TEMPORARY - Heavy Equipment Operator

Summary or Purpose

All Borough employees who occupy positions where federal law mandates testing shall comply with the requirements of the federal regulations and will be subject to pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion return to duty and follow-up testing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operate heavy equipment and other machinery in accordance with all safety regulations and procedures.
• Maintains and clears roads, airport runway and access roads, and landfill areas.
• Maintains and cleans vehicles and equipment; reports maintenance needs and deficiencies to supervisor.
• Loads and unloads aircraft with heavy equipment.
• Must be polite and courteous to the public.
• May be required to work a non-traditional work schedule to include evening, holidays and weekends and may be subject to 24 hour on-call status.
• Attend all required scheduled safety meetings.
• Village travel as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of North Slope Borough organization, operations, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of traffic laws, ordinances and regulations involved in heavy equipment operation.

Education, Experience, Certifications and Licenses Required

• High School graduate or G.E.D./A combination of 12 years of education and related work experience.
• One year of experience with heavy equipment operations and maintenance.
• Valid Alaska Commercial Drivers License that meets North Slope Borough insurance criteria.

Benefits

The North Slope Borough offers the following benefit packages to all permanent full time and permanent part time employees who work at least 15 hours a week:

• Health care is provided at no cost to the employee (no premiums).
• Covers major medical, preventive care, vision, dental and prescription drug benefits.

Qualifications

• This position is NON-Rotational.
• Housing is NOT provided. Therefore, due to extreme weather conditions in the arctic and for your safety, housing accommodations must be located and pre-arranged by the applicant prior to the start of employment. The applicant must pay for housing; it is not provided by the NSB.
• The Borough is currently experiencing a housing shortage. Due to the remote setting, applicants are urged to consider this factor prior to submitting an application.

Application Instructions

• Do you certify that you understand the above information? - YES - NO
• If the answer to the above question is yes, please provide your Alaska Commercial Endorsement area(s):
• Do you have one year of experience with heavy equipment operations and maintenance? - Yes - No
• Which best describes your level of education? - Some high school - High school diploma or GED - Some college - Associate's degree - Bachelor's degree - Master's degree
• How many years of experience with heavy equipment operations and maintenance do you have? - No experience - Less than 1 year - 1 year to less than 2 years - 2 years less than 3 years - 3 years less than 4 years - 4 years less than 5 years - 5 years or more
• Do you possess a valid Alaska Driver's License? Please attach a copy of the required document to your application before submitting it online. - Yes - No
• If requested by another local entity for the purposes of employment, I hereby authorize the North Slope Borough Human Resources Department to release my name and phone number to said employer. - Yes - No

North Slope Borough
P.O. Box 69, NSB HR
Barrow, Alaska, 99723-0069
907-852-0364