Firefighter, Casual

Employment Opportunity

FIREFIGHTER

Lac La Biche County is an organization driven by principles surrounding Excellence, Communication, Safety and Wellness, Collaboration, and Environmental Sustainability. Our employees enjoy the charm of working in the Lakeland Region, away from the hustle and bustle of the big city while still being able to enjoy a diverse, fast paced and fulfilling work environment. Our community is known to be one of the most diverse and unique communities in Alberta. Not only is it rich in history and culture, but it is also surrounded by forests, parks, lakes, and golden sand beaches!

We continuously strive to remain an employer of choice by offering a strong health and safety program, competitive pay, amazing benefits, opportunities for professional development, as well as many wellness initiatives that support a work/life balance. We also take pride in maintaining high standards surrounding equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace.

Purpose of the position

The candidate will be responsible for (but not limited to):

• Providing firefighting and rescue operations support in response to fires, disasters, and other emergency incidents.
• Attending at minimum 25 training events a year.

Want to be a part of our County team?

To be successful in this position, you will:

• Come to us with related training and experience with demonstrated passion to continue to develop in the firefighting field.
• Be able to act quickly and calmly in emergencies.
• Have good conflict resolution skills.
• Be well-developed in public relations skills.

If this sounds like you, please proceed with your application!

For more information regarding specific position responsibilities and required abilities/ qualifications, please refer to the attached job description (if applying outside of our Lac La Biche County website, the full Job Description will be available once you start your application process)

Position details

• Salary starts at $21.72 (hourly) and increases with training and years of service
• Casual position
• Hours: On call for days, evenings and weekends

Competition Number: 24-FIF-26

Closing Date: Open until enough suitable candidates applied to run training class

If applying outside of our Lac La Biche County website, interested candidates are invited to submit their resume by clicking on the following link:

https://llbc.startdate.ca/ 

Candidates from this competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same classification level within the next 6 months.

We thank all interested applicants; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.