Heavy Equipment Operator

Requirements

• Learn and follow safety regulations
• Wear required safety equipment including but not limited to hardhats, safety glasses, safety harness, ear plugs, dust masks and gloves
• Capable of handling constant conditions associated with riding in a loader
• Physically capable of climbing up and down, above, inside and under equipment
• Able to perform shoveling
• Capable of doing repetitious arm, hand and leg motion
• Stand or sit for considerable amounts of time
• Adjust handwheels 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, positioning or moving 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 equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.
• Keep records of material or equipment usage or problems encountered.
• Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs as necessary.

Benefits

• Health Options
• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Critical Illness, Hospital, Accident
• Short-Term / Long-Term Disability
• Infertility Treatment Coverage
• Worklife Balance
• Professional Development
• Teamwork / Camaraderie
• Retirement Planning