Job Details

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 Description

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