Heavy Road Construction Equipment Operator

Heavy Road Construction Equipment Operator

Position Overview:

Heavy Road Construction Equipment Operators is a skilled position which supports heavy civil and highway construction projects. This position is responsible for operating a variety of heavy construction equipment used in roadway, site development, grading, excavation, utility, and paving operations. The ideal candidate demonstrates a strong commitment to safety, equipment care, quality workmanship, and teamwork while contributing to the successful completion of construction projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operate heavy construction equipment in a safe and efficient manner, including but not limited to motor graders, excavators, dozers, loaders, rollers, scrapers, backhoes, skid steers, and haul trucks.
• Perform grading, excavation, earthmoving, roadway construction, aggregate placement, and site preparation activities.
• Read and interpret grade stakes, site plans, blueprints, and GPS machine control systems.
• Conduct pre-trip and post-trip inspections and complete required equipment inspection reports.
• Monitor equipment performance and promptly report maintenance needs, mechanical issues, or safety concerns.
• Maintain production and quality standards while meeting project schedules and deadlines.
• Work closely with supervisors, forepersons, truck drivers, survey crews, and other team members to ensure efficient project execution.
• Follow all company safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, including OSHA, MSHA (where applicable), and DOT regulations.
• Assist with labor activities when equipment operation is not required.
• Maintain clean and organized equipment and work areas.
• Ensure proper protection of underground and overhead utilities during excavation and grading operations.
• Participate in safety meetings, trainings, and company-sponsored programs.
• Adapt to changing project requirements and work assignments as needed.
• Travel between job sites as required.
• Perform additional duties as assigned to support operational needs.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• One to two years of heavy equipment operating experience in road construction, heavy civil construction, excavation, utility construction, or related fields.
• Experience operating one or more types of heavy construction equipment with demonstrated proficiency.
• Experience working around underground utilities, roadway construction, grading, or earthwork activities preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Valid driver's license required.
• Be able to operate Paddle Wheel Scraper, Wheel Dozer, Excavator and Blade.
• MSHA Training
• Familiar with GPS
• Other
  
  Skills and Abilities:

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to sit, climb, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, crawl, kneel, bend, and reach with hands and arms above their shoulders.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move anywhere up to 100 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and vibration.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

About CRH:

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

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