Heavy Equipment Operator

Mikula Contracting, Inc., a 79-year-old family-owned and operated business, is seeking an Experienced Heavy Equipment Operator with a Class A CDL license for an immediate opening. Mikula Contracting, Inc. provides commercial and residential customers with various excavation and demolition services.

Location:

Newark, NJ

Salary range: $75,000.00-$

• Operate an excavator, loader, backhoe, bulldozer, and similar heavy machine equipment.
• Performs essential maintenance and minor repairs on excavators, loaders, bulldozers, and/or other heavy power equipment.
• Locates underground services before performing heavy equipment work.
• Monitors operations to ensure health and safety standards are met.
• Aligns machines regarding stakes, markers, guidelines, and/or hand signals of other workers.
• Loads and moves dirt, rocks, materials, and/or other equipment.
• Drives and maneuvers equipment to remove topsoil, rocks, vegetation, and/or other materials to distribute and level earth or terrain.
• Coordinates machine's actions and/or activities for moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

• A minimum of 1 year of experience driving tandem dump trucks.
• Monitors operations to ensure health and safety standards are met.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
• The Company reserves the right to add or change duties anytime.

• Current Class A Commercial Driver's License
• Must be able to perform essential operations of trucks and/or construction equipment.
• Must possess basic knowledge of machines and tools concerning safety, use, and repair.
• Must possess knowledge of applicable health and safety standards concerning heavy equipment operation.
• Must possess basic knowledge of the language and terminology used in this occupation.
• Must possess excellent verbal communication skills.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills.

Mikula Contracting, Inc., a family-owned and operated business, has been servicing all of New Jersey for 78 years. We provide commercial and residential customers with various excavation, demolition, environmental, trucking, and soil materials services. We are continually expanding our clientele while enhancing our business every day. Throughout the years, Mikula Contracting has withstood the many challenges the volatile construction industry has faced while continuing to grow.