Part-Time Equipment Operator III

Essential Functions

• Maneuvers heavy equipment and operates complex mechanisms involving digging, moving earth and materials, grading, loading, and performing similar tasks in order to advance projects relating to construction and maintenance of County roads, grounds, property, utilities, rights-of-way, and other infrastructure.
• Operates excavator, track hoe, and backhoe to perform skilled digging and trenching for maintenance, upkeep, and construction projects for public utilities and other infrastructure, where exacting tolerances and specification are required.
• Operates a track or rubber-tired loader with large volume and weight capacities to load materials into trucks or move them over short distances.
• Operates motor-grader, scraper, and excavator with blade attachment to set gradients for large construction and maintenance projects such as roads, landscaping, embankments, and other projects requiring exacting specifications related to slope, angle, and pitch.
• Operates bulldozer, scraper, and compactor to move earth, gravel, sand, and other materials for large construction and maintenance projects and landfill operations.
• Drives large tractor-trailer rigs and low-boys to transport solid waste between transfer stations and the landfill or to move construction equipment to and from job sites.
• Inspects and prepares equipment for safe and proper operation prior to beginning work for the day.
• Performs light maintenance on equipment, which includes changing oil, refueling, and refilling lubricants.
• Cleans vehicles, beds, and mounted equipment upon completion of assignments.
• Secures vehicle after use.
• Transports, loads and unloads various materials and equipment used in projects.
• Performs manual labor in support of construction, maintenance, and upkeep projects.

Physical Abilities

• Tasks involve the regular and sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds).

Environmental Factors

• Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.