Equipment Operator

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Department: UTILITIES

Division: FIELD OPERATIONS

Job classification: EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

Posting type: Open

Categories: Public Works, Utilities

The City of Sunrise is more than a workplace — it’s a community built on our Three Pillars:
Customer Service, Collaboration, and Transparency. We’re committed to creating an environment where innovation thrives, teamwork is celebrated, and every employee has the opportunity to grow and make a lasting impact.

As a full-service municipality and one of South Florida’s premier cities, Sunrise offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a strong culture of recognition. Whether you’re helping residents, shaping policy, or improving city operations, you’ll be part of a team that’s passionate about service excellence and community pride.

We take pride in being home to the back-to-back NHL Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers, a vibrant arts and entertainment district, and a diverse community that truly embodies what it means to Live, Work, and Play in Sunrise.

Effective January 2026, the City is has launched an Alternative Work Schedule designed to further support employee work-life balance — providing eligible staff with two three-day weekends per month through an every-other-Friday-off model. This initiative reflects our continued focus on flexibility and employee well-being.

This classification involves driving heavy-duty trucks and operating moderately complex construction/maintenance equipment involving a comprehensive maintenance program for streets, sidewalks, bridges, drainage, and other infrastructures on City property or in the City right-of-way. Under immediate supervision, employees are required to exercise some initiative and independent judgment in completing assigned tasks. Tasks at times are performed under hazardous conditions and employees are expected to be particularly alert and careful whenever operating the assigned vehicle/equipment.

Employees might be required to perform manual and unskilled laboring tasks, using hand and power tools, either separate from or in conjunction with the equipment being operated. Employees might also be required to operate specialty and/or more complex construction/maintenance equipment on a relief basis or in a training capacity and may serve in a lead capacity over lower level laboring personnel.

Work is reviewed while in progress and upon completion by observation and through results obtained.

• Operates safely a variety of moderately complex heavy equipment including tandem dump trucks, combination vehicle, rollers, bulldozers, street sweeper, skid steer loader, backhoe, track asphalt paver, and front-end loader.
• Transports materials, tools, and equipment to and from job sites; hauls sand, rock, shell, asphalt, gravel, sludge, and other bulky, heavy items and substances.
• Operates construction/maintenance equipment, pay loaders, truck mounted claw for loading and lifting in construction and maintenance activities; and loader tractors for loading and excavating, and industrial/agricultural tractors for cutting grass and clearing land.
• Performs minor maintenance and servicing on vehicle/equipment being operated to include checking tire air pressure, motor oil, hydraulic oil, and fuel, and bleeding brake air tanks where require; visually checks vehicle/equipment and reports maintenance or repair problems at the beginning and the end of the workday; assures that vehicle is properly equipped, serviced and cleaned
• Excavation for the installation and maintenance of stormwater drainage pipes and structures
• Exercises extreme care while operating equipment, to include…