Operator - Restoration

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Operates, maneuvers, navigates, or drives vehicles or mechanized equipment or passenger vehicles.
• Uses either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes.
• Inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards and communicates abnormal working conditions to appropriate parties.
• Provides mid-level laborer functions including hand digging with a shovel, setting up traffic control, entry level equipment operations, placing fiber, loading materials, etc. on various safety sensitive utility construction sites.
• Proficient with utility print and map reading.
• Has performed at least 6 months of independent operating of various equipment (directional drill, mini); knows all safety regulations with basic operating skills.
• Maintains compliance with company and customer specifications for all trench or backhoe jobs.
• Exposes underground utilities manually.
• Cleans, Greases, checks fluid levels and conducts a visual inspection of equipment to assure your equipment is performing at optimum safety and the required paperwork.
• Works alongside with another team member taking hand signals to safely excavate a site.
• Fulfills 811 digging laws and company's safe digging practices.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Success Factors

• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods, often under adverse climatic conditions.
• Ability to lift up to 80 lbs multiple times during a work shift.
• Ability to climb, dig, work in tight spaces, on uneven surfaces, walking, stooping, and kneeling.
• Ability to understand and follow specific oral and written instructions.
• Ability to work well independently and as a part of a team with co-workers.
• Ability to pass motor vehicle, criminal background check, and comply with drug-free workplace policy.
• English usage sufficient to keep records, place orders, and prepare simple narrative reports.
• Willingness and ability to learn additional skills.

Experience And Education

• One (1+) plus years of experience in backhoe/mini excavator operation is required.
• One (1+) plus years of experience digging and working around underground utilities is required.
• Two (2+) plus years of demonstrated experience in dry utilities preferred.
• Experience reading basic prints and Underground Facility Location Sketch is preferred.

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications

• Candidates must pass criminal and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) background checks and pass a pre-employment drug screen.