Maintenance Equipment Operator ; Construction Services

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Operates heavy or specialized equipment used in roadway, walkway, or landscape construction and maintenance. Performs manual tasks requiring various specialized skills.

• Operates heavy or specialized equipment and vehicles used in roadway, walkway, and landscape construction and maintenance, such as excavators; backhoes with extension booms and multiple attachments couplers; road graders; five‑to‑ten‑ton vibratory road rollers; 4‑Yz‑yard front‑end loaders with multiple‑use front ends; 24‑ton bulldozers; self‑propelled asphalt pavers; heavy dump trucks; hydraulic power side dressers; curb pavers; five‑ton fork lifts; 60‑foot bucket trucks; and related equipment.
• Makes emergency repairs of a minor nature to heavy or specialized highway construction and landscape maintenance equipment.
• Operates specialized power tools and equipment, such as vibratory plate compactors; air compressors; pneumatic breakers; walk‑behind pavement saws; hand‑held power masonry saws; chainsaws; walk‑behind power brooms; cement mixers; gas‑operated pumps; power washers; generators; hammer drills; cutting torches; arc welders; sandblasters; and related equipment.
• Operates heavy dump trucks and equipment for hauling, stockpiling, and distributing various bulk materials, such as salt, sand, loam, gravel, bituminous concrete, and coal.
• Operates motorized trucks and trailers for the pick‑up and delivery of various supplies and equipment.
• Operates road plows, road sanders, front‑end loaders, and related equipment with snow removal operations.
• Performs manual tasks requiring special skills or knowledge in connection with roadway, walkway, and landscape construction and maintenance, such as reading blueprints; staking out projects; determining elevations and grades; seeding lawns; installing granite curbing; rigging chains and straps for hoisting; positioning signs, cones, fences, and barricades for safety; using hand signals; and related tasks as required.
• Performs unskilled manual tasks using hand tools such as rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, and hand brooms.
• Coordinates work and maintains records on special projects with campus, faculty, staff, contractors, and other customers.
• Trains fellow employees in safe and effective use of heavy or specialized equipment and trucks.
• Provides excavation and heavy construction equipment support to utilities crews repairing major utilities system failures and other emergencies.
• Ensures safe work site conditions.
• Assists in Construction Services Hardscape Masonry work.
• Maintains cleanliness of work areas.
• Utilizes safe working habits, identifies hazards, and takes corrective actions.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Practices and promotes excellent customer service in the workplace and exhibits a clear commitment to the diverse needs of customers.
• Knowledge of University rules and regulations.

• Valid Massachusetts Class B Commercial Driver's License with Air Brakes required.
• Valid Class 2B Hoisting License required.
• Must be able to pass NIDA 5 Drug Screen, per Federal CFR 49.
• Experience using heavy construction equipment such as heavy six‑ and ten‑wheeled dump trucks.
• Working knowledge of the methods and techniques used in the utilization, care, and safe operation of a wide variety of heavy and specialized highway construction and landscape maintenance equipment and trucks.
• Knowledge of the state laws pertaining to the operation of heavy…