Equipment Operator

Overview

At Haskell, you're not just joining a company—you're joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. You ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact.

• Operate forklift in a safe manner, understanding load capacities and terrain limitations.
• Adjust hand wheels and levers; depress pedals to drive machines and control attachments such as blades, buckets, scrapers, and swing booms.
• Control levers and pedals to lower buckets or scoop material, and to lift, swing, or dump material.
• Excavate for piping and structures including water, sewer, and storm drain projects.
• Excavate around existing utilities and structures safely and precisely.
• Excavate to proper trench depths using construction drawings, levels, lasers, etc.
• Install trench boxes and shoring at depths required by tasks.
• Communicate with hand signals to move construction materials.
• Follow directions from onsite superintendent or supervisor.
• Complete daily trenching and excavation forms and understand the Utility Strike Prevention program.
• Log daily inspections of all equipment and perform maintenance routines (cleaning, greasing, fueling, etc.).
• Use rigging practices to unload, lower, and raise construction materials.
• Travel as required and perform other duties as needed.

High school diploma required; minimum 4 years of experience operating heavy equipment in a construction environment.

• Must be certified to operate forklift and provide documentation prior to use.
• Read and understand engineered drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge of builder s levels and grade rods, rotating lasers and pipe lasers.
• Judge distances and slopes accurately and make decisions based on verifiable standards.
• Knowledge of hand signals and ability to relay them effectively.
• Certification in rigging.
• Knowledge of excavation trenching and shoring best practices.
• Act as a competent person for trenching and shoring.
• Communicate effectively with co-workers and supervisors.
• OSHA 10 or 30.
• Ability to understand and execute the company vision and values of Team, Excellence, Service, and Trust.

• Strategy — Planning for the Future:
  Developing talent, organizational alignment, strategic networking, and strategic thinking.
• Delivery — Achieving Results:
  Analytical thinking, problem solving and decision making, results-driven, flexible thinking, managing resources, teamwork, and team leadership.
• Interpersonal — Building Relationships:
  Customer focus, influencing, negotiating, organizational knowledge, communication and presence, and diversity and inclusion.

• Team:
  Collaborate and show respect for team members and partners; ensure open communication.
• Excellence:
  Strive for quality and safety; execute best-in-class work; pursue continuous improvement.
• Service:
  Deliver exceptional service to internal and external clients and the community.
• Trust:
  Maintain high ethics and personal accountability; transparency, credibility, and fairness.

Travel to alternate locations may be required. Must have ordinary ambulatory skills. Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and lift/move light to medium weights (10–50 pounds). Requires good hand-eye coordination and dexterity, plus ability to read application/form information. The team member is frequently required to sit, reach with hands/arms, talk, and hear.

Haskell will provide reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and its amendments. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.