Job Category: Site Services
Location: Key Lake
Work Contract: Temp Full-Time (K3)
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About Us
Key Lake
Key Lake, located in northern Saskatchewan, is the world’s largest high-grade uranium mill. The uranium milled at Key Lake is used for nuclear fuel products, which utilities around the world rely on to generate safe, reliable, emissions-free nuclear power. Cameco is one of the largest global providers of the uranium fuel needed to energize a clean-air world.
Position and Responsibilities
As a Services Operator 2 at Key Lake, you will be responsible for operating a variety of mobile equipment to maintain the site, roads and airport in a safe and effective manner. You will be required to haul slurry from McArthur River site to Key Lake site. You will also assist in training and monitoring junior operators and provide support to other trades on site. You will troubleshoot equipment problems and test equipment after repairs. This is a temporary 12-month contract.
Required:
- Minimum grade 12 or equivalent.
- A minimum of three to five years of relevant work experience.
- Experience on dozer, backhoes, graders, vac trucks, large loaders.
- Valid 1A driver’s license with a minimum of verified 150,000 km B-train experience.
- Willingness to perform manual labour as required.
- Work a rotation schedule and commute to site by aircraft.
Assets:
- Mobile crane operating experience.
Conditions of Employment:
- Substance test License verification
Cameco is an employment equity employer and aims to achieve gender parity, and as such, preference will be given to qualified members of equity groups. We are strengthened by the diverse backgrounds of experiences and encourage applicants with various levels of expertise to apply, as equivalent combination of education and work experience are considered.
Req ID #: 40131
Posted: July 18, 2024
Posting end date: August 8, 2024
Hourly wage: $54.47
Safety Sensitive Site.
Preference will be given to Residents of Saskatchewan’s North (RSN).
The Key Lake operation is located in northern Saskatchewan and operates on a two week on/two week off rotational schedule. Employees commute to the site by aircraft from designated locations in Saskatchewan.
The physical and psychological safety of our employee’s is a top priority at Cameco. We invite candidates to voluntarily disclose accommodation requirements, if contacted in relation to a job opportunity. Information received will be addressed confidentially and Cameco’s Workplace Inclusion and Accommodation Program document is available upon request. Successful candidates for all positions that will involve work at Safety Sensitive Sites or in Safety Sensitive Positions must take and pass a Substance Test, which includes marijuana, as a condition of employment. Marijuana remains in a user’s system for about 30 days, so applicants who recently used marijuana recreationally should not expect to pass a substance test.
Vacancies identified within a unionized work location will be governed by the respective collective bargaining agreement. In cases where a job opportunity exists, senior qualified employees shall be entitled to preference.
