Heavy Equipment Operator - Excavator, Dozer, Loader, Motor Grader

Overview

Saiia Construction is hosting an in-person hiring event in Flagstaff, AZ and we’re looking to connect with skilled professionals ready to get to work on heavy civil projects in the Joseph City area.

When:

• Tuesday, May 19th | 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM (MST)
• Wednesday, May 20th | 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (MST)
• Thursday, May 21st | 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM (MST)

Where:

Double Tree Hotel

1175 West Route 66

Flagstaff, Arizona 86001

Reserve your interview time here (if job title not listed, simply select any title and a time):
Saiia - Arizona (Cholla) Hiring  2026

We’re actively hiring and looking for experienced, safety-focused people in heavy civil—come out and talk to us. Know someone who’d be a good fit? Send them our way.

The Heavy Equipment Operator is responsible for operating heavy equipment including excavator, dozers, graders, dump trucks, front‑end loaders, compactors, scrapers, and water trucks to move materials to and from designated areas. The operator participates in required training and ensures that all established safety rules, procedures, policies, OSHA, MSHA regulations are followed.

Excavator Operation

• Operates excavator, which digs holes and trenches and removes and transports earth, gravel, soil, sand, ore, rock, and industrial byproducts in stockpiles or transport trucks. Starts engine, moves hand and foot levers to control hydraulic shovel or other attachments. Uses bucket to dig trenches and holes of specified length, depth, and width, remove loosened material and put in piles or transport trucks.
  
  May need to understand and utilize GPS grade technology on this type of machine.

Bulldozer – Grader Operator

• Operates bulldozer or grader used to gouge out, level, and distribute soil, sand, ore, rock, gravel, industrial byproducts, and other materials. Also used to push or clear trees and rocks preparatory to construction projects. On occasion attaches attachments with clevis or wedge‑pin hitches. Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver bulldozer or grader, raises, lowers, and tilts the blade and attachments to clear the right of way.
  
  Feels levers and listens for stalling action of engine to estimate depth of cut. Operates bulldozer or grader in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified or designed grade or elevation. May need to understand and utilize GPS grade technology on this type of machine.

Rock / Articulated Dump Truck Driver

• Operates truck equipped with dump body to transport and dump loose materials such as sand, soil, rock, gravel, coal, ore, industrial byproducts, and other materials. Pulls levers or turns crank to tilt body and dump contents. Moves hand and foot controls to move truck forward and backward to loosen and dump material adhering to dump bed body. May be designated according to type of material hauled, type of truck driven, and whether for on‑road or off‑highway projects.

Scraper / Tractor Operator

• Operates tractor‑drawn or self‑propelled scraper to move, haul, and grade earth on construction sites. Moves switches, levers, and pedals to control the loading gate on pan or bowl, to adjust depth of cut, to raise and close filled pan or bowl for hauling, and to spread or dump earth. Connects hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff shaft to tractor to provide power to raise, lower, or tilt attachment.
  
  Moves levers to control tool bars, carriers, and disks.

Water Truck Driver

• Operates a truck to transport water for construction projects, filling and transporting potable water to crews working at job sites and driving a truck equipped with sprinkling attachment to spray water on roadways to control dust. Requires the ability to make inspections, oil, grease, service and make normal operating adjustments to the Water Truck, and lift/move transported materials as needed.

• Knowledge of EPA, OSHA, MSHA and other related state and federal regulations.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to use email, smart phone, tablet, or computer to manage company information and documents.
• Ability to draft routine…