Mobile Equipment Operator 1/Heavy

State of Louisiana • Other, LA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a promotional opportunity for current, permanent employees of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District. The mission of the district is to provide riverine flood protection for an 8-parish district on the Atchafalaya and Mississippi River levees, and to maintain equipment and work to prepare the levees for high water events and annual levee inspections. The typical day of work activities for the Mobile Equipment Operator 1 - Heavy involves operating a motor grader to maintain levee roads and ditches, providing guidance to lower grader operators, and operating spraying equipment. This incumbent will work under the supervision of the Levee Foreman B.

Requirements

• Two years of experience in mobile equipment operations.

Responsibilities

• Operates a motor grader to maintain levee roads and ditches.
• Occasionally operates a front-end loader or dump truck hauling, loading and unloading construction materials, equipment, and supplies.
• Keep levees and roads drained from standing water.
• Provides guidance to lower grader operators and operates any piece of equipment necessary to accomplish work objectives.
• Makes minor adjustments and repairs to equipment to keep it clean and in good working order.

What This Job Offers

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