Posted 25 months ago
Boom Truck Driver
@ LaPrairie Group
Lloydminster, Alberta
Overview
LaPrairie Group is hiring a full-time Boom Truck Driver in the Lloydminster, Alberta area to operate boom trucks, winch trucks and lowbed trucks hauling customer equipment. The role requires a Class 1 licence, boom truck certification and 3-5 years of highway driving experience, with rotational day and night shifts.
Responsibilities:
- Operate boom and winch trucks to load and unload equipment
- Haul commodities on lowbed and multi-axle trailers
- Complete pre-operational checks and daily inspection reports
- Follow Hours of Service and logbook regulations
- Follow dispatch schedules and HSE policies
Requirements summary:
- Valid Class 1 driver's licence
- Certified boom truck operator
- 3-5 years on and off highway driving experience
- Winch and lowbed truck operating experience
- Experience pulling 32-to-48-wheel trailer configurations
- Acceptable driver's abstract, 5 years minimum
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Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · bamboohr
- Employer posting date
- 2024-10-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Transportation & driving |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Vehicle, Client sites, Outdoors |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Background checks | drug and alcohol, driving record |
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LaPrairie Group
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Full company description
LaPrairie solves your project challenges with a highly skilled workforce, innovative thinking, and state-of-the-art equipment. Our operational team and comprehensive fleet of cranes, trucks, and heavy equipment are ready to deliver – anytime, anywhere. Whether it’s executing super-heavy engineered lifts, hauling extra-heavy loads, maintaining the safety of your roads, mining and trucking aggregates, or supplying and delivering quality frac sand products – LaPrairie gives you the advantage. LaPrairie Crane Our team of hoisting engineers and riggers bring “tons of experience”, along with professionally engineered lift studies, that make for an exceptional safety record. We are specialists in engineering and executing highly complex and extra-heavy lifts. LaPrairie Haul Heavy haul logistics specialists tackle jobs of all sizes and scope. We are highly skilled transportation and heavy haul professionals with broad experience in harsh, remote northern environments. LaPrairie Works LaPrairie Works provides expertise in highway and bridge maintenance, slope stabilization, and environmental remediation. We are proud to be formally recognized with industry and ministerial awards for innovation and environmental stewardship. LaPrairie Oilfield Our specialized trailer fleet of pneumatic, bottom dump, and live bottom trailers, coupled with multiple, strategically located trans-load centers enables LaPrairie to be first on site with just in time deliveries. Canadian Silica Industries Produces API Spec, 20/40, 30/50, 40/70 & 100 mesh frac sand with easy access to the Montney, Duverney, and Cardium Formations, with trans-load facilities conveniently located in Fort Nelson, and Dawson Creek BC. Our mining operation in Arcadia, WI produces washed sand delivered by barge or rail across North America. LaPrairie Rock Equipped to handle every phase of the materials engineering process, from initial exploration to delivery of the end product.
- LinkedIn followers
- 2,588
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 167
- Reported office locations
- Calgary, Alberta T2P 1N8, CA
- 427 Gregoire Dr, 201, Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 4K7, CA
- Business categories
- Construction
- Residential
- Commercial Real Estate
- Transportation
- Rental
- Other recorded names
- LaPrairie Group
- LaPrairie Group of Companies
- Specialties
- Canadian Crane Rental Services
- Heavy Haul Solutions
- Highway Maintenance
- Transportation
- Aggregate Resources
- and Proppant Solutions in Canada and USA
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
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LaPrairie solves your project challenges with a highly skilled workforce, innovative thinking, and state-of-the-art equipment. Our operational team and comprehensive fleet of cranes, trucks, and heavy equipment are ready to deliver – anytime, anywhere. Whether it’s executing super-heavy engineered lifts, hauling extra-heavy loads, maintaining the safety of your roads, mining and trucking aggregates, or supplying…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Canadian Crane Rental ServicesHeavy Haul SolutionsHighway MaintenanceTransportationAggregate Resourcesand Proppant Solutions in Canada and USA |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 59 |
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CAPSTAN Hauling, a diversified, trucking company (acquired by LAPRAIRIE Group of Companies) is recruiting full-time Boom Truck Drivers with lowbed and winch truck operating experience, who are local to the Lloydminster, Alberta area.
LaPrairie Group of Companies (LAPRAIRIE) is a family-owned group of companies that provides full-service crane and rigging, heavy hauling, highway and bridge maintenance, civil construction, fleet maintenance and industrial mineral mining and distribution services to customers across Western Canada and Northeastern USA. The 100% Canadian family-owned group of companies' services customers through their various subsidiaries, including, LaPrairie Crane, Northland Fleet Services, Entrec Alberta, Capstan Hauling, LaPrairie Works, LaPrairie Works Oilfield Services, and Canadian Silica Industries.
Responsibilities:
Duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Operate a winch truck to winch load and unload equipment as required.
- Haul customer commodities with various multi-axle trailer configurations, including lowbed trucks.
- Operate a Boom Truck to hoist and transport commodities.
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment and complete daily inspection reports.
- Adhere to Hours of Service and Logbook Regulations.
- Adhere to daily schedules set out by Dispatch & Supervisors.
- Complete daily paperwork / reporting accurately and on time.
- Promote safety culture and adhere to HSE policies.
- Maintain a clean and organized truck.
- Report all equipment repairs and maintenance requests to the Shop lead and Dispatch.
Skills and Requirements:
- Must hold a valid Class 1 Driver’s License.
- Must be a certified Boom Truck Operator.
- 3-5 years on/off highway driving experience.
- Must have equipment hauling experience.
- Must have winch and lowbed truck operating experience.
- Must have experience pulling 32-to-48-wheel Trailer configurations.
- Availability to work rotational shifts, including days and nights.
- Ability to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.
- Solid communication skills and ability to work in a team setting and alone as required.
- Ability to navigate work sites and adapt to daily changes in scopes of work.
- Acceptable drivers abstract (5 years minimum).
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