Heavy Equipment Operator: Precision Grading & Earthmoving

Phillips, Inc.; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillips, Inc. is seeking a construction equipment operator in Fort Myers, FL. You will operate bulldozers, graders, excavators, and dump trucks to excavate, move and level earth, while following safety rules and coordinating with crew signals.

This role requires diligence, the ability to judge distances, and the success in passing equipment qualification testing. A high school diploma is preferred and pre-employment physicals are required.

Qualifications

• Follow safety regulations.
• Follow instructions and meet set standards.
• Judge distances and slopes accurately.
• Make decisions based on verifiable standards.
• Work dusty or dirty surroundings.
• 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

Skills

Equipment operation

Safety regulations

Coordination with crew

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Dump trucks

Bulldozers

Front end loaders

Graders

Tracked excavators

Water trucks

Job description

Phillips, Inc. is seeking a construction equipment operator in Fort Myers, FL. You will operate bulldozers, graders, excavators, and dump trucks to excavate, move and level earth, while following safety rules and coordinating with crew signals.

This role requires diligence, the ability to judge distances, and the success in passing equipment qualification testing. A high school diploma is preferred and pre-employment physicals are required.