Paving Equipment Operator

Paving Equipment Operators

Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction is now hiring for Paving Equipment Operators. We offer challenging career opportunities, extensive training, and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under our reputation for excellence. We provide excellent benefits including competitive pay, paid time off, holiday pay, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a retirement plan with company contributions, tuition reimbursement, and growth and career advancement opportunities.

• Operate concrete paving machines.
• Proficiently operate three or more types of heavy equipment such as a backhoe, trackhoe, scrapers, dozer, excavator, loader, rock trucks, compactors, articulated trucks, crushers, and/or motor graders with or without GPS.
• Maintain the initiative to maintain the flow of work under minimal supervision.
• Responsible for demolition of bridges and other structures with excavators and hydraulic hoe rams.
• Operate equipment within a Pipe Crew environment such as an excavator or loader.
• Perform general housekeeping, light maintenance of equipment, proper care of equipment, operating the equipment without damaging it, and maintaining checks of equipment including reporting usage/utilization hours on a daily basis.
• May work with GPS installed devices on dozers and motor graders.
• Learn, follow, and promote all safety standards of Ralph L Wadsworth and its projects.
• Perform Laborer work as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Position Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of Heavy Equipment Operating Experience with multiple types of equipment or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to do laborer work.
• Ability to work safely under pressure with time constraints in a changing environment.
• Frequent gross body movements such as bending, climbing into equipment, lifting (up to 75lbs), twisting, standing, balancing, stooping, handling materials, moving around hazardous sites.
• Good Eye to Hand coordination a must. Depth perception required.
• A High School diploma/GED preferred.
• Flexible availability to include overtime and possible weekends and nights.
• A Valid Driver’s License.