Heavy Equipment Operator Chew Excavating

Heavy Equipment Operators - Chew Excavating

Employment Type: Full Time/Unionized Hourly

Business Unit: Chew Excavating

Location: Victoria, British Columbia

Reporting to: General Manager

Wage Rate: $34.54 to $39.41 plus 11.5% vacation/Statutory holiday pay plus $2.95 pension contribution and union benefits.

Work Setting: Civil Construction

Chew Excavating, a Ralmax Company has multiple openings for qualified, experienced heavy equipment operators to join our team in Victoria, British Columbia.

Operators at Chew Excavating have opportunities to work within multiple divisions throughout the company and the security of several long-term contracts already secured with the CRD, BC Hydro and the federal government.  Applicants should be capable of operating an excavator, mini excavator, and backhoe and have experience digging on roadways, around underground utilities, and near vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Chosen candidates will undergo a skill assessment upon hire.

What we offer

• Competitive pay


• Union benefit package plus pension


• Professional development and training


• Educational advancement and courses

About the Ralmax Group of Companies

Ralmax is a diversified group of local industrial businesses focused in and around Victoria’s working harbour.  The group includes Chew Excavating, Ellice Recycle, Point Hope Maritime, Trio Ready-Mix, United Engineering, Nixon Bros. Truck Repair and Victoria Harbour Ferries. The Ralmax Group is also partnered with the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations in Salish Sea Industrial Services.

Application Process

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and cultures to join our team (including self-identifying Indigenous, status, non-status, Metis, and Inuit and non-Indigenous cultures). If you have any questions regarding this position or applying for the position, please reach out and email us at: [email protected]. We want to support all applicants during this process.

Submission Deadline: Open until filled. 

Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

We are looking forward to connecting with you!