Journeyperson Welder - Kearl Oil Sands - Fly In/Out - Two Week Rotations
NACG is hiring a Journeyperson Welder for the Kearl site in Fort McMurray. This position involves performing welding repairs on mining equipment, including haul trucks, excavators, shovels, and dozers. The role operates on a 14x14 rotation with camp accommodations provided. Flights to and from Fort McMurray are included, and there is no overtime due to Kearl's blended rate. Benefits, tool and boot allowances, and career growth opportunities are available.
Position
Field
Trades & TechniciansWork Rotation
Accommodations
Responsibilities
The Journeyperson Welder will be responsible for welding repairs and fabrication on heavy mining equipment.
- Perform repairs on mining equipment such as haul trucks, excavators, shovels, and dozers
- Develop work scopes and execute welding tasks
- Fabricate from blueprints
- Complete reports and fill out work orders
- Follow NACG codes of practice and safety procedures
Requirements
Applicants must meet the following qualifications:
- Red Seal or Alberta Journeyperson Welder certification
- 1-2 years of experience in heavy equipment repair (trucks, dozers, shovels, excavators)
- Experience with mobile equipment repairs, ice lugging, lancing, and gouging
- Proficiency in Stick, MIG, and large wire-feed welders
- Experience with radiograph, Cooper-heat, plasma cutter, lance, overhead crane
- Able to work outside if necessary
- Strong communication skills in English (verbal and written)
- Intermediate computer skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Valid Class 5 Driver's License and recent abstract
- Valid CSO and Wood Buffalo Wildlife ticket
- Ability to pass pre-employment fitness-to-work tests
Perks and Benefits
This position offers comprehensive benefits.
- Up to $63.07/hour pay rate
- Vacation and statutory holiday pay included in each paycheck
- Night shift premium of $1.20/hour
- Paid weekly
- IUOE Local 955 membership
- Medical and dental benefits after 400 hours worked
- Camp accommodations provided
- Flights provided to and from Fort McMurray
- Boot and tool allowances
- PPE provided (excluding CSA-certified steel-toed boots)
- Career growth and future advancement opportunities
Worksite/Project
Kearl Oil Sands Project
The Kearl Oil Sands Project, located 70 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, is a major oil sands mining operation owned by Imperial Oil, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil. Since its production began in 2013, the project has utilized advanced extraction technologies like froth treatment to separate bitumen from oil sands, which is then upgraded into synthetic crude oil. The project is a significant contributor to Alberta's oil sands production, supporting the province's energy sector. In addition to its production efforts, Kearl emphasizes environmental stewardship through water management and land reclamation initiatives, while also fostering community engagement and economic development with local and Indigenous communities.
Kearl Oil Sands ProjectEmployer Hiring
North American Construction Group
North American Construction Group (NACG) is one of Canada's largest mining and heavy civil construction contractors, publicly traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the ticker NOA. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Acheson, Alberta, the company provides contract mining, overburden removal, site development, earthworks, tailings management, and mine reclamation services across Canada, the United States, and Australia. Its core operations are concentrated in the Fort McMurray oil sands region of northern Alberta, where it delivers large-scale earthmoving and mine support to major oil, natural gas, and resource producers. NACG operates one of the largest independently owned fleets of haul trucks, shovels, and earthmoving equipment of any contractor in the region, and provides heavy equipment maintenance, rebuild, and support services through subsidiaries such as ML Northern Services. Its Australian operations, expanded through the acquisition of the MacKellar Group, serve the mining sector as a Tier 1 contractor. The company also works through several Indigenous partnerships, and holds a 49% interest in the Nuna Group of Companies, Canada's largest majority Inuit-owned mining and heavy civil contractor.
North American Construction Group