Bridge Maintenance Worker (Special Works Crew) (23 Weeks) (Port Hawkesbury)
About The Position
As the Bridge Maintenance Worker, your worksite is the great outdoors. You are often working from heights while constructing and maintaining timber, steel, and concrete bridges and culverts, as well as large aluminum structures within your assigned geographic area. Successful candidates are required to complete two weeks of designated training including classroom and on-the-job training, as well as further on-site training and mentoring from qualified staff to be properly qualified for the various activities/duties of this position. Training will cover various areas including but not limited to: Fall Protection, Ladder Safety, Aerial Boom Lift devices, Rescue Training, Safe Boating Course; Power Saw Safety, Timber Bridge construction techniques; Scaffold Erection and Disassembly; Rigging, Signaling, Confined Space, Level 1 Bridge Inspections.
Requirements
- Three (3) years of related experience
- A valid Class 5 drivers license and an acceptable driving record
- Ability to understand and comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations
- Ability to work in confined spaces
- Valid driver abstract
Nice To Haves
- A Class 3 license with air brakes
- Highway and bridge maintenance experience
- Fall Arrest Protection, Personal Protective Equipment and Scaffolding, Traffic Control Person
- WHMIS, First Aid and CPR
- Familiarity with Department plans, guidelines and specifications for bridge maintenance, repair and maintenance techniques
Responsibilities
- lifting and carrying materials weighing up to 50lbs
- wheel barrowing concrete up to 50m in distance
- using jack hammers, troweling or finishing concrete
- hammering spikes through wooden timbers
- walking up and down sloped banks with equipment and materials
- working at heights while wearing fall arrest equipment
- installing and climbing scaffolding and staging
- erecting aluminum signs, barrels and cones
Benefits
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Health
- Dental
- Life Insurance
- General illness
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Vacation
- Employee and Family Assistance Programs
- Career development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
- Engaging workplace: our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
- Countless career paths
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
