Construction Labourer – URD
Job Title: Construction Labourer – URD
Location: Rocky View, AB
Reports to: Manager, Construction Operations
Job Posting#: 126
Application Deadline: August 8, 2025
We are seeking experienced labourers to join our Underground Residential Distribution (URD) team. The ideal candidates will have a solid background in underground utility installation and a strong understanding of job site safety and procedures. You will support the installation of underground power systems, conduit, cable, transformers, pedestals, and related infrastructure for residential developments.
Responsibilities:
- Perform physical labour to assist with URD utility installations
- Ensures safe and steady production of the work.
- Loads and unloads construction materials on site.
- Assists heavy equipment operators with swamping.
- Lays pipe in trench, connects pipe using hands and hand tools.
- Pulls cable in pipe or directly into trench.
- Shovels, rakes and levels aggregates, including sand, in the trench.
- Assist linemen, operators, and other crew members as needed
- Assists in site clean-up.
- Other duties as required
Qualifications:
- Is in good physical health with no limitations.
- Has familiarity working around excavation equipment.
- Good hand-eye coordination.
- Works well as a team in accomplishing projects.
- Has an interest in learning blueprint reading and referencing specification guidelines.
- Promotion of safe work practices.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and work outdoors in various weather conditions
- Good communication skills both verbal and written
A few qualifications that would help you succeed:
- Minimum 2-4 years of URD or underground utility labourer experience
- Knowledge of underground utility construction and electrical distribution systems
- Ability to work in trenches and other confined areas
- Experience with hand and power tools
- Strong commitment to safety practices
- Ability to pass pre-employment drug screening
- Own means of transportation to and from the site.
- Valid Driver’s License and Driver’s abstract in good standing.
This is a safety-sensitive position and is subject to Primary’s Alcohol and Drug Policy, which includes pre-employment testing.
If you are ready for a new challenge and want to make a difference in the industry, please apply below:
We thank all candidates for their application however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
**Please note, you must be legally able to work in Canada**
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Primary Engineering and Construction Corporation (Primary) is a growth-oriented industry leader providing professional electrical engineering and construction services and specializing in emerging marketplaces in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
We offer design and design/build services for all types of electric utility distribution infrastructure to a wide variety of clients including electric utility companies, developers, builders, commercial and industrial businesses, oil companies, government, and private contractors. Our devotion to excellence has attracted some of the best young professional minds to our company.
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The safety and well-being of our people, our clients, and our communities is our top priority in any work we do and is never comprised. Safety is one of the core values that every member of our team understands and lives by, and we ensure this through communication, education and participation. Our safety goal has always been zero incidents, and we work together through every project to achieve that goal.
Safety is ingrained in every project and each task our employees and contractors complete, whether in the office or onsite. Primary has developed effective workplace health and safety management programs designed to reduce and eliminate the number of work-related injuries, leading to a safety track record well above industry average. We are also diligent in selecting the companies we work with, choosing only those with a safety standard as high as our own.