Heavy Equipment Operator - Layne

Heavy Equipment Operator

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General Summary

This position is responsible for driving, operating, or controlling various pieces of construction equipment, including but not limited to motor graders, excavators, bulldozers, backhoes, dump trucks, and cargo trucks. Exact duties can depend on a heavy equipment operator's specialization.

Essential Job Accountabilities

• Safely operates heavy equipment in compliance with the company's operating safety policies and procedures to excavate, move, load and grade earth, rock, gravel, and other materials.
• Provides recommendations for maintaining and improving environmental performance.
• Perform various activities including but not limited to road building, fine grading, finishing, sloping, banking, backfilling, ditching, loading, excavating, stockpiling, road surface maintenance, building and maintaining road berms, and loading trucks.
• Loads and unloads equipment from vehicles and trailers.
• Ensures company equipment, material, and the work site are maintained, kept clean, and stored in a safe manner.
• Collects and disposes of scrap, excess materials, and refuse.
• Observes distribution of materials to adjust machine settings or material flow and indicate low spots for workers to add materials.
• Ensure operation of equipment is within capabilities and limitations - grease, oil, and repair equipment.
• Perform required safety inspections and complete documentation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience
• Valid driver's license required
• CDL Class A is a bonus

Work Experience

• 2+ years of experience operating heavy construction equipment

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Ability to operate equipment within designated area with attention to detail.
• Ability to travel for up to 2 weeks at a time.
• Ability to work day, night and weekend shifts.
• Ability to work in constant exposure to outside elements, in all weather conditions.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of grades and interpret roadway plans and drawings.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues involving ground disturbance.
• Ability to judge distances and slopes accurately and make decisions based on verifiable standards.
• Ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of machines or vehicle to exact positions.
• Strong knowledge of materials, methods, machines, and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak, read and write in English. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk for extended periods over uneven surfaces, squat, bend, climb ladders onto equipment, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements/Skills

• Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment
• Ability and willingness to abide by Granite's Code of Conduct on a daily basis

About Granite Construction Incorporated

Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.