Heavy Equipment Operator (Havre)

Heavy Equipment Operator, Heavy Civil Construction

Do you enjoy working outdoors, running equipment, and seeing real progress at the end of the day? If you take pride in operating machinery, working safely, and being part of a hardworking crew, this could be a great fit. Williams Civil Construction is hiring Heavy Equipment Operators to join our Heavy Civil team for a project in Havre, Montana. This role will support utilities, site development, and heavy civil construction work alongside our traveling crew, with the opportunity to continue traveling with the team to future projects after the Havre project is complete. If you’re comfortable in the seat of a dozer, excavator, loader, backhoe, or other yellow iron, and know how to get the job done safely and efficiently, apply today!

What You’ll Do:

• Operate equipment like excavators, dozers, loaders, blades, haul trucks, and water trucks

• Work on a variety of projects including utilities, grading, and site prep

• Identify and avoid underground utilities before digging

• Adjust to changing job site conditions and solve problems as they come up

• Keep basic time and material records

• Travel from interstate highway to rural dirt roads from various locations

• Most importantly: look out for your crew and keep safety top of mind

What You Bring:

• Experience operating heavy equipment in a construction setting

• Understanding of trenching and shoring basics

• Familiarity with materials (aggregates, load weights, etc.)

• Ability to follow instructions and communicate with your team

• Basic math skills for measurements and quantities

• A strong work ethic and willingness to adapt day-to-day

What Williams Civil Construction Offers:

• This is a prevailing wage project with a pay rate of $55.42/hr plus $150/Day Per Diem (as applicable to location and contract).

About Williams: Williams ( is the Northwest's leading specialty civil contractor. From federal to state to private contracts, we do what we do best: we build Montana. Hospitals. Schools. Roads. Housing. We’ve laid 400 miles of pipe and counting. We're agile enough for fast-paced construction schedules, strong enough to move mountains. We take pride in our crews. We work together. Mud, rain, or snow, we get the job done.

Headquartered in beautiful Belgrade, Montana, outdoor adventures surround us. There’s no better place to live than Big Sky Country. Together, we build and play in Montana.

Department

Civil

Employment Type

Full-Time

Compensation

$55.42/hr + per diem as applicable