Equipment Operator I

State of Oklahoma

1d • $2,709

About The Position

Starting Salary Range: $2708.92 per month Benefits: This is a full-time state position that provides a percentage of matching contributions to employees’ retirement plans, 11 holidays, and a minimum of 15 days of annual and sick leave per year. The state also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents. Basic Purpose: Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the operation of various types of equipment or machinery in performing various maintenance or construction activities, or in completing other functions involving the use of equipment or machinery. This is an entry level position and will be training with higher level equipment operators.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of light power equipment
• Knowledge of how to operate equipment safely.
• Skill is required to operate equipment.
• Ability is required to follow oral and written instructions
• Ability to communicate verbally to others in a courteous and respectful manner.
• Six (6) months of experience in the operation of trucks and light equipment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Applicant must be able to lift/carry a minimum of 40 pounds
• Applicant must be able to work in extreme weather conditions (over 95 degrees F and below 20 degrees F).
• Applicant must be able climb ladders and stairs.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license
• T1 security clearance--(Eligibility for national security positions shall be granted only to persons who are U.S. citizens.)

Responsibilities

• Drives trucks and buses to transport materials, trash, merchandise, equipment and/or employees; may load and unload truck assisted by others; makes minor mechanical repairs and keeps the truck clean and in good working order; and lubricates the moving parts or wearing surfaces of mechanical equipment.
• Drives a wheeled tractor, pulling rollers or sweeper brooms; drives tractor power mowers; operates an asphalt kettle up to 600-gallon capacity; operates compressor equipment driving jackhammers; operates tail grader; operates batch plant; operates mudjack; and/or operates pneumatic demolition hammer.
• Operates power shovels or cranes with hoe, dipper, clam shell, dragline, load hooks or other attachments in doing such tasks as excavating and moving earth, rock, sand and other bulky materials; moving lumber, girders and similar objects; loading trucks from stockpiles or borrow pits; clearing right-of-way; and/or making cuts and fills to grade.
• Operates a heavy bulldozer or tractor and scraper unit in earth-moving operations or similar maintenance or construction work.
• Performs all related and incidental work, such as building deck or platform, constructing and raising derrick, placing guy lines and rigging ropes, cables and pulleys and other work in erecting pile drivers; removing and replacing caps, braces, whalings, sills and other wharf and bridge members; cutting and trimming wharf and bridge members with saws and other tools; and/or bolting new frame members into place using boring machines or air drills.
• Operates a heavy-duty truck tractor used for hauling unusually large equipment; drives and operates large striping machine used in painting center lines and no passing stripes.
• Operates a heavy truck in the loading, transporting and distribution of valuable retail merchandise, heavy construction equipment and other materials.
• Operates a motor grader powered with gasoline or diesel engine used in work of a routine nature such as grading of gravel roads and shoulders.
• Performs or participates in preventive maintenance of equipment operated; moves equipment from one job to another.

Benefits

• percentage of matching contributions to employees’ retirement plans
• 11 holidays
• a minimum of 15 days of annual and sick leave per year
• a comprehensive benefits package, including a benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees