CDL / Equipment Operator

Rotolo Consultants Inc.; Slidell (LA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a rapidly growing landscaping company as a CDL / Equipment Operator, where you will operate a variety of heavy machinery to shape the landscape and contribute to exciting projects. This role offers the chance to work outdoors while ensuring safety and efficiency on job sites. With a focus on professional development, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills and grow within the company. If you are passionate about equipment operation and enjoy hands-on work, this is the perfect career for you. Embrace the opportunity to make a tangible impact in your community through your work in landscaping and construction.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; CDL with clean driving history is essential.
• Experience with heavy equipment operation is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Operate various landscape/construction equipment safely and efficiently.
• Transport equipment to job sites and follow safety regulations.
• Perform maintenance and emergency adjustments on equipment.

Skills

CDL (Commercial Driver’s License)

Equipment Operation

Safety Regulations Knowledge

Maintenance Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Post-Secondary Certificate

Tools

Bulldozers

Excavators

Tractors

Graders

Job description

Rotolo Consultants, Inc. (RCI) is looking for talented individuals seeking to join one of North America’s fastest-growing landscaping companies. If you are looking for a rewarding career with constant professional development and growth- look no further. Join RCI and grow the future with us!

As a CDL / Equipment Operator

You will operate one or several types of power landscape/construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. Specific types of equipment depend on the division in which you are assigned, such as Landscape Maintenance versus Construction.

While not actively operating or transporting equipment, you will be assigned other duties, which may include but are not limited to debris pick up, weed eating, planting, mulching, raking, digging, etc.

Requirements:

High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
Post-Secondary Certificate a plus

Commercial Driver’s License with Offense-Free Driving History

Tasks

• Transport equipment to various job site and dispatch locations.
• Learn and follow safety regulations.
• Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
• Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms.
• Start engines, move throttles, switches, or levers, or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, or backhoes.
• Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Align machines, cutterheads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.
• Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment.
• Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.
• Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
• Operate tractors or bulldozers to perform such tasks as clearing land, mixing sludge, trimming backfills, or building roadways or parking lots.
• Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs as necessary.
• Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
• Connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkages, or power takeoff shafts to tractors.
• Operate loaders to pull out stumps, rip asphalt or concrete, rough-grade properties, bury refuse, or perform general cleanup.
• Select and fasten bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors, using hitches.
• Signal operators to guide movement of tractor-drawn machines.
• Push other equipment when extra traction or assistance is required.
• Keep records of material or equipment usage or problems encountered.
• Operate equipment to demolish or remove debris or to remove snow from streets, roads, or parking lots.

**RCI is an Equal Employment Opportunity and E-Verify Employer**