Gradeperson
Join us as a Gradeperson!
Copcan Civil, part of NorLand Limited, is searching for Gradepersons in the Okanagan region, with extensive knowledge and experience in city, urban pipe laying, and road building.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Being proficient in the use of survey instruments to establish correct grades for construction projects
- Reading drawings and preparing notes to lay various municipal pipe types and systems
- Understanding offset layout and cut sheets provided by subcontracted survey companies
- Maintaining, checking, and transporting survey instruments
- Communicating effectively with the pipe crew to set pipes or elements correctly
- Keeping notes to record installation details and accurately/neatly transposing all of those as build drawings
- Proactively preparing for the upcoming operations
- Ensuring work is being undertaken safely and maximizing safe production
- Working with the crew to set grades daily as builds
- Training and mentoring crew, care, and maintenance of Gradeperson’s tools
- Following instructions and operating as a productive member of a high-functioning team
- Working independently, as well as part of a team
- Being punctual and having excellent attendance
What we are looking for:
- Ability to work under pressure (nothing can go forward until the pipe shooter is ready)
- Ability to switch to road building when required
- Demonstrated experience with GPS systems is an asset
- Must be mathematically inclined to accurately perform many functions of the role
- Safety knowledge and experience in the construction industry
- Valid BC driver’s license preferred
- First aid is considered an asset
- Fit to work – ability to see, hear, walk, stand, and lift up to 50lbs
- Have a positive attitude and willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions
- Ability to communicate effectively both written and orally
- Willing to travel across the Okanagan for different projects in varied weather conditions
Expected wage range: $30 to $40 per hour (exact compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, internal equity, and other criterion)
We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in our recruitment and hiring practices.