Heavy Equipment Operator (GPS Dozer)

Phillips & Jordan, Inc.; Bon Air (VA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in heavy civil and power infrastructure is seeking a Heavy Equipment Operator. This role involves operating construction equipment to excavate, move, grade, and load earth. Candidates should be safety-conscious and possess relevant experience. Join a team known for tackling challenging projects and advancing careers.

Qualifications

• Two to three years of verifiable and relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Operate various construction equipment including bulldozers and excavators.
• Monitor operations to ensure health and safety standards are met.
• Coordinate machine actions with crew members.

Skills

Safety Regulations

Decision Making

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma

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Phillips & Jordan, Inc. | Spring Grove , VA 23881

Phillips & Jordan, Inc. (P&J), a Phillips Infrastructure Holdings, Inc. company, is a certified woman-owned, heavy civil and power infrastructure contractor established in 1952. P&J is a proven innovator, a proven leader, and a proven solution in the industry. We have built a reputation for taking on some of the most challenging, difficult projects and successfully completing them on, or even ahead of schedule. P&J employs a top-notch workforce, and we are always in need of new employees who are dependable professionals with experience in the construction industry. We are seeking safety-conscious individuals who have a positive, can-do attitude, work well with others, and want to advance their careers.

Join the P&J team today and become a valued member of our company.

Summary

This position is responsible for operating several types of construction equipment such as dump trucks, bulldozers, front end loaders, graders, tracked excavators, or water trucks to excavate, move, grade, and load earth into haul trucks.

Essential Duties and 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

Requirements

• Follow safety regulations
• Follow instructions and meet set standards
• Judge distances and slopes accurately
• Make decisions based on verifiable standards
• Must be able to stoop, bend, and crouch and use hands, arms, and legs fully
• Must have good vision and hearing (either naturally or with correction)
• Frequently lift up to 80 pounds, and the ability to carry objects weighing 50 pounds or less
• Work dusty or dirty surroundings

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma preferred
• Two-three years verifiable and relevant experience

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