Heavy Equipment Operator

DRAGADOS • Columbus, TX

83d

About The Position

This position involves operating heavy machinery and ensuring safety standards are met on site. The role requires physical activity and the ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions. Candidates will be responsible for monitoring operations, aligning machines, and coordinating with crew members to ensure efficient workflow.

Requirements

• Must have minimum of 3 years experience running, maneuvering, driving, and navigating equipment such as bulldozer, excavators, rollers, and front-end loaders.
• Strongly prefer candidates with High School Diploma.
• Must be able to communicate with others to convey information effectively.
• Must be accustomed to working outdoors with exposure to all weather conditions.
• Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• Must demonstrate attention to details.
• Must be knowledgeable of safety procedures and practices.

Responsibilities

• Take action to avoid potential hazards and obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, and falling objects.
• Start engines, move throttles, switches, and levers, and depress pedals to operate such stated machines.
• Locate underground services, such as pipes and wires, prior to beginning work.
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Align machines with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.
• Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, and materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, shovels, graders, or related equipment.
• Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
• Learn and follow safety regulations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Construction of Buildings
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees