Heavy Equipment Operator

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Bring your heavy equipment skills to a team that puts safety, pride in workmanship, and clear communication first. As a Heavy Equipment Operator, you’ll safely load, haul, and dump materials while optimizing cycle times. You’ll collaborate with many different team members while working independently with minimal supervision. Prior experience with dozers, excavators, graders, and haul/water trucks is an asset.

Apply today to join the Ledcor team in Tucson AZ!

• Operate various pieces of heavy equipment targeted at loading, hauling and dumping
• Safely build pioneer roads in native terrain
• Load trucks safely and efficiently; set up dumps for optimal cycle times, striping and separating organized materials for the loading units
• Perform pre-trip inspections and complete daily Field Level Hazard Assessments for all activities
• Maintain equipment in excellent working condition, report and log maintenance needs
• Communicate effectively with team members across different disciplines

• Previous experience operating dozers, excavators, graders and water/haul trucks in construction, heavy civil or mining environments is an asset
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Successful completion of pre-access drug and alcohol testing
• Valid MSHA P. 48 with surface, metal and non‑metal certifications

• Project‑based position with rotating days, working 12 hours per day
• Overtime rates apply after 40 hours per week and are paid time and a half
• Living out allowance provided for qualified workers
• Extended Health & Wellness Benefits
• Primarily outdoors in various weather conditions
• Long‑term employment opportunity
• Anticipated start date:
  January 2026

Ledcor Heavy Civil and Mining services reach across the lifespan of a mine, from facility construction to full‑scale contract mining of coal, minerals, or metals, all the way to mine reclamation.

We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic, are encouraged to apply. Applicant evidence of eligibility to work in the United States is required.

Salary: $78,000–$110,000.

Location:

Tucson, AZ.