Dozer Operator: Build Roads, Elevate Your Career

Granite Construction; Sky Lake (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Granite Construction Incorporated seeks a tractor operator to gouge, level, and distribute earth, preparing land for roads and buildings. This role requires attention to safety and the ability to read engineering drawings.

You will connect and operate attachments, maneuver equipment to grade terrain, and perform routine maintenance. High school diploma or GED and apprenticeship completion are required, with proper certification expected.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Proper certification required.
• Completion of an apprenticeship program required.

Responsibilities

• Fastens attachments to tractor with clevis or wedge-pin hitches.
• Connects hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff shaft to tractor to provide power to raise, lower, or tilt attachment.
• Moves levers to control tool bars, carriers, and disks.
• Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver tractor and raise, lower, and tilt attachment to clear right-of-way.
• Feels lever and listens for stalling action of engine to estimate depth of cut.
• Drives bulldozer in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade.
• May grease, oil, and repair tractor.

Skills

Read engineering drawings

Safety awareness

Stamina and physical fitness

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Granite Construction Incorporated seeks a tractor operator to gouge, level, and distribute earth, preparing land for roads and buildings. This role requires attention to safety and the ability to read engineering drawings.

You will connect and operate attachments, maneuver equipment to grade terrain, and perform routine maintenance. High school diploma or GED and apprenticeship completion are required, with proper certification expected.