Equipment Operator III - Flood Control

WICHITA COMPANY LIMITED; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

KansasWorks is seeking a skilled heavy equipment operator for flood control-related maintenance and construction in Wichita, KS. The role involves operating various heavy equipment, supervising a crew as needed, and performing routine maintenance on equipment.

Applicants must be able to work outdoors in all weather, lift heavy loads, and pass a pre-employment physical with drug screening. The position may require overnight shifts and weekend work in emergency response situations.

Qualifications

• Experience operating heavy equipment such as bulldozers, excavators, and mobile cranes.
• Ability to lead maintenance operations and supervise crews.
• Must be able to perform physically demanding tasks and work outdoors in all weather.

Responsibilities

• Operates heavy equipment to perform maintenance and construction tasks.
• Specializes in a specific operation and ensures that it is done well.
• Performs mechanical maintenance and service work on equipment operated.
• Assists supervisors in daily assignments and completion of paperwork.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Outdoor work

Leadership

Safety awareness

Physical stamina

Job description

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13661775

**The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.**

**Distinguishing Features of Work**

This position requires experience in heavy equipment operation including excavation, bulldozers, and mobile cranes for Flood Control. This is skilled work in the safe and efficient operation of heavy and specialized automotive equipment and/or supervision of a crew engaged in maintenance or construction activities which includes minor repair and servicing. Work may involve filling in for a supervisor in his/her absence. Work is performed independently under the general direction of the supervisor.

• **Posting may close at any time**

**Examples of Work Performed**

• Operates heavy equipment to perform assigned maintenance and construction tasks. Examples of equipment operated include, but are not limited to, street sweepers, bulldozers, large graders, scrapers, large backhoes, large ditch digging machines, semi tractor trailers and windrowing machines, and stormwater combo cleaners.
• Specializes in a specific operation and ensures that it is done well.
• Performs mechanical maintenance and service work on equipment operated.
• Assists supervisors in various phases of operations, including daily assignments of work tasks and completion of paperwork.
• These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other related duties may be assigned as needed.

**Requirements of Work**

• Considerable knowledge of automotive equipment operation
• Knowledge of the tools, methods and materials used in construction and maintenance activities
• May require knowledge of methods used in making concrete, asphalt and brick repairs; or knowledge of paints, thinners and related supplies
• Skill in the care and operations of heavy and specialized equipment
• Ability to lead the work of others in maintenance operations
• Ability to work outdoors when inclement weather conditions exist
• Ability to tolerate exposure to airborne environmental nuisances associated with traffic and machine exhaust, open grounds, and construction
• Ability to safely and effectively use a chainsaw and/or a jackhammer
• Ability to tolerate equipment and machinery noise with the use of hearing protection
• Ability to continuously perform tasks that require one to push, pull, climb (ladders and in and out of vehicular equipment), bend, twist, reach, stand, and walk about (up to half a mile at a time) for most of an eight hour shift
• Ability to lift and carry up to 75 pounds
• Ability to lift and carry up to 200 pounds with assistance from another person
• May require the ability to maneuver self into riding machines with two foot steep first step, and onto frame or fender as required to perform fluid/filter check daily and maintenance every 100 hours or as needed on mowers and plows
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing
• Possession and ability to maintain a valid Kansas class A commercial driver's license (CDL)with tanker endorsement; or, depending on the position, class B with air brake and tanker endorsement. If you are a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be required to have or obtain a CDL from your home country.
• This position will require working outdoors in inclement weather including but not limited to, rain, snow, ice, sleet, heat, and humidity plus snow and ice removal and/or emergency response operations that would include operating equipment and vehicles on overnight shifts, weekends and in low-light and low visibility conditions, or other adverse weather conditions
• An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other ndividuals in the workplace.

Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory evaluation of the results of a criminal record check.

Please note that this position is part of a random drug testing pool, and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.

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