Heavy Equipment Operator - 2 (Royal City)

Grant County • Grant County Public Works - District 3, WA

61d • Onsite

About The Position

Heavy Equipment Operators provide skilled labor for Public Works roadway maintenance, roadway repair, and new construction work including truck operations, light equipment operations, multiple equipment operations, bridge crew operator, traffic technician operator, crane operator, new roads construction grader, and machine control operations leader. Heavy equipment operators may be promoted within their existing position, as they perform progressive levels of duties and responsibilities subject to Employer approval. The Heavy Equipment Operator 2 has expertise to include the following: Truck Operators (Level 2): Truck operators provide for the operations of trucks including pickups, light trucks, cars, dump trucks, and truck tractor-trailer combinations with a variety of attachments including bottom dumps, auxiliary dump box trailers, liquid tanks and tank trailers, asphalt storage tanks, pavement patchers, lifting booms, snowplows, spreader boxes, compressors, generators, tilt trailers, power brooms, and paint trailers. In addition, truck operators provide skilled labor for hand tools (mechanical, motorized, or pneumatic), routers, crack fillers, pumps, washers, concrete saws, augers, scales, and assistance in operating the chip spreader.

Requirements

• 1 Year of Construction, Agricultural, or Public Works Operations Work Experience.
• Enrollment in Heavy Equipment Operator Apprenticeship Program or previous Truck Driver employment at County and CDL w/ Manual Endorsement.
• Valid Driver's License
• Proof of automobile insurance required.
• Valid CDL w/Manual Endorsement.
• Acceptable background record.
• Acceptable driving record.
• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Regularly required to walk, sit, write, hear, speak, and lift up to 50 lbs. of unequal weight.
• Specific vision abilities required include close and distance vision, peripheral, and depth perception.

Nice To Haves

• Heavy equipment operators may be promoted within their existing position, as they perform progressive levels of duties and responsibilities subject to Employer approval.
• Apprentice level operators conduct truck operations to support journey level operators.
• Apprentices can perform any operator duty once they are trained for the task.
• Alternatively, they may aid the work of a journey level operator, as an apprentice, for work they are still learning how to conduct.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled labor for Public Works roadway maintenance, roadway repair, and new construction work.
• Operate trucks including pickups, light trucks, cars, dump trucks, and truck tractor-trailer combinations with a variety of attachments.
• Operate hand tools (mechanical, motorized, or pneumatic), routers, crack fillers, pumps, washers, concrete saws, augers, scales.
• Assist in operating the chip spreader.
• Comply with all County and department policies, procedures, WAC’s, or other regulatory bodies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed