Heavy Equipment Operator – Travel Required

Phillips Infrastructure; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillips Infrastructure in Oklahoma is seeking a skilled construction equipment operator. You will operate dump trucks, bulldozers, loaders, graders, excavators, and water trucks to excavate, move, grade, and load earth.

Candidates must follow safety regulations, pass pre-employment physical, and be able to lift heavy loads; high school diploma preferred and 2–3 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Follow safety regulations and standards.
• Judge distances and slopes accurately.
• Stoop, bend, and crouch and use hands, arms, and legs fully.
• 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.
• Pass construction equipment operator qualification testing/observation.
• Two-three years verifiable and relevant experience.

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

Job description

Phillips Infrastructure in Oklahoma is seeking a skilled construction equipment operator. You will operate dump trucks, bulldozers, loaders, graders, excavators, and water trucks to excavate, move, grade, and load earth.

Candidates must follow safety regulations, pass pre-employment physical, and be able to lift heavy loads; high school diploma preferred and 2–3 years of relevant experience.