Equipment Operator: Excavator

Application Instructions

Please read all questions carefully and answer honestly to your best ability. You will be contacted if your job qualifications match the needs of our various project teams and locations.

Summary/Objective

Operate equipment in a safe and appropriate manner. This position will work with excavators with rubber or steel track, equipped with hydraulically powered bucket to transport fill or materials.

Essential Functions

• Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operates company equipment safely.
• Loading of trucks in timely manner.
• Excavate for various underground utilities at various depths and percentages of pitch.
• Observe hand signals, grade stakes or other markings when operating machines so that work can be performed to specifications.

Other

• Understand and comply with all Company Safety policies and procedures as well as OSHA Regulations.
• Assists with loading and unloading trucks & deliveries.
• Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating equipment so that work can be performed in a safe and quality manner.
• Familiarity with excavations and heavy lifting.
• Experience in stockpiling.
• Ability to follow verbal directions from supervisors.

Competencies

• Detail oriented
• Stress Management/Composure.
• Process driven
• Teamwork orientation

Supervisory Requirements

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

• This is field based role.
• Employee will be working on heavy civil and highway construction sites.
• The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
• The position regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity, and exposure to dust and asphalt.

Physical Demands

• The position lifts heavy objects, walks and stands for long periods of time and performs physical labor under adverse field conditions.
• The employee lifts, pushes, pulls or carries objects and uses abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue.
• The position requires good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arm, two hands) and multilimbed coordination.
• The employee must have excellent stamina.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• This is a full-time position.
• This position will occasionally require long hours and weekend work.
• Average +/-50 hours per week.

• Travel
• The role requires no travel.

Required Education and Experience

• Must adhere to OSHA safety protocol, and work in a drug-free environment
• Must be reliable/have reliable transportation

Construction industry experience preferred

Takes full ownership of assigned projects and can work independently

Additional Eligibility Requirements

Must possess or be able to obtain a valid and appropriate state driver's license prior to employment.