Oiler/Driver

Job Description

Job Description

Job Specifications

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent required.

Experience: At least 6 months of related experience with production machinery, whether acquired in-company or elsewhere, highly preferred.

Certifications/License: Rigger 1 certificate or equivalent preferred, CDL Required

Company Environment: Landwehr Construction, Inc. is a fifth-generation company with its original start in 1895. Landwehr Construction, Inc. is a diverse construction company focusing in areas including, but not limited to, crane & rigging, demolition, environmental remediation, highway heavy, machinery moving, renewable energy, sitework & utilities, and wetland specialty. Landwehr Construction, Inc. employs both union and non-union staff and works primarily in the Midwest region.

Job Environment : This position will be a union role and dispatched out of the St. Cloud corporate office. Majority of work is performed outdoors. Job site locations as well as start and end times vary based upon customer demand. This position requires 25% travel with occasional overnight travel.

Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assembles rigging to safely lift and move equipment or material.
• Selects cables, ropes, pulleys, winches, blocks, and sheaves, according to weight and size of load to be moved.
• Attaches load with grappling devices, such as loops, wires, ropes, and chains, to crane hook. Gives directions to CRANE OPERATOR engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and material handled, using hand signals, or radio while guiding crane operators as objects are being moved and set into place.
• Must know where to attach the hooks, chains, and cables to lift a load safely.
• Visually inspect rigging to ensure safety and reliability by checking tag for current inspection date.
• Dismantle, account for, and properly store rigging equipment after job.
• Make sure all safety requirements are always met.
• Maintain clean company equipment surfaces and component parts. i.e., crane, or equipment. Performing routine maintenance and repairs on equipment.
• Lubricates moving parts of heavy equipment.
• Changes oil in machine reservoirs; cleans and replaces oil filters as needed.
• Ensures that automatic lubrication equipment operates correctly.
• Fills automatic dispensers, oil cans, and oil cups.
• Completes logs, reports, or other documentation related to the installation, replacement, modification, or changing of machine parts and attachments.
• Removes superfluous oil and grease from machinery, tools, and floor.
• Complies with applicable federal, state, and company laws, regulations, and guidelines regarding health, safety, and environmental protection.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Willingness to travel overnight at times.

Character Attributes/Behavioral Expectations:

• Thorough understanding of machines and tools being used.
• Ability and willingness to wear all required personal protective equipment and place safety as the top priority.
• Must also be able to give and take instructions both verbal and written, solve problems, and work well with others.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity.
• Promote positive employee relations and treat all employees with dignity and respect.
• Open, honest, and consistent communicator providing timely information for the good of the organization.
• Must be able to display a professional manner when dealing with fellow crew members, customers, and outside agencies at all times.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift, push or pull 80 lbs. on a regular basis.
• Prolonged periods standing, crouching, bending, climbing, stooping, reaching, twisting, pushing, and pulling to perform job.
• Ability to exert yourself physically on a continuous basis throughout shift.
• Mental and physical dexterity to make quick, repeated movements and decisions.

Landwehr Construction is an AA/EEO/M/F/Vet/Disabled employer. Women, minorities and disabled persons are encouraged to apply.

Non-Solicitation

The Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of the Company without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of the Company. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Union Wage Info

This is a union position, pay and benefits will be based on the collective bargaining agreement.