Front End Loader Operator

Heavy Equipment Operator responsibilities may include the following:

• Operating front end loader with materials, erecting and installing construction materials, laying roadbeds or paving materials, moving, loading or unloading items and more.

• Cleaning, maintaining, and making basic repairs and reporting malfunctions to supervisors as necessary.

• Moving levers, pushing pedals, or turning valves to maneuver equipment, while ensuring safety standards.

• Coordinate machine actions with crew members using hand or audio signals

• Completing apprenticeship and on-the-job training; working with a mentor to learn job and safety principles.

• Ensuring machinery, equipment, and components receive proper maintenance, which may include cleaning, refueling, recharging batteries, or replacing liquefied-gas tanks.

• Obtain required licensing or certification to operate certain equipment.

• Carrying or lifting heavy objects as well as squatting, kneening, bending, or crawling in awkward positions.

• Working outdoors in all weather conditions, full-time or seasonally, extended hours and night shifts.

You will also need to:

• Have 1 to 3 years of industry experience.

• Complete heavy equipment apprenticeship as well as on-going training and evaluations.

• Be continually attentive and mindful of your surroundings to keep yourself and co-workers safe.

• Have hand-eye-foot coordination, depth perception, near and far vision acuity, good reaction time and physical stamina, and develop proficiency in the safe operation of equipment.

• Be familiar with global positioning systems (GPS).

• Be at least 18 years old and hold a commercial driver's license (CDL).

• Pass pre-employment and/or Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).