Posted 3 months ago
Equipment Operator I, Terrace, BC
@ Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.
Terrace, British Columbia
Overview
Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. is hiring a full-time Equipment Operator I in Terrace, B.C., on its Construction and Maintenance team. The work involves operating and maintaining excavators, crawler tractors, sidebooms and rubber-tired equipment on natural gas transmission and distribution systems, often in remote areas and adverse weather. The posting states an hourly wage of $48.41 and that the position is in the IBEW bargaining unit.
Pay:
$48.41 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Operate and maintain tracked excavators, crawler tractors and sidebooms
- Operate rubber-tired equipment, including backhoes, loaders and Hiab trucks
- Excavate and expose live high-pressure pipelines
- Perform mainline valve maintenance and emergency repairs in remote areas
- Operate stations manually under Measurement or Management direction
Requirements summary:
- Grade 12 or equivalent education
- Class 1 driver's licence required
- Proven competence operating heavy equipment near high-pressure gas lines
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
- Ability to work long hours in adverse weather and terrain
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-11
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Maintenance & repair |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Client sites, Vehicle |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical high · computer low |
| Driver’s licence | required |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.
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Providing natural gas to Northern British Columbia since 1968.
Full company description
Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) owns and operates a natural gas transmission and distribution system in west-central British Columbia, and through its subsidiary Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. (PNG(NE)), owns and operates natural gas distribution systems and a gas processing plant in the province’s northeast. This includes approximately 3000 km of distribution mains and services pipelines; and 1200 km of transmission pipelines. It is PNG’s goal to fulfill the energy needs of customers in the safest, most reliable and most efficient manner while achieving high customer satisfaction. PNG has been operating in Northern British Columbia for over 50 years. PNG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TriSummit Utilities Inc.
- LinkedIn followers
- 3,675
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 105
- Reported office locations
- 888 Dunsmuir St, 750, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3K4, CA
- Field Office, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0, CA
- Field Office, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0, CA
- Field Office, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4J5, CA
- Field Office, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2C4, CA
- 2900 Kerr St, Terrace, British Columbia V8G 4L9, CA
- 10016 104 St, Fort St John, British Columbia V1J 6L1, CA
- Business categories
- Oil and Gas
- Other recorded names
- Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.
- Specialties
- Natural Gas
- Utilities
- and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) owns and operates a natural gas transmission and distribution system in west-central British Columbia, and through its subsidiary Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. (PNG(NE)), owns and operates natural gas distribution systems and a gas processing plant in the province’s northeast. This includes approximately 3000 km of distribution mains and services pipelines; and 1200 km of…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Utilities |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1965 |
| Specialties | Natural GasUtilitiesand Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 7 |
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Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG), a subsidiary of TriSummit Utilities Inc., owns and operates natural gas transmission and distribution systems in British Columbia’s lower Peace River, west central, and north coast regions. PNG’s western transmission line extends from the Enbridge gas transmission system north of Prince George along the Highway 16 and Highway 37 south corridors to Terrace and then onto the port communities of Kitimat and Prince Rupert, providing transportation and gas services to twelve communities and a number of industrial facilities. In the Province’s northeast, Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. provides gas transmission and distribution service in the Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Tumbler Ridge areas.
Our Construction and Maintenance Department has an immediate opening for a qualified Equipment Operator to join our team in Terrace, B.C. reporting to the Superintendent, Construction & Maintenance.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work as a Crew Member engaged in construction, operations and maintenance of natural gas transmission and distribution systems.
- Drive, operate and change all attachments and perform running maintenance on tracked excavators, crawler tractors, and sidebooms in order to construct and maintain rights-of-way and roads.
- Drive, operate and change all attachments and do running maintenance on any of the rubber-tired equipment used on the gas transmission and distribution system, such as hydraulically operated backhoe and front end loaders, “Hiab” on 5 Ton Flat Deck Trucks and transportation equipment.
- Maintain a good working knowledge of the maintenance and operation of all PE fusion equipment.
- Excavate and expose live high-pressure pipelines using tracked excavators.
- Identify, troubleshoot and repair, where possible, problems on equipment.
- Perform maintenance on mainline valves including blow down of valve sites.
- Perform mechanical maintenance and emergency repairs in remote areas.
- Operate stations manually under the direction of Measurement or Management personnel, to provide the optimum pressures and flow.
- Keep abreast of new developments in construction and maintenance and have a good working knowledge of all Standard Practice Instructions and Operating and Maintenance Standard Procedures.
Qualifications:
- Grade 12 or equivalent education.
- Appropriate Driver’s License for equipment operated. (Class 1, Required)
- Demonstrated competence in the safe, efficient and effective operation and maintenance of tracked excavators, crawler tractors, sidebooms, etc. and a proven ability to safely operate heavy equipment close to high pressure gas lines.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability to work long hours in adverse weather and terrain conditions.
- Mechanical aptitude.
- Ability to identify, troubleshoot and repair, where possible, problems on equipment.
This position is within the bargaining unit (IBEW). Hourly wage: $48.41
Pacific Northern Gas is committed to recruiting an inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the community we proudly serve. Inclusion and diversity strengthen our ability to partner for progress by inviting different ideas and perspectives and promoting innovative thinking, creativity and open communications.
We thank all applicants for their interest in our organization, but only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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