Equipment Operator 2/C

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc; Port Saint Joe (FL); On-site; USD 46,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is seeking a heavy equipment operator to support the construction, maintenance and repair of marine vessels in our shipyard.

The role requires operating various heavy equipment, performing pre-operational checks and ensuring safety protocols are followed. Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED and 1–3 years of experience with heavy equipment, plus a valid driver's license.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus 1–3 years' experience operating a variety of heavy equipment.
• Valid driver’s license is required.
• Ability to read and understand load charts.
• Ability to perform physical tasks and operate safely in a heavy industrial shipyard environment.
• Knowledge of ship terminology and OSHA standards.

Responsibilities

• Operate a variety of heavy equipment used in construction, maintenance and repair of marine vessels and shipyard facilities.
• Perform pre-operational checks on equipment and notify management of maintenance needs.
• Follow safety and security standards and use appropriate PPE.
• Work with hand signals and at times with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Safety compliance

Reading diagrams/plans

Load charts

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Load charts

Job description

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

POSITION SUMMARY

Operates a variety of equipment (excluding cranes) used in the construction, maintenance and repair of marine vessels and shipyard maintenance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers; the essential duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Operate trucks and construction equipment, such as backhoe, man-lift, road grader and front-end loader, etc.
• Operate trucks, and construction equipment such as backhoe, skid steer, front end loader, telescopic telehandler forklift, etc.
• Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment.
• Perform routine inspection on assigned equipment and notify management required maintenance and/or repair.
• Perform all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.
• Work with hand signals from Universal Standard Signal Chart.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

REQUIREMENTS

• Education/Experience: High school diploma or GED equivalence plus one to three years' experience in the operation of a variety of heavy equipment required.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Requires knowledge of ship terminology, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
• Skills: Ability to read and comprehend written, verbal, or diagram form or plans.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, verbal, or diagram form.
• Ability to read and understand load charts.
• Knowledge of safe operation and use of hand and power tools.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Behavioral Attributes: Integrity, ethics, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety conscious, and multi-tasking.
• Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid driver's license.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to coordinate movements of two or more limbs together (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. The employee is required to have the ability to quickly and repeatedly make precise adjustments in moving the controls of a machine or vehicle to exact positions. The employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the workday. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee must be physically and medically qualified to wear all required personal protective equipment, as prescribed under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. The employee must be able to work above ground at heights of a minimum of 50 feet aloft and/or working from scaffolding and/or man-lifts while working with machinery; in confined spaces and withstand extreme heat and cold in an outside climate or confined space.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, vibration, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, continual loud noise, and other hazards found in a heavy industrial shipyard environment. Rigorous compliance with safety procedures, policies, and personal safety equipment requirements is therefore mandatory. We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.