Summer Crew · KenCo Environmental · Drumheller, Alberta · May 1 to August 31, 2027
Most summer jobs pay you to stand behind a counter. This one pays you to be outside all summer, driving trucks across the Alberta prairie, living at camp with your crew, and heading back to school in September with $15,000 to $20,000 in your pocket.
Bring your friends. Apply together, work together, live together. By August, your crew will feel like family.
Serious money. $23 an hour plus overtime adds up fast. Most of our crew finish the summer with $15,000 to $20,000 before tax.
Your friends, your crew. We hire friends together. Spend the summer with the people you'd want to spend it with anyway.
Camp KenCo. Live with your crew in our own camp for $500 a month: No lease, no commute, no rental hunt, and more of your paycheque stays in your account.
A summer worth talking about. Trucks, trailers, side by sides and a skid steer, out in the Badlands and open prairie, not under fluorescent lights.
Experience that counts. Real environmental field work on your resume, whether you're headed for agriculture, reclamation, consulting, the environmental industry or something else entirely.
Dates
May 1 to August 31, 2027. Late starts for exams considered case by case
Pay
$23 an hour: , plus overtime
What you can save
$15,000 to $20,000 before tax, depending on weather days
Housing
Camp KenCo: shared rooms with your crew, full commercial kitchen, $500 a month
Your crew
1 to 2 person crews, led by an experienced crew leader.
Training
Weed ID, equipment and safety, all taught on the job
You and your crew keep oil and gas sites across Southern Alberta clear of weeds, a job the government requires and our clients count on. You'll learn to identify weeds, mix and apply herbicides, run the equipment, and track and document your work. Some days you'll help with light reclamation too.
We'll be straight with you, because the people who love this job are the ones who knew what they were getting into.
The day starts at 6:00 am
Days are long, 6:00am - 6:00pm
If it isn't raining or windy, we're working, weekends included. Rain and windy days are your days off
You'll walk 10,000 to 30,000 steps a day, outside, in the summer heat
That's exactly why the money is good and why crews get so close. If that sounds like a challenge you're up for, you'll fit right in.
No experience? No problem. We hire for attitude and teach the rest.
Weed ID, equipment and safety, all on the job
H2S and First Aid, CSO, Whimis and TDG provided if you don't already have them
All your required training, including your assistant applicator license. A real credential to take with you.
Love being outside and working as a team
Show up on time and keep going on the tough days
Figure things out before asking for help
Take feedback and run with it
Want to make the most of your summer, and your bank account
Students from every program are welcome, especially environmental, agriculture, horticulture
18 or older
Valid Class 5 driver's license and a clean driver's abstract
Clean criminal record check, and able to pass a drug and alcohol test
Available the full season, May 1 to August 31, and able to live at Camp KenCo or commute to Drumheller
Comfortable using a tablet and apps
Bonus points for experience on a farm, in landscaping, an outdoor trade or oil and gas, or if you can back up a trailer.
Scan the QR code or go to [application link]. It takes a few minutes. Applying with friends? Each of you apply, and add their names so we can keep you together.
One more thing: tell us your favourite summer activity. We want to get to know you, and it tells us you read this far.
What happens next: a quick phone call, then two short interviews where you'll see exactly what a day on the crew looks like. Spots are limited, so don't wait
Email: Info@kencoenvironmental.ca