PIPE - TRACK HOE OPERATOR
About The Position
This position is responsible for operating Excavators/Trackhoes/Dozers. The role requires adherence to safety regulations, taking actions to avoid hazards, locating underground services, and monitoring operations to ensure health and safety standards are met. The operator will adjust controls to operate machinery, coordinate actions with other activities, and load/move materials. Responsibilities also include checking fuel supplies, driving and maneuvering equipment for terrain modification, following instructions, judging distances and slopes, and making decisions based on verifiable standards.
Requirements
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
- Strong knowledge of plans and specifications, OSHA Trenching Requirements, Safety Protocol
- Candidate must be at least 18 years of age
- Ability to work in several diverse locations is pertinent, as work locations may change daily.
- 1-2 years' experience operating the equipment
- Must have a current and valid driver’s licenses
- Must have adequate transportation to work
- Adhere to safety procedures/guidelines at all times
- Punctuality, consistent attendance, and self-direction for the success of the operations
Responsibilities
- Operate Excavators/Trackhoes/Dozers
- Learn and follow safety regulations
- Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects
- Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work
- Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met
- Adjust hand wheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing boom
- Start engines; move throttles, switches, or levers; or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, or backhoes
- Coordinate machine actions with other activities, position or move loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members
- Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment
- Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability
- Drive and maneuver equipment with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain
- Follow instructions and meet set standards
- Judge distances and slopes accurately
- Make decisions based on verifiable standards
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision insurance.
- 401K
- Overtime
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
