Equipment Operator-Medium

Responsibilities

• Promote and comply with all Company and safety policies and procedures
• Operates equipment and includes knowledge of equipment functions, running, navigating, detects or assesses problems, mechanical aptitude, and driving
• Builds level and/or extreme terrain and excavates land surfaces, using various pieces of construction equipment listed above
• Drives and maneuvers equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove top soil, vegetation, and rocks and to distribute and level earth or terrain
• Gathers and loads dirt, stone, equipment, materials and waste product from jobsite onto trucks using different pieces of equipment
• May be required to travel to different jobsites on limited notice
• Operate gasoline, diesel or electric powered equipment to move objects or material according to project specifications
• Operate levers and pedals on assigned equipment to lower bucket or scoop up material and to lift, swing, or dump material; adjust hand wheels and depress foot pedals to drive machines and control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers and swing booms
• Follow Load capacity charts and assure proper equipment support based on equipment capacity and type
• May be required to perform other duties as required which may not be mentioned and may change from time to time as assigned by Superintendent or Foreman
• Examine/inspect field conditions and identify problems, inaccuracies, and cost saving measures that arise or that may be encountered. Take corrective actions as needed reporting any issues to your supervision

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and one to three years or more related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Take reasonable care of your own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected by the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working toward Wanzek’s Zero Injury principles
• Knowledge and operation of various GPS systems
• Common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form
• Workers should be able to work within precise standards of accuracy; follow set procedures and standards, judge distances and slopes accurately; and make decisions based on verifiable standards
• Working knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in structural fills, DOT, and other public and private entities