Heavy Equipment Operator

Sterling Construction Company, Inc.; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. seeks an Equipment Operator to proficiently operate multiple heavy equipment types to prepare job sites and meet grades.

Responsibilities include attaching implements, connecting hydraulics, digging trenches, loading and grading materials, and performing safety checks to maintain production goals on busy projects in Oklahoma. Candidates should have 4+ years of heavy equipment experience, a valid driver's license, willingness to overtime, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of heavy equipment operating experience.
• Ability to work safely under pressure with time constraints.
• Flexibility to perform laborer tasks when required.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Operate backhoes, trackhoes, dozers, excavators, loaders and other heavy equipment to prepare grades.
• Fasten attachments to tractors and connect hydraulic hoses and power takeoff systems.
• Dig trenches and holes to specified dimensions and load/dump material safely.
• Grade and shape terrain using grade stakes or signals; operate with GPS where available.
• Demolish bridges or structures with excavators when required and maintain equipment.
• Perform daily maintenance and report usage hours, follow all safety standards.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

GPS operation

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Manual dexterity

Education

High School diploma/GED

Tools

GPS devices

Job description

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

• 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.

• Have a minimum of 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, 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.
• Valid Driver’s License

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.