Heavy Equipment Operator

Job Overview:

APTIM is seeking experienced field personnel to support residential soil remediation, including excavation, material handling, hauling, backfilling, grading, and final site restoration for the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine project in Clearlake Oaks, California. Openings may include construction laborers, licensed heavy-equipment operators, and licensed CDL truck drivers, and candidates must be able to work safely outdoors around contaminated soil and heavy equipment while following the site-specific health and safety plan. Field work is anticipated in two phases, from in Fall 2026 and again from Spring 2027 and will generally be performed on a standard construction schedule, with overtime as required to meet project milestones and seasonal work windows, subject to weather, and other project requirements. Employees must be available for the project duration and report reliably to the Clearlake Oaks worksite. The project offers training, an opportunity to support a high-profile environmental remediation effort while earning competitive prevailing wages, and benefits in accordance with federal labor standards.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Use of Sm- to Med-sized excavation equipment (mini-excavators, loaders, skid steers, etc)

• Use of loaders, skid steers and compactors

• Be safe and professional while working in residential communities

• Ability to work in team environment in safe and productive manner

• Clear vegetation

• Perform backfill and site restoration

Basic Qualifications:

• Civil Construction and/or environmental work experience

• Must live within daily commute Clearlake Oaks, California

• No Felonies

• Clean driving record with valid license

• Dependable transportation and cell phone

• Able to pass drug screen and physical

• OSHA HAZWOPER Preferred

Work Schedule:

• 5 days/week with 10 hrs/day

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Strength: Standing 50% Walking 20% Sitting 30% Lifting 35 lb. Carrying 35 lb. Pushing 0 ft-lb. Pulling 0 ft-lb. 2. Climbing O Balancing O 3. Stooping O Kneeling O Crouching O Crawling O Reaching Handling C Fingering C

Explanation for Symbols: NP=Not Present, O=Occasionally (0-33%), F= Frequently (34-66%), C=Constantly (67-100%)

About APTIM

APTIM enhances the quality of the environment, wellbeing of people, resilience of communities, and opportunity for employees to make a difference, not just a living. A leading professional solutions firm, we specialize in environmental, sustainability, resilience, and infrastructure solutions. Our team of experts provide these integrated solutions for forward-thinking government agencies, commercial and industrial clients, and energy customers. Together, we create sustainable and resilient communities for all.

What you can expect from APTIM:

• Work that is worthy of your time and talent

• Respect and flexibility to live a full life at work and at home

• Dogged determination to deliver for our clients and communities

• A voice in making our company better

• Investment into your personal and professional development

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay range for this position is $35 per hour. Compensation depends on several factors including: experience, education, key skills, geographic location of the position, client requirements, external market competitiveness, and internal equity among other employees within APTIM.

Employee Benefits

APTIM Federal Services, LLC is committed to providing an extensive range of benefits that protect and promote the health and financial well-being of our employees and their families through the APTIM Benefits Marketplace .

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance: Through the marketplace, our employees can choose benefits from five metallic levels and several carriers to find the right benefits that work for them in their location.

• Company paid and optional Life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance

• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage

• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave (eligibility based on company policy and applicable law)

• 401(k) APTIM offers three 401k plans through the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (PEP). The specific plan you are eligible for depends on the business unit you are in. The details of the largest plan are found here:

• APTIM 401(k) Guide (

• APTIM - Helpful Documents

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