Heavy Equipment Operator

Employment Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Experience

Required:

Minimum of six (6) years of experience in the operation and routine maintenance of the type of equipment of primary assignment.

Minimum

Education Requirements:

High School diploma or G.E.D.

Department: Utility Services (Streets).

Direct Supervisor: Division Foreman.

Supervisory Responsibility: Direct (x);
Indirect (x)

Primary

Work Location:

Works outside at various work sites.

Certification: Valid State of Florida driver's license, Class A or B CDL, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Water Distribution Level 3 Operator Certification (Water Distribution only) required within 1 year of hire, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Stormwater Erosion and Sedimentation Control Inspector required within six (6) months of hire, and maintenance of Traffic (MOT) Certification - Intermediate required within six (6) months of hire.

Job Summary: Performs skilled work in the operation of a variety of complex heavy construction equipment and duties also include performing manual labor tasks.

Essential Job Functions

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential duties:

• Operate one or more of the following equipment and/or machines: dump truck, dozer, front-end loader, backhoe, motor grader, and excavator.

• Operate and perform preventative maintenance on various construction equipment including but not limited to hand tools, power tools, tamps quick cut saws, air hammers, mowers, etc.

• Perform heavy manual labor such as: digging, lifting, hauling, spraying, etc.

• Operate cement mixer, set concrete formwork, place, shovel, and finish concrete.

• Prepare surfaces for paving and shovel and spread asphalt.

• Perform routine maintenance to assigned equipment.

• Participate in concrete or asphalt preparation and installation.

• Perform maintenance and installation of irrigation systems.

• Perform manual unskilled labor as required.

• Perform supervisory responsibilities in absence of the Foreman.

• Perform other job duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA's) for Position

An employee in this class must have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities upon application:

Knowledge

• Effective operation and maintenance of medium and heavy equipment.

• Proper lifting and rigging methods and construction operations.

• Traffic and highway safety rules and regulations, and of effective precautionary measures necessary to avoid accidents.

• Hazards involved in the use of heavy equipment and of the safety precautions to be taken.

• Construction terminology and utility/Infrastructure installation.

• City's functions, policies, and procedures.

Skills

• Written and oral communications skills.

• Operation of heavy construction equipment.

• Operate a variety of office equipment, including computer terminal, printer, calculator, fax, typewriter, and copier.

Abilities

• Understand and carry out general instructions relating to construction and maintenance operations.

• Estimate required quantities for concrete and asphalt delivery.

• Physical strength and agility to do strenuous laboring tasks.

• Works in extreme weather conditions with dust, fumes, gases, chemicals, oils, uneven surfaces, poor lighting, vibrations, in or with moving vehicles, heights (up to 10 feet).

Physical Demands

The work is heavy work which requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The following physical abilities are required:

o Balancing:
Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

o Climbing:
Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.

o Crawling:
Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

o Crouching:
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

o Feeling:
Perceiving attributes of objects,…