heavy equipment operator

Benchmark Utility Services • Full-time • Sterling, VA, US • $24 - $28 / hour • 13m ago

Operator Job Summary

· Responsible for safe shoring on excavations and proper barricading

· Keep time and material records

· Knowledge of Miss Utility

· Perform daily pre-and post-inspections of equipment with appropriate documentation in compliance with company policies

· Regular and predictable attendance at assigned times is required

· Communicate and work well with other crew members

· Coordinate with other workers to determine excavation areas

· Maintain work area to acceptable safety and housekeeping standards

· Being a reliable member of the team responsive to visual cues and hand signals

· General machine upkeep and daily maintenance- Lubricating and checking fluid levels

Qualifications

· Must have experience working outdoors

· Must be US Citizen

· Integrity and self-motivation required

Must have experience in operation of loaders, dozers, haul trucks, road graders, or excavators

Position requires the ability and aptitude to operate heavy construction equipment

· All candidates will be subject to pre-employment drug screen

· At least 2 years of working experience with equipment of all sizes

· Able to solve basic, common-sense problems.

· Able to work with general supervision and use some experience/judgement.

· Must have a flexible schedule (make work irregular or odd hours in outdoor work sites, depending upon project needs or weather), including nights and weekends.

· General knowledge of daily equipment maintenance

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable performance of essential job functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is…

Required to continuously use vision abilities, including close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms; use fine motor coordination and eye-hand coordination to push/pull levers and apply pressure to control; utilize feet to press pedals; sit in static positions for long period of time.
Frequently required to stand, talk and hear; lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds (with or without assistance).
Occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee…

Regularly works in outside weather conditions.
Frequently works near moving mechanical parts; is exposed to vibration, wet or humid conditions, heat, and other forms of inclement weather; and is exposed to loud noise.
Occasionally works in high, precarious places or in excavations, and is exposed to fumes or particulates, chemicals and electrical energy, as well as machinery.

Benchmark, LLC, is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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