Newforce Energy Services Ltd. is a diversified oilfield services company with divisions in pipeline, facilities, electrical, and instrumentation. Our Head Office is in Drayton Valley, AB with a secondary location 5 minutes from Sylvan Lake, AB on Highway 11.

Newforce has an opening for an experienced Picker Truck Operator in the Sylvan Lake or Drayton Valley area.

About this Opportunity: We are an equal opportunity employer. We offer competitive pay, employee benefits, and subsistence.

Qualifications and Experience

• Oil field safety tickets; H2S Alive, Ground disturbance level 2, First Aid, Common safety orientation.
• 3 years of work experience in the trade
• Class 5 Licence with 3-year commercial driver abstract.
• Experience securing loads, pulling trailers, and operating picker trucks.
• Able to read and follow maps to remote locations.

• Read and interpret drawings, blueprints, and specifications to determine layout requirements.

• Understanding of Specifications, Codes, and ABSA standards.
• Applicants must be within Sylvan Lake or the Drayton Valley area.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Installations and maintenance of piping systems
• Tie-ins for new and existing systems.
• Cut openings for pipes in walls, floors, and ceilings using hand or power tools or machines.
• Measure, cut, thread, and bend pipe to the required shape using hand and power tools.
• Weld, braze, cement, solder, and thread joints to join pipes and fabricate sections of the piping system.
• Install supports, valves, piping, and control systems.
• Test system for leaks using testing equipment.
• Clean and maintain pipe units and fittings and flush systems.
• Remove and replace worn components and reactivate the system.
• Pigging and testing of pipelines.
• Painting, housekeeping, and other laborer duties.
• Follow all company, client, and OHS safety requirements.

Personal Attributes

• Adaptability
• Attention to detail.
• Collaboration
• Stress tolerance
• Active learning
• Analytical thinking
• Independence
• Responsibility for outcomes
• Concern for others
• Problem solving.

Working Conditions

Average 10-hour days, weather conditions, changing environment, cramped and awkward positions. Working with heavy tools and materials. Working with overhead loads, knuckle-boom, overhead cranes, and rope rigging.

Job Type: Seasonal, full time

Salary: Based on Experience

Employee Benefits:

• Competitive wages
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Vision care

Supplemental pay types:

• Subsistence
• LOA or Camp