Field Heavy Equipment Operator II - Multisite

Orange County Water District; Anaheim (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange County Water District seeks a Heavy Equipment Operator II to perform skilled, heavy equipment operations at the Anaheim and Corona facilities. The role involves operating bulldozers, graders, loaders, backhoes, excavators, and supporting wetlands and drainage tasks with safety as a priority. Requirements include a high school diploma or GED and two years of related experience; a CA CDL-A with tank endorsement is required within six months.

This position follows a 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Qualifications

• Two years of directly related heavy equipment operation.
• Valid California Class C Driver’s License; Class A CDL with tank endorsement and no transmission or airbrake restrictions must be obtained within six months of employment.
• High School Diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Operates bulldozers to build dikes and levees, make roads or pads, level rivers, clean silt from banks, reshape slopes, and push material.
• Operates motor graders to make, level or smooth roads, and to perform weed abatement.
• Operates rubber tire loaders and/or dump trucks to load trucks, fill sand plant hoppers, and haul materials.
• Operates backhoes to dig holes or trenches, clean trash racks, load and unload trucks, set pipes and pumps, and move or place rock or dirt.
• Operates heavy equipment scrapers to clean silt from percolation basins and holding ponds, cut roads, and haul material.
• Assists in hauling heavy equipment from one location to another by loading, chaining equipment down and driving a pilot car.
• Operates water trucks to support road maintenance, dust control, and vegetation establishment.
• Operates forklifts to load and unload trucks and to move items from place to place.
• Operates excavators to dig holes and trenches, removes material from ponds and channels.
• Operates mowing equipment to mow roads, levees, and slopes.
• Loads and unloads trucks and moves heavy objects.
• Performs a variety of hand work including digging trenches, turning valves, sweeping, weed whacking, painting, fish clean-up, washing trucks, etc.
• Maintains equipment and driver’s log.
• Coordinate with biologists and recognize vegetation habitat, nesting birds, and other animals.
• In addition to the duties described above, may assist with wetlands operations such as operating in heavy vegetation, spraying herbicide chemicals; operating a small boat; supporting planting by operating irrigation systems; placing and removing stop logs; moving water control valves; trimming trees with chainsaws, etc.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Communication

Read hydraulic gauges

Documentation

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Bulldozer

Backhoe

Grader

Loader

Dump truck

Excavator

Job description

Orange County Water District seeks a Heavy Equipment Operator II to perform skilled, heavy equipment operations at the Anaheim and Corona facilities. The role involves operating bulldozers, graders, loaders, backhoes, excavators, and supporting wetlands and drainage tasks with safety as a priority. Requirements include a high school diploma or GED and two years of related experience; a CA CDL-A with tank endorsement is required within six months.

This position follows a 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.