Hydrovac Operator
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta | Full Time, Long Term | $35.00 to $40.00 per hour

Hydrovac operating experience, or vac truck and combo unit experience

Position Type: Full Time, Long Term

Location: Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, working across west central Alberta

Compensation: $35.00 to $40.00 per hour, based on verified hydrovac seat time

Schedule: Day shifts with overtime, plus call out and weekend work as jobs demand

Hours: Overtime paid after 8 hours in a day or 44 hours in a week

Licence: Class 3 with air brake (Q) endorsement minimum, Class 1 preferred, clean driver's abstract

Certification: H2S Alive, Standard First Aid with CPR, CSTS-2020 or PST, Ground Disturbance Level 2

Pre-Employment: Alcohol and drug screening plus a comprehensive Fitness-to-Work Assessment. Full details on page 2.

Start: Immediate

GrizzlyTrek Group
GrizzlyTrek Group is a Technical Workforce and Indigenous Employment Partner. We recruit skilled trades across Canada's industrial sector and place them with reputable employers offering long term work, fair pay, and room to advance. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and proudly support Indigenous employment.

What You'll Do

Operate a hydrovac unit for daylighting, potholing and slot trenching around live pipelines, utilities and well site infrastructure

Set up and run the wand, boom and vacuum system safely, including work in and around open excavations

Hand expose buried facilities in line with ground disturbance requirements, locate documents and site prints

Complete pre-trip and post-trip inspections, and keep the unit clean, fueled and service ready

Haul and offload spoils to approved disposal facilities and complete manifests and paperwork correctly

Complete FLHAs, hazard assessments and permits before the job, and field tickets after it

Work safely around client crews, operating facilities and traffic, following site specific procedures

What You Bring

Class 3 licence with air brake (Q) endorsement,



Class 1 preferred, and a clean current driver's abstract

Hydrovac operating experience, or vac truck and combo unit experience with the ability to move onto a hydrovac

Current tickets: H2S Alive, Standard First Aid with CPR, CSTS-2020 or PST, and Ground Disturbance Level 2

Comfortable working around live pipelines, utilities and operating facilities, and able to read locate documents and prints

Able to work outdoors in all weather, handle hose and wand for long stretches, and repeatedly lift up to 50 lbs

Reliable and safety-first, and able to run a unit at a customer site without someone standing over you

Nice to Have

Class 1 licence, and experience running a tridem unit or pulling a trailer

Steam truck, pressure truck or combo vac experience

Confined Space Entry and Fall Protection tickets, or a current oil and gas site orientation on file

Pre-Employment Requirements

Successful completion of Alcohol and Drug Screening

Successful completion of comprehensive Fitness-to-Work Assessment. This assessment is job-related, focusing on the physical demands and safety sensitive nature of the work, and is conducted in accordance with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements and the Alberta Human Rights Act. The assessment will cover:

Health History Review: A thorough examination of the candidate's health background.

Pre-Medical Evaluation: Measurements such as height, weight, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation.

Musculoskeletal Examination: A head-to-toe assessment to identify any limitations or concerns related to physical health.

Critical Strength and Mobility Test:



A series of tasks assessing lifting, carrying, and positional abilities aligned with the job's physical demands (up to 50 lbs).

Worker to provide valid safety training tickets, a valid driver's licence with a current driver's abstract, and CSA approved safety boots (minimum 6 inch, fully laceable)

Employment is conditional upon successfully meeting all of the pre-employment requirements listed above.

Work Workplace

Outdoor work in all weather, year round, at lease sites, plants, municipal projects and road right of ways

Day shifts with overtime, plus call out and weekend work as jobs demand

Physical work: hose and wand handling, climbing on and off the unit, and repeated lifting up to 50 lbs

Noise, vibration, and exposure to water, spoils and site traffic

Work around live pipelines, utilities and operating facilities under permit and locate requirements

Why Operators Take This Job
$35.00 to $40.00 an hour, and where you land in that range comes down to hydrovac time you can verify, not a number talked down after the interview. Overtime starts after 8 hours in a day, not after 10 or 12. Required orientations and assessments are paid at $18.00 an hour, so the days before you turn a wheel are paid days. The work is out of Rocky Mountain House and stays in west central Alberta, so you are driving home, not flying north. And the units run year round, so this is long term work rather than one job and a layoff.

Pay is a gross hourly rate before deductions.

What We Offer

Overtime after 8 hours in a day or 44 hours in a week

Required orientations and assessments paid at $18.00 per hour

Life insurance plus AD&D; with critical illness and cancer coverage

Extended health: drugs, hospital, vision, and paramedical including mental health

Dental coverage, including orthodontic coverage for children

Travel insurance, plus ongoing training and career development support

#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Hydrovac Operator (Alberta)
🏢 Grizzlytrek Group
📍 Alberta