Heavy Equipment Operator

Granite Construction • Mission, TX

83d • Onsite

About The Position

Granite Construction Incorporated is seeking a Heavy Equipment Operator to join their team. This role involves operating a tractor equipped with a concave blade to perform tasks such as gouging, leveling, distributing earth, and pushing trees and rocks to prepare land for construction of roads and buildings. The company emphasizes building careers and values its employees as the foundation of its success.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience
• Proper certification required
• Completion of an apprenticeship program required.
• Appropriate training and experience required
• Read engineering drawing
• Practice good safety habits
• Work in dusty or dirty surroundings
• Follow instructions and meet set standards
• Judge distances and slopes accurately
• Make decisions based on verifiable standards.
• Stoop, bend, and crouch
• Use hands, arms, and legs fully
• See well (either naturally or with correction)
• Lift up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Operates tractor equipped with concave blade attached across front to gouge out, level, and distribute earth and to push trees and rocks from land preparatory to constructing roads and buildings.
• Fastens attachments to tractor with clevis or wedge-pin hitches.
• Connects hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff shaft to tractor to provide power to raise, lower, or tilt attachment.
• Moves levers to control tool bars, carriers, and disks.
• Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver tractor and raise, lower, and tilt attachment to clear right-of-way.
• Feels lever and listens for stalling action of engine to estimate depth of cut.
• Drives bulldozer in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade.
• May grease, oil, and repair tractor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED