Heavy Equipment Operator

Summary:

This position is responsible for operating several types of construction equipment such as dump trucks bulldozers front end loaders graders tracked excavators or water trucks to excavate move grade and load earth into haul trucks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

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 booms

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

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Requirements:

Follow safety regulations

Follow instructions and meet set standards

Judge distances and slopes accurately

Make decisions based on verifiable standards

Work dusty or dirty surroundings

Pass construction equipment operator qualification testing/observation

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma preferred

Two-three years verifiable and relevant experience

Candidates that accept an offer of employment are required to undergo and successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination. This exam is essential to ensure that all potential employees meet the necessary health and fitness standards for the role. The examination includes a series of tests and evaluations conducted by a certified medical professional to assess overall physical health identify any potential medical conditions that could interfere with job performance and verify that the candidate is capable of safely performing the essential duties of the position.

Completion and clearance of this physical are mandatory steps in the hiring process.