Heavy Equipment Operator (Travel Required)

Construction Equipment Operator

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

Requirements

Follow safety regulations

Follow instructions and meet set standards

Judge distances and slopes accurately

Make decisions based on verifiable standards

Must be able to stoop, bend, and crouch and use hands, arms, and legs fully

Must have good vision and hearing (either naturally or with correction)

Frequently lift up to 80 pounds, and the ability to carry objects weighing 50 pounds or less

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