Industrial Tractor Operator – Grounds & Equipment

TRDI; Fort Cavazos Motorcycle and POV Campus (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Health & Welfare

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

TRDI is seeking a full-time Tractor Operator to maintain grounds and operate heavy equipment on airfield properties. The role involves attaching and operating batwing shredders, maintaining equipment, and performing basic repairs.

You will work with hedges, lawns, and landscape features while following safety protocols and OPSEC requirements. Responsibilities include routine mowing, edging, pruning, and site maintenance, with a focus on reliability, teamwork, and adherence to schedule during

Qualifications

• Must be able to complete and maintain certification to operate a vehicle on the airfield.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to effectively work with other team members.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Detail oriented and basic organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property such as buildings, roadsides, airfields, and athletic fields.
• Minor equipment repairs, performing one or more of the following tasks: cut grass using batwing mowers (more than 2000 lbs.), trim hedges and edges around walks, flowerbeds, and wells.
• Fastens attachments such as graders, plows, rollers, mowers (over 2000 lbs.), backhoes, seeders, and disc harrows to tractor, adjusts equipment for proper operation, lubricates and makes minor repairs to tractor and attachments such as tightening bolts, and replacing washers, cotter pins, and screws.
• Operate industrial grade tractors with batwing shredder attachment within the controlled movement area of an airfield.
• Uses hedge trimmers, clippers and edging tools, prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth, using shears and other hand tools, sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer or insecticide.

Skills

Safety awareness

Team player

Oral and written communication

Detail oriented

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

TRDI is seeking a full-time Tractor Operator to maintain grounds and operate heavy equipment on airfield properties. The role involves attaching and operating batwing shredders, maintaining equipment, and performing basic repairs.

You will work with hedges, lawns, and landscape features while following safety protocols and OPSEC requirements. Responsibilities include routine mowing, edging, pruning, and site maintenance, with a focus on reliability, teamwork, and adherence to schedule during