Excavator Operator; Underground Wet Utilities

Application Instructions

NOW HIRING FOR LARGE EXCAVATOR OPERATORS WITH EXPERIENCE IN UNDERGROUND WET UTILITIES.

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under the company's reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and growth.

• Competitive Pay
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Holiday Pay
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan - 401K, company contribution up to 5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Growth and Career Advancement

• Ability to proficiently operate three or more types of heavy equipment such as a backhoe, trackhoe, scrapers, dozer, excavator, loader, rock trucks, compactors, articulated trucks, crushers, and/or motor graders with or without GPS in a manner to prepare the job site to meet the required grades.
• Fastens attachments to tractor with clevis or wedge pin hitches.
• 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.
• Moves hand and foot levers to control hydraulic shovel.
• Uses shovel to dig trenches and holes of specified length, depth and width, remove loosened material and put in piles or transport trucks.
• Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver equipment and raise, lower, and tilt attachment to clear right‑of‑way.
• Feels lever and listens for stalling action of engine to estimate depth of cut.
• Drives bulldozer in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade following markings on grade stakes or hand signals.
• Responsible for constructing/grading new roadways, base courses, building pads, footing excavation, water ponds and properly sloping and grading to specifications.
• Responsible for loading, moving, leveling and grading dirt, rocks, demolished concrete and other materials in a safe and efficient manner in a high‑paced environment to maintain production goals.
• Maintains initiative to keep flow of work under minimal supervision.
• Responsible for demolition of bridges and other structures with excavators and hydraulic hoe rams.
• Operates equipment within a Pipe Crew environment such as an excavator or loader.
• Conducts general housekeeping, light maintenance of equipment, proper care of equipment, operates equipment without damaging it, and performs maintenance checks of equipment including reporting usage/utilization hours on a daily basis.
• May work with GPS installed devices on dozers and motor graders.
• Learns, follows and promotes all safety standards of Ralph L Wadsworth and its projects.
• Works weekend, holiday, and/or overtime work as the project needs require.
• Performs laborer work as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

• Have a minimum of 4 years of Heavy Equipment Operating Experience with multiple types of equipment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willing to do laborer work.
• Ability to work safely under pressure with time constraints in a changing environment.
• Frequent gross body movements such as bending, climbing into equipment, lifting (up to 75 lbs), twisting, standing, balancing, stooping, handling materials, moving around hazardous sites.
• Good eye‑to‑hand coordination and depth perception.
• High School diploma/GED preferred.
• Flexible availability to include overtime and possible weekends and nights.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

We are an equal opportunity employer:
We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, military status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.