Construction, Equipment Operator

Equipment Operators operate heavy transportation and construction equipment across a wide range of project types. Equipment could include trucks, bulldozers, backhoes, graders, forklifts, cranes and asphalt equipment. Your job responsibilities could include:

• Operating a variety of heavy‑duty, self‑propelled equipment for the construction of buildings, roadways, piers, grading and excavation
• Performing minor maintenance on equipment to ensure safe, efficient operation
• Serving on a crane crew to rig cable assemblies and change attachments for various lifting and pile‑driving operations
• Preparing operational reports on equipment
• Operating rock crushing and well‑drilling equipment
• Working as blasters for construction projects
• Reading and interpreting blueprints and preparing sketches for projects
• Making estimates of material, labor and equipment requirements
• Performing tasks required in combat and disaster preparedness or recovery operations
• Assisting with disaster relief operations and building makeshift hospitals