Equipment Operator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred.
• Two to five years experience as an Equipment Operator.
• Considerable knowledge of equipment operations and construction and maintenance procedures.
• Must possess a working knowledge of grades and blueprints.
• Knowledge of heavy equipment operation and equipment safety.
• Knowledge of workplace safety requirements and procedures.
• Skill in operation of assigned equipment to include motorized vehicles and equipment, including excavator, shears, grapple, backhoe, bulldozer, roller/compactor, loader, dump truck pickup truck, utility truck.
• Ability to interpret plans, drawings, and written instructions and specifications.
• Ability to read and understand work orders and organize work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work effectively and amicably with other people.
• Ability to hear and speak, to communicate in-person and over a telephone and/or radio.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to work independently or in a team situation.
• Possess basic problem-solving and math skills.
• Must possess a valid State Driver’s License.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check.
• Ability to pass HAZWOPER physical and wear a respirator if required for project.
• Ability to pass pre-employment and random drug screens.
• Must be available for regular standby assignments and work scheduled off-hours and emergency overtime as required.
• Must be available for assignment to projects that require overnight travel.
• Communication – ability to read and interpret maintenance and repair manuals; ability to write routine work orders; ability to communicate clearly and succinctly on a basic and technical level.
• Skills – basic heavy equipment operation. Basic skill operating a variety of equipment including hand and power tools.
• Reasoning – ability to solve practical problems; ability to interpret and understand a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Must possess strength, stamina and mobility to perform heavy physical work outdoors in all weather conditions and with exposure to potentially hazardous conditions.
• Required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Required to stand, walk and talk or hear. Regularly required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and smell.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Operate excavators, shears, grapples, skidsteers, loaders and other miscellaneous heavy equipment in a safe and controlled manner.
• May operate heavy equipment on a training basis, example, grader, track loader.
• Perform required manual labor as required to support the overall project requirements; check and service assigned equipment.
• Perform routine maintenance and emergency repairs, report complex mechanical problems for shop repairs.
• May assist in loading and unloading of trucks, laying of pipe, using air tools and Jackhammers and other hand tools related to job.
• Train less skilled employees in operation and care of equipment.

Benefits

• competitive benefits