HC - Operator - Backhoe

Fluor • College Station, TX

86d

About The Position

At Fluor, we are proud to design and build projects and careers. We are committed to fostering a welcoming and collaborative work environment that encourages big-picture thinking, brings out the best in our employees, and helps us develop innovative solutions that contribute to building a better world together. If this sounds like a culture you would like to work in, you're invited to apply for this role.

Requirements

• Understand and carry out oral instructions
• Read and carry out written instructions to perform work tasks
• Work at varying heights
• Recognize, avoid, and report safety hazards
• Assemble and disassemble objects
• Operate equipment and power tools
• See hazards, safety warnings, and barriers
• Bend knees for lifting and routine work tasks
• Stoop for work positioning and lifting to perform work tasks
• Lift maximum 50 lbs without assistance
• Ability to comprehend, and respond to audible/visual instructions, alarms and warnings
• Climb/balance on ladders, scaffolding, and structures for work tasks
• Kneel for work positioning and work task performance
• Reach above shoulders and away from body to perform work tasks
• Demonstrate manual dexterity to perform work tasks

Responsibilities

• Follow all health, safety, and environmental requirements
• Perform cleanup duties
• Perform material handling and storage duties
• Identify, use, and care of common hand and power tools
• Use and care of craft specific tools and equipment
• Knowledge and application of craft related mathematics
• Knowledge and use of safety standards and best safety practices relevant to rigging
• Inspect rigging equipment and hardware
• Knowledge and application of common hitches, emergency stop signal, basic crane hand signals, knot tying (bowline & clove hitch), and use of rigging equipment relevant to craft specific tasks
• Operate backhoe and other heavy equipment to excavate and move earth
• Assist in erecting structures and pouring concrete or other hard surface pavement
• Safely and skillfully operate the backhoe's boom and bucket to dig materials such as dirt, concrete, rocks, asphalt, sand and gravel
• Remove concrete and gutter, sidewalks, concrete aprons, etc.
• Follow all construction plans, site grading plans, and blueprints to dig trenches and holes for construction projects
• Perform daily inspections and preventive maintenance of equipment
• Excavate soil, rocks, and other materials safely and effectively
• Load and unload heavy materials from trucks and other construction equipment
• Coordinate with construction team members to ensure efficient operations, communicating any irregularities or issues to site supervisor
• Adjust and manipulate equipment to navigate around obstacles and grade/dig/move earth as necessary
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction