Full-Time | Field-Based | Monday–Friday | $26/hr Training Rate + Incentive Pay
Build a Skill. Work Outdoors. Get Rewarded for Your Production.
Safesidewalks Canada Inc. is looking for hardworking, dependable people to join our growing team as Sidewalk Repair Technicians.
We work with municipalities, property managers, and other organizations across Canada to inspect and repair sidewalks. Our technicians use specialized equipment and techniques to remove trip hazards and repair damaged concrete, helping make sidewalks safer for the people who use them every day.
You do not need previous concrete experience to apply. We provide paid training and teach you how to safely operate our equipment and perform the work to our standards.
If you're someone who likes working with your hands, enjoys being outside, takes pride in doing a good job, and wants your effort to have a direct impact on your earnings, this could be a great opportunity for you.
Why Join Safesidewalks?
- $26/hour paid training rate for your first two weeks
- Move to an incentive-based pay structure after training. Average-performing technicians earn approximately $30/hour, with top-performing technicians earning in the mid-$40s/hour
- Company vehicles provided for work travel
- Accommodation and applicable travel expenses covered when travelling for work
- Paid hands-on training — no concrete experience required
- Work throughout Alberta and Canada
- Opportunities to travel and work with our sister companies in the United States and Australia
- Fast-growing Canadian company
- Strong opportunities for career advancement
- Promote-from-within culture — many of our current leaders started as technicians
- Employees receive a Health Spending Account (HSA) after the probationary period
What You'll Do
You'll work as part of a small field crew travelling to communities throughout Alberta and, depending on our project schedule, other parts of Canada.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Operating specialized concrete cutting and grinding equipment
- Removing sidewalk trip hazards and uneven concrete
- Performing various sidewalk and concrete repairs
- Measuring and documenting completed work
- Loading and unloading equipment
- Performing basic equipment maintenance
- Keeping tools and equipment clean and organized
- Completing daily safety and production documentation
- Working with your crew to meet daily production goals
This is not a desk job — and that's exactly what many of our technicians like about it.
Who We're Looking For
We're looking for people who are:
- Dependable and consistently show up on time
- Comfortable working outdoors
- Physically capable of performing demanding work throughout the day
- Willing to learn and improve
- Comfortable working toward daily production goals
- Able to work independently once properly trained
- Mechanically inclined or comfortable learning to operate equipment
- Safety-conscious
- Entrepreneurial and ambitious
- Proud of the quality of their work
- Comfortable receiving feedback and coaching
- Willing to travel for work
Experience That Is an Asset
You do not need concrete experience to apply.
Experience in any of the following can be helpful:
- Construction
- Landscaping
- Concrete
- Asphalt
- General labour
- Equipment operation
- Mechanics
- Agriculture
- Road work
- Industrial work
- Other hands-on or physically demanding jobs
Travel
Our work takes us to communities throughout Alberta and, depending on our project schedule, other parts of Canada.
Some projects require multi-day travel away from home.
When travelling for work:
- Company vehicles are provided
- Accommodation is provided
- A daily per diem is provided to technicians for out-of-town projects
You should be comfortable spending periods of time away from home when required.
For the right person, travelling with a crew can be one of the best parts of the job. You'll get to work in different communities, meet new people, and experience different parts of Alberta and Canada while working with your team.
Build a Career at Safesidewalks
We're a fast-growing Canadian company, and we're looking for people who want to grow with us.
We strongly believe in promoting from within.
Many of the people currently in leadership positions at Safesidewalks started their careers with us as technicians and worked their way into positions with greater responsibility.
Your starting position doesn't have to be where your career ends.
As you gain experience, demonstrate leadership, and become more knowledgeable about our operations, there are opportunities to progress into roles such as:
- Senior Technician
- Lead Technician
- Operations and management roles
We look for people who are dependable, take ownership, help their teammates, produce quality work, and demonstrate that they're ready for the next step.
We want our best technicians to become our next leaders.
If you're ambitious and want to build a career with a growing company, there is room to move up at Safesidewalks.
Additional Opportunities Within
Safesidewalks operates as a seasonal company in Canada. Because our work is performed outdoors and involves concrete, Canadian winter conditions limit our ability to operate during the colder months.
However, that doesn't necessarily mean your opportunities with Safesidewalks end when the Canadian season does.
For our top-performing technicians, there may be opportunities to continue working during the winter with our sister companies in the United States or Australia.
These opportunities are based on company needs, performance, and availability and are not guaranteed, but they can provide an exciting opportunity for the right technicians to continue working, gain international experience, and see another part of the world.
Safesidewalks Canada also offers returning technicians a returning bonus at the beginning of the following season, as well as a base wage increase and position review.
Requirements
- Valid Canadian driver's licence
- Ability to safely operate, or learn to operate, company vehicles and equipment
- Ability to lift approximately 50 lbs
- Ability to work outdoors for extended periods
- Ability to travel for work
- Reliable transportation to our shop/work location
- Strong commitment to workplace safety
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $26.00-$40.00 per hour
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience working with power tools and completing regular maintenance?
- Have you worked independently in past roles?
- We bank all overtime hours, saved for future use (rain days) or paid time off. Are you comfortable with this?
- Do you have experience driving a truck and trailer?
- This is a outdoors physical labour position. Are you comfortable with repetitive bending, and lifting objects up to 50 lbs?
- Are you able and willing to travel on multi-day trips for work outside of the Edmonton Area?
Licence/Certification:
- Canadian Drivers Licence (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edmonton, AB T5S 2C9
