Heavy Equipment Operator

Full-time position in Phoenix, Arizona. Pay range: $19–$38 hourly, dependent on experience.

About the role

Responsible for operating and maintaining various heavy equipment—including trench excavators, backhoes, and loaders—in a safe and expeditious manner in accordance with OSHA safe practices.

Responsibilities

• Operate a variety of heavy equipment for underground utility projects.
• Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
• Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.
• Understand proper backfill requirements.
• Perform safe and clean trench excavation and backfill.
• Set and pull shield shoring and trench boxes in accordance with OSHA safe practices.
• Safely change buckets and attachments in a timely manner.
• Able to calculate and set proper grades and elevations.
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Prepare and maintain equipment for safe daily operations (i.e., fuel, grease, etc.).
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Adhere to B&F Code of Conduct.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3+ years’ experience in wet or dry utility heavy equipment operation.
• Extensive knowledge and ability to install sewer, water, storm drain, and dry utility conduit.
• Experience in underground utilities or heavy civil construction.
• Understanding of construction safety and OSHA requirements.
• Ability to follow traffic laws, ordinances, and rules applicable to heavy equipment operation.
• Must be able to work safely outdoors in Arizona heat conditions and perform all job duties with no restrictions.
• Good listening and comprehension skills; follows instructions and takes responsibility for own actions.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships.
• Able to work nights, weekends, and overtime as required.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, reach, twist, climb, and lift 50 pounds.
• Reliable transportation.
• Ability to understand Arizona's blue stake laws and color coding.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to:

• Moving mechanical parts.
• Precarious places.
• Fumes or airborne particles.
• Frequent and/or sustained loud noises.
• Outside weather conditions.
• Extreme heat.