Heavy Equipment Operator

Shift: 1st

Pay:
Starting at $23.93 per hour

General Description:

As needed, operates straight or articulated rubber-tired tractor-type vehicle equipped with front‑mounted hydraulically powered bucket or scoop to lift and transport materials to and from storage or processing areas to load trucks or rail cars and to feed hoppers, conveyors, chutes, etc. As needed, operates straight or articulated rubber‑tired dump truck with dump body. As needed, operates skid steer machine with fork, bucket, or blade attachment.

Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals and turns steering wheel or steering mechanism to operate loader. Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket and drives front‑end loader to work site and moves levers to dump material. Works overtime and rotating shifts as required. Performs routine maintenance on loader such as lubricating, fueling and cleaning. Replaces or assists other workers as needed.

Performs other tasks as assigned by supervision.

• Complete safety, health and task training.
• Meet requirements for employment and the position.
• Read and use the operator’s manuals and fill out simple reports such as pre‑shift inspection forms.
• Carry out simple oral and written instructions and deal with simple problems from standardized situations.
• Have knowledge of the machine’s mechanics.
• Know safety, environmental and other federal, state and local regulations needed for the job.
• Know quality control considerations.
• Demonstrate safe, productive job performance.
• Safely load and dump materials in designated areas accurately and efficiently.
• Safely charge various dump hoppers at established average tons per hour rate as needed.
• Safely lubricate, service and maintain the machine.
• Safely perform safety inspections of the machine and work area.
• Safely perform medium work by occasionally lifting, carrying, pushing and / or pulling up to 50 pounds.
• Safely climb on and around equipment and sit for long periods while operating the machine.
• Safely perform scheduled maintenance on the assigned machine.
• Safely complete other assigned training.
• Safely meet the supervisor’s standards of performance.
• Safely replace or assist other workers as needed.
• Safely performs other tasks as assigned by supervision or designated lead person.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions provided such accommodations do not create undue hardship to the company. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit;

walk (including on uneven surfaces); climb stairs (multiple levels or floors) and ladders; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arm; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell; and is occasionally required to stand. Additionally, the job requires the employee to work at heights on occasion. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 40 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, provided such accommodation does not create undue hardship to the company. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts;

in high, precarious places; in outside weather conditions; and with explosives; and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, petroleum products, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.