Equipment Operator III

Job Purpose

The purpose of this classification is to operate heavy equipment in a variety of construction and maintenance projects in Recreation, Cemetery, Public Works, and other departments. Duties include assisting labor crews with installation and maintenance tasks as assigned.

• Front-end loader
• Limb loader
• Street sweeper
• Motor grader
• Bulldozer
• Track hoe
• Backhoe garbage rear loader
• Bucket truck
• Line truck
• Wacker packer
• Excavator
• Root cutter (electric eel)
• Rubber tire roller
• Vibratory compactor
• Side loader
• Genie truck
• Prime truck
• Concrete mixer
• Pulvi-mixer
• Industrial broom
• Water truck
• Heavy dump truck
• Patch truck
• Tar truck
• Sand truck
• Gradall
• Tractor-trailer
• Flat/level rod
• Tractors
• 15′ mower
• 6′ mower
• Hydro seeder
• Leaf blower
• Weed eater
• Chipper
• Chain saw
• Shovel
• Rake
• Boom ax
• Curb trimmer
• Kut-kwik mower
• Related equipment

• Perform pre-trip inspections to ensure safe operation of trucks and equipment per regulations.
• Conduct routine maintenance on trucks such as cleaning, checking tires, and maintaining fluid levels.
• Perform minor repairs or report malfunctions as appropriate.
• Prepare trucks and equipment for daily assignments.
• Execute work orders and assist labor crews.
• Flag traffic around work sites when necessary.
• Perform manual labor tasks such as shoveling dirt, gravel, or concrete, digging trenches, laying pipe, setting forms, finishing concrete, raising/lowering manholes, opening/closing graves, disinterring/reentering graves, collecting/hauling refuse and/or hazardous waste, loading/unloading trucks/trailers, or related tasks.
• Repair, build or install sewer pipes, manholes, catch basins, lift stations, valves, and/or leaks; may cut and thread pipes.
• Perform a variety of grounds-keeping duties such as clearing brush and stumps, mowing, edging, pruning, collecting trash, planting trees, shrubs, or grass, raking leaves, and related tasks.
• Assist in various maintenance tasks involving city facilities; may perform sandblasting, painting, and pressure washing surfaces.
• Receive various forms, reports, work orders, timesheets, invoices, blueprints, maps, or other documentation; review, complete, process, forward or retain as appropriate.
• Communicate via telephone and/or two-way radio, provide information, take and relay messages, and respond to requests for service.

Provides assistance to other employees or departments as needed; performs other related duties as required.

• High school diploma or GED required; supplemented by vocational/technical training.
• Three (3) years of previous experience and/or training in heavy equipment operation required; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• MAY require written and/or hands‑on tests and confined space training.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia Commercial Driver's License (CDL) including appropriate endorsement(s) or obtain it within six (6) months of hire.
• For Sewer Division:
  Class III Wastewater Collection Systems Certification preferred.

Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.

Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment and machinery, requiring the monitoring, adjustment, regulation, and/or setting of multiple conditions.

Requires the ability to utilize a variety of reference and descriptive data and information.

Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. May include counting, recording of counts, and basic measuring.

Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of…