apprentice program as recognized by Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT), which includes Truck Transport or Off-Road certification. 

• Paid tuition, textbooks, and wages
• Multiple worksites and shift premiums
• Annual tool and boot allowance
• Career stability without the out-of-town commutes
• Technical training onsite and eLearning
• Variety of equipment and new units
• Benefits package with dental, health spending account and vacation
• Paid training to obtain Class 3 Licence
• Clothing provided (coveralls, jackets, gloves, PPE)
• Access to onsite gym, yearly fitness subsidy, health screening clinics, and family assistance programs
• Why work for The City?

Primary duties include:

• Work with a journeyperson technician performing planned maintenance work as well as diagnostics, troubleshooting, and repair of vehicles and equipment.
• Follow a preventative maintenance program on a large variety of equipment.
• Enter work order information into the fleet management system.
• Perform repairs on fleet equipment using a variety of hand tools, measuring instruments and software programs.

• A High School diploma or equivalency (e.g. GED).
• Enrolled in a Heavy Equipment Technician Apprentice program as recognized by Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT), which includes Truck Transport or Off-Road certification.
• A valid Class 5 Driver's License (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerits and no current suspensions or charges pending.
• Ability to obtain a Commercial Vehicle Inspection Program (CVIP) license within three months of apprenticeship graduation and sign off Government paperwork for CVIP vehicles.
• A valid Class 3 Driver's License (or provincial equivalent) with an air brake endorsement (Q) to be completed within three months of hire.
• An original driver’s abstract no older than 60 days from all jurisdictions in which you have been a licensed driver in the past 2 years.
• Experience using computerized diagnostic programs and the ability to create clear and concise work order job notes and reports of completed work.

Our Apprentices hourly wage ranges from $31.58 to $46.24* depending on pay grade and union agreements. 

Tool allowances for Apprentices range from $337 to $647* annually  depending on union agreements.

*These wages and tool allowances are subject to change based on union agreements. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583 and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 37)