Welding Foreman – Equipment Maintenance

Overview

At Morgan, we don’t just build projects, we build careers and futures! Join us as a WELDING FOREMAN - EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE  and play a pivotal role in our dynamic world of heavy civil construction!

Rotation:     5 DAYS ON / 2 DAYS OFF

Shift:           12 Hours

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• Successful completion of Alcohol and Drug Screening
• Successful completion of comprehensive Fitness-to-Work Assessment. This assessment is job-related, focusing on the physical demands and safety sensitive nature of the work, and is conducted in accordance with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements and the Alberta Human Rights Act. The assessment will cover:
  • Health History Review: A thorough examination of the candidate’s health background.
  • Pre-Medical Evaluation: Measurements such as height, weight, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation.
  • Musculoskeletal Examination: A head-to-toe assessment to identify any limitations or concerns related to physical health.
  • Critical Strength and Mobility Test: A series of tasks assessing lifting, carrying, and positional abilities aligned with the job’s physical demands (up to 50 lbs).
• Worker to provide:
  • Valid Safety Training tickets
    • CSO / BSO / CSTS-09/ OSSA Regional 
    • Intermediate First Aid with CPR & AED
    • H2S Alive
  • Valid Driver’s License
  • CSA Approved safety boots - minimum 6" high & fully laceable.

Position Overview:

Morgan Construction is a privately held heavy civil, mining and infrastructure contractor operating across Canada and the US. We run a large mixed fleet of Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi and Deere equipment across oil sands and mining sites, and we build projects alongside more than 40 Indigenous business partners. Our Equipment Maintenance team keeps that fleet working, and we're looking for a hands-on welding leader to join it.

Reports to: General Foreman, Maintenance

Coverage Area: Based at Poplar Creek, supporting Morgan sites across the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Key Opportunity: Shape welding standards across a large heavy equipment fleet. Based at our Poplar Creek shop and supporting Morgan sites across the Wood Buffalo region, you'll lead the welding crew from the floor: PM inspections, structural and wear repairs, outside vendors and failure analysis, and the shop standards everyone works to. Your job is to keep structural and wear problems from turning into downtime: fix it right the first time, document it properly, and make sure we learn from every failure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the crew. Assign work and set priorities, run toolbox talks and handovers, and coach welders and apprentices on technique and quality. Review repairs before units go back to service, and hold contract welders to the same standard.
• PMs and planned welding. Build structural and wear inspections into the PM program, turn findings into planned work, and package repairs so each unit is down once.
• Repairs on machinery. Carry out and supervise structural, wear and component repairs on mobile equipment, following OEM repair procedures. Make sure every job starts with proper isolation and hot work controls.
• Heat treat. Identify base materials and set preheat, interpass and post-weld heat treat requirements. Control cracking risk on high-strength steel, wear plate and castings. Arrange off-site heat treat and NDT when needed.
• Wear packages. Own the wear program for buckets, bodies, blades and liners: liner, hardfacing and wear-button setups, inspection intervals and change-out criteria. Track wear life by application and work with Parts on stocking.
• Off-site vendors. Scope and quote work for machine shops, line boring, heat treat, NDT and fabrication vendors. Inspect returned work, and hold vendors to scope, quality, schedule and invoiced hours.
• Failure analysis. Find the failure mode before you fix it. Treat repeat failures as root-cause problems, document findings, and recommend corrective action.
• Best practices and templates. Develop shop standards and build and maintain the crew's templates: inspection checklists, weld repair reports, wear package specs, failure analysis reports, vendor scopes and hot work pre-job checklists.
• CMMS. Create, assign and close work orders, and record labour, parts and vendor costs to the right unit or job. Write complete repair histories with photos and records, and use CMMS data to spot repeat failures and track wear life.
• Safety. Lead hot work safety for the crew. Stop unsafe work, and report serious structural failures to HSE right away.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Experience leading or lead-handing a welding crew
• Hands-on CMMS experience (SAP PM, JD Edwards, Maximo or similar), including creating and closing work orders, recording labour and parts, and pulling equipment history
• Working knowledge of structural repair, heat treat requirements, wear materials and hardfacing
• Ability to read drawings and repair procedures, write scopes, and build practical templates and reports
• Basic understanding of job costing, including unit charge vs. job charge
• A strong safety mindset and the confidence to hold the line on quality

Preferred:

• Red Seal Journeyperson Welder
• Heavy equipment or mining equipment maintenance experience
• Current CWB tickets

About Morgan:

Over the past 40+ years, Morgan has completed over 5400 heavy civil projects. With a growing workforce of more than 1000 skilled professionals, our team is made up of experts in their fields, we move the earth - and we love it!

Our company is committed to the excellence of our work, workplace safety and building trust with our clients. We believe in our people and that they are the backbone of our success. Join us as a Morganite and be a part of our commitment to our values and pillars of excellence!

Why Choose Morgan Construction?

• Competitive Compensation: We offer industry-leading wages, making your dedication even more rewarding.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Enrollment in our hour bank benefits plan, including extended health, dental, and life insurance.
• Stability and Growth: Opportunities for year-round work opportunities and career development and training.
• Unique Work Lifestyle: With our project work occurring in remote areas, you will experience a truly unique working lifestyle.

Use of AI Technology:

AI technology is used to assist with screening / assessing applications. 

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