Dozer Operator - Night Shift Brownsville, TX

Granite Construction Incorporated; Brownsville (TX); Sur place; USD 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Granite Construction Incorporated in Brownsville, TX is hiring a Dozer Operator for night shift. You will operate a tractor with a concave blade to gouge, level, and distribute earth, clearing the land for roads and buildings.

Requirements include a High School Diploma or GED, proper certification, and completion of an apprenticeship. You must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physically demanding work in dusty environments.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience.
• Proper certification required.
• Completion of an apprenticeship program required.
• Appropriate training and experience required.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and carry up to 25 pounds.

Responsabilités

• Operates tractor with concave blade to gouge out, level, and distribute earth.
• Drives bulldozer in passes to achieve specified grade.
• Reads engineering drawings and follows safety procedures.
• Grease, oil, and perform routine maintenance on equipment.
• Identify and remove trees and rocks from land prep.
• Operate controls to raise, lower, and tilt attachments.

Connaissances

Reading engineering drawings

Safety awareness

Physical stamina

Formation

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience

Description du poste

## Dozer Operator - Night Shift Brownsville, TXApply: Brownsville, Texas: Abeline, Texas: Austin, Texas: Houston, Texas: San Antonio, Texas: Posted Yesterday: R0000008412**Building a career at Granite may be the most valuable thing you could do...**Find your dream job today, and be part of something great. Our most powerful partnership is the one we have with our employees. Our people are our most valued asset and the foundation of Granite’s century-old success. We’re building more than infrastructure; we are building your future.**General Summary**Operates tractor equipped with concave blade attached across front to gouge out, level, and distribute earth and to push trees and rocks from land preparatory to constructing roads and buildings.**Essential Job Accountabilities*** 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.**Education*** High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience**Certification*** Proper certification required* Completion of an apprenticeship program required.**Work Experience*** Appropriate training and experience required**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**Workers should be able to:* Read engineering drawing* Practice good safety habits* Work in dusty or dirty surroundings* Follow instructions and meet set standards* Judge distances and slopes accurately* Make decisions based on verifiable standards.Physically, workers must be able to:* Stoop, bend, and crouch* Use hands, arms, and legs fully* See well (either naturally or with correction)* Lift up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.**About Granite Construction Incorporated**Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here.**Notice to Staffing Agencies**Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries (\"Granite\") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. **Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.** Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. **Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.** Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.