Heavy Equipment Operator

Responsibilities

• Operate heavy equipment including scrapers, dozers, excavators, loaders, farm tractors, rock trucks, motor graders, etc.
• Strip topsoil, overburden, ore, and waste.
• Segregate and recover product, read stakes, and maintain slopes and drainages as indicated.
• Operate feed hoppers and front-end loader in an efficient manner, may include loading trucks.
• Prevent product non-conformity by ensuring proper blending and ore segregation.
• Fill trucks when necessary.
• Includes sorting, drying, and stockpiling product, and reclamation.
• Maintain crude ore stockpile areas and pad construction.
• Maintain a safe, clean, environmentally sound work area.
• Pass down instructions, blend changes, hazards to next operator or supervisor at end of shift.
• Complete Pre/Post shift inspections, log loads, fuel equipment and road building and maintenance.
• Report safety, quality, environmental, and equipment concerns to supervisor.
• Support and participate in the organization’s Continual Improvement Program.

Requirements

• Experience: Six (6) months to one (1) year of General Plant experience preferred.
• Experience working in an API Specification Q1, 9th Edition environment a plus.
• Knowledge and Skills: Heavy Equipment Operation, General mechanical knowledge of heavy equipment, Record keeping, Basic math, Peer-to-peer and interpersonal communication skills, Rudimentary knowledge of geology, pad design, overburden characteristics and swell factors.
• Physical and Safety Requirements: Reasonable accommodations are made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, Frequently work alone, Subject to dust and noise, Ability to function under extreme weather conditions and focus for long periods of time under shift work conditions, Frequent climbing of ladders on and off loader, Sitting, bending, standing, walking, 8-10 hours per day, Frequently lifts up to 50 lbs. and occasionally up to 100 lbs., Must comply with any safety or PPE requirements.
• Others: Attention to detail, Produce error-free work, Deadline-oriented, Self-starter who thinks of innovative, faster ways to accomplish tasks, Work with minimal supervision, Flexible and able to adapt to our dynamic environment.

Benefits

• Competitive starting wage.
• Extensive benefit package, which includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance, paid holidays, and vacations, as well as a 401(k) plan with company match.

Pay

• Competitive starting wage.

Schedule

• Full-time career opportunity.