Trades ​/ Skilled Labor Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator

Who we are: C. S. McCrossan is a family‑owned enterprise with over 60 years of history and investment in our industry and communities. Our core business is diversified highway and heavy civil contracting – managing major highway, bridge, and earthwork projects like the recent I‑94 rebuild between Maple Grove and Rogers, and the 494 expansion in Bloomington. We have also managed, or joint‑ventured several light rail transit projects in the Twin Cities.

C. S. McCrossan has affiliated companies providing aggregate and asphalt materials, steel pipe and rebar coating, and real‑estate investments. Our main office is in Maple Grove, MN with additional locations in Indiana, Kansas, and Arizona. We are known for our ethics and respectful work culture and recognized by our customers and business partners as an organization that is great to do business with and delivers what we promise.

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C. S. McCrossan operate a variety of heavy equipment and trucks for purposes of road construction, grading, flood control, excavation, construction of sewer lift stations and dams, etc. Operators will operate various pieces of heavy equipment including but not limited to: cranes, bulldozers, backhoes, graders, excavators, concrete pavers, compactors, bobcats, loaders, rollers, scrapers, off‑road articulating trucks, sweepers, farm tractors, water trucks and taxcavators.

Duties may include breaking up existing road, moving dirt and terrain and excavating areas, installing utilities, leveling and preparing work surfaces, and moving heavy pieces of construction material and equipment through the use of various machines. The construction work of an Operator is of a seasonal nature, typically occurring between the months of April and November.

• Operate trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment, materials and supplies.
• Operate trucks and construction or power equipment, such as mechanized broom, backhoe, man‑lift, dump truck, snowplow, road grater, front‑end loader, hydraulic excavators, skid steers, and jetter/inductor truck.
• Operate jackhammers, mowers, brush clippers, and other small equipment and tools to maintain street and utility systems.
• Work with line crew in digging ditches and trenches, hoisting materials, tools, equipment, and any related work with backhoe, road grater, or front‑end loader.
• Perform routine inspection and preventative maintenance on assigned equipment and refer defects or repairs to supervisor; clean equipment.
• Assist in the installing and maintenance of traffic control devices.
• Serve as ground‑person on the line crew as required and assigned.
• Use of motorized vehicles and equipment, including back‑hoe, dump truck, pickup truck, utility truck, street sweeper, jetter/inductor truck, road grater, front‑end loader, street roller, manlift, tamper, plate compactor, saws, pumps, aeroil propane kettle, compressors, sanders, generators, common hand and power tools, shovels, wrenches, detection devices, mobile radio, telephone, ditch witch, and hydraulic excavator.
• Wear personal protective equipment as required.
• There is constant exposure to various weather conditions typical in the states where the work is performed, including noise, dust, and other materials.
• The work environment is in areas where heavy equipment, power tools and traffic are present.
• There is exposure to heights up to 50 feet and depths of up to 80 feet in this construction work environment.
• Demonstrate or be corrected to 20/20 vision.

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The physical demands of construction workers will vary depending on the work environment and will often change in real time.

• Ability to maneuver under and over equipment, as well as climb into/out of the cabs utilizing steps and ladders.
• Constant sitting during machine operation.
• Constant use of foot and hand controls.
• Use of track…