Operating Engineer Apprentice

Landmarc Environmental Systems•Naperville, IL

20d•$18 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

The Operating Engineer Apprentice participates in a two-year apprenticeship involving 4,000 hours of on-the-job learning and at least 353 hours of related instruction. The apprentice learns to operate construction equipment safely and efficiently to excavate, move, and grade earth for trenching and pipe installation at various landfills, and to maintain equipment. Related instruction consists of online NCCER courses: Core: Introduction to Basic Construction Skills (85 hours), Heavy Equipment Operations Level 1 (100 hours), and Heavy Equipment Operations Level 2 (167.5 hours). The position is based in Naperville, Illinois, and requires travel up to 100%.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years old.
Equipment operation skills with excavators, skid steers, forklifts, and road trucks.
Ability to pass a company-paid drug test.
Must be available to work overtime when necessary.
Valid driver's license that meets the company's MVR policy requirements.
Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull 50 pounds regularly.
Ability to safely work in a landfill environment with uneven terrain, steep slopes, holes, and other physical hazards; regularly walk, climb, and stand on varied ground surfaces outdoors; and stand, walk, kneel, crawl, bend, lift, and squat repeatedly for up to eight hours a day.

Nice To Haves

Experience with landfill gas and leachate systems construction practices is preferred.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, and Outlook, is preferred.

Responsibilities

Operate construction equipment such as bulldozers, excavators, forklifts, haul trucks, and skid steers.
Excavate, move, and grade earth for trenching and pipe installation at various landfills.
Repair and maintain equipment, along with other duties as needed.
Complete related instruction courses and check in with instructors and supervisors.