EQUIPMENT OPERATOR I

Benton County•Bentonville, AR

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Operates and maintains heavy power equipment. Repairs roads, patches as needed, operates small motorized equipment, flags traffic and work trucks and equipment, performs various types of welding on heavy equipment and performs rough carpentry work.

Requirements

Two to five years experience
High School Diploma or GED with tech school and/or two years on the job training.

Responsibilities

Operates and maintains heavy power equipment such as bulldozers, semi-trucks, graders, grade-all, front loaders, backhoe and hydraulic excavator.
Repairs failures in the roadway, shoulders or bridge decks; repairs or replaces signs, posts, guardrails and fences.
Operates small motorized equipment such as chain saws, drills, jack hammers, saws, paving breakers and tampers.
Performs as a flag person directing highway traffic.
Applies herbicides to highway right-of-way.
Installs or repairs highway signs near high speed and/or heavy traffic.
Drives a truck with a snowplow and sand spreader during snow and ice control.
Performs rough carpentry work, building and installing forms using lumber and small hand tools, for concrete bridge decks, bridge posts, curbs, wingwalls, and headwalls.
Performs various types of welding on heavy equipment repair of dump beds, bridge structures and special fabrication. Performs related work as required and assigned.
Passes a minimum of 3 heavy equipment operator qualifying examinations along with the Basic Grader Operator Qualifications examination.

Benefits

County Paid Insurance Benefits
Employee Medical
Basic life and ADD Insurance
Long-term disability insurance
Medical (Spouse/Children)
Dental, and Vision coverage
Supplemental life insurance
Short-term disability
Critical Illness coverage
Accident insurance
Hospital indemnity plans
Participation in the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS) pension program
Voluntary Nationwide Deferred Compensation 457(b) Retirement plan
11 Paid Holidays annually
Paid Sick Leave (up to 12 working days per year)
Paid Vacation Leave (up to 10 working days per year)
Paid Personal Day annually