Excavator Operator

Sterling Construction Company, Inc.; Beaver (UT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. is seeking an Equipment Operator to proficiently operate three or more heavy equipment types and support road/grading projects in Utah. The role requires handling attachments, hydraulic systems, and GPS-enabled machinery to meet project specifications.

Responsibilities include digging, grading, and moving materials safely in a fast-paced setting, with potential overtime and weekend work. A valid driver’s license and adaptability to laborer tasks are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of heavy equipment operating experience with multiple types of equipment.
• Willing to do laborer work.
• Ability to work safely under pressure with time constraints in a changing environment.
• Frequent gross body movements such as bending, climbing into equipment, lifting up to 75lbs, twisting, standing, balancing, stooping, handling materials.
• Good eye to hand coordination; depth perception required.
• Flexible availability to include overtime and possible weekends and nights.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Operate heavy equipment such as backhoes, trackhoes, scrapers, dozers, excavators, loaders, rock trucks, compactors, articulated trucks, crushers, and/or motor graders with or without GPS to prepare the job site to meet required grades.
• Fasten attachments to tractors with clevis or wedge pin hitches and connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff to provide power to attachments.
• Move levers to control tool bars, carriers, disks, and hydraulic shovels; use shovels to dig trenches and holes; transport material to piles or trucks.
• Maneuver equipment to clear right-of-way; monitor engine indicators to estimate depth of cut.
• Construct/grade roadways, base courses, building pads, footing excavations, and water ponds to specification; load, move, level, and grade dirt, rocks, and concrete safely in a high-paced environment.
• Demolish bridges and structures with excavators; work within a pipe crew environment with excavators or loaders.
• Perform general housekeeping, equipment maintenance checks, and report usage hours daily.
• May work with GPS-equipped devices on dozers and graders; adhere to safety standards of Ralph L. Wadsworth and its projects.
• Work weekend, holiday, and/or overtime as project needs require; perform laborer duties as required.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Education

High School diploma/GED preferred

Job description

Equipment Operators responsibilities and abilities include but are not limited to the list below. Other duties may be assigned.

Responsibilities

• Ability to proficiently operate three or more types of heavy equipment such as a backhoe, trackhoe, scrapers, dozer, excavator, loader, rock trucks, compactors, articulated trucks, crushers, and/or motor graders with or without GPS in a manner to prepare the job site to meet the required grades.
• 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 hand and foot levers to control hydraulic shovel.
• Uses shovel to dig trenches and holes of specified length, depth and width, remove loosened material and put in piles or transport trucks.
• Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver equipment 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 following markings on grade stakes or hand signals.
• Responsible to construct/grade new roadways, base courses, building pads, footing excavation and water ponds and to properly slope and grade to specifications.
• Responsible to load, move, level and grade dirt, rocks, demoed concrete and other materials in a safe and efficient manner all in a high paced environment to maintain production goals.
• Ability to maintain the initiative to maintain the flow of work under minimal supervision.
• Responsible of demolition of bridges and other structures with excavators and hydraulic hoe rams.
• Responsible to operate equipment within a Pipe Crew environment such as an excavator or loader.
• Responsible for general housekeeping, light maintenance of equipment, proper care of equipment, operating the equipment without damaging it along with maintenance checks of equipment including reporting usage/utilization hours on a daily basis.
• May work with GPS installed devices on dozers and motor graders.
• Learn, follow and promote all safety standards of Ralph L Wadsworth and its projects.
• Work weekend, holiday, and/or overtime work as the project needs require.
• Perform Laborer work as required
• Performs other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Requirements

• Have a minimum of 4 years of Heavy Equipment Operating Experience with multiple types of equipment or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willing to do laborer work
• Ability to work safely under pressure with time constraints in a changing environment.
• Frequent gross body movements such as bending, climbing into equipment, lifting (up to 75lbs), twisting, standing, balancing, stooping, handling materials, moving around hazardous sites.
• Good Eye to Hand coordination a must. Depth perception required.
• High School diploma/GED preferred.
• Flexible availability to include overtime and possible weekends and nights.
• Must have a Valid Driver’s License

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.