Grading & Excavation Equipment Operator

Phillips, Inc.; Port Charlotte (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillips, Inc. is seeking a construction equipment operator to run dump trucks, bulldozers, front end loaders, graders, and excavators. The role involves excavating, moving earth, grading, and loading materials, while strictly following safety rules and coordinating with crew signals.

The ideal candidate has two to three years of verified experience and preferably a high school diploma. Expect a pre-employment physical and on-site safety training; apply via [e-mail].

Qualifications

• Follow safety regulations.
• Follow instructions and meet set standards.
• Judge distances and slopes accurately.
• Pass construction equipment operator qualification testing/observation.

Responsibilities

• Learn and follow safety regulations.
• Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
• Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Adjust hand wheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms.
• Start engines; move throttles, switches, or levers; or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, or backhoes.
• Coordinate machine actions with other activities, position or move loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
• Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment.
• Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
• Drive and maneuver equipment with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.

Education

High School Diploma preferred

Two-three years verifiable and relevant experience

Job description

Phillips, Inc. is seeking a construction equipment operator to run dump trucks, bulldozers, front end loaders, graders, and excavators. The role involves excavating, moving earth, grading, and loading materials, while strictly following safety rules and coordinating with crew signals.

The ideal candidate has two to three years of verified experience and preferably a high school diploma. Expect a pre-employment physical and on-site safety training; apply via [e-mail].