Heavy Equipment Operator - Traveling Nationwide

Blattner

9d•$25 - $30•Remote

About The Position

As a Motor Grader, Excavator, or Dozer Operator, you’ll play a hands-on role supporting the construction of utility-scale energy projects across the United States. Work outdoors operating heavy equipment, handling materials, assisting with layout, grading, foundation work, and precise equipment placement.

Requirements

Ability to pass a pre-employment background, drug, and alcohol screen
Proven experience operating heavy equipment (motor graders, dozers & excavators) on construction or utility-scale sites.
Perform equipment operation safely and efficiently on uneven or challenging terrain.
Ability to read and follow grade stakes, hand signals, and project plans.
Willingness to travel and relocate to the job site (100% travel)
Composite or steel toe work boots

Nice To Haves

Construction experience
Previous solar and/or wind experience

Responsibilities

Operates equipment generally on uneven surfaces to maintain haul roads and assist in building new roads.
Drives blade and moves levers to regulate height and angle of the blade, lower scarifier that loosens packed soil to permit grading, and tilt front wheels of grader when making sharp turns.
Operates hydraulic excavator/backhoe to load earth into trucks or into stockpiles
Excavation may be mass excavation or a closely engineered trench for pipe placement
Operates bulldozer in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade following markings on grade stakes or hand signals.
Operate Cat (size, i.e. D-6H, D-8N) dozer/tractor to perform work task (i.e. maintain dump areas, feed loader, excavate, finish slopes, pioneer work)