light equipment operator

City-of-Shreveport,-L; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Shreveport is seeking a Driver/Operator Heavy Equipment to operate a range of vehicles and machinery, including trucks, tractors, and other equipment.

You may work alone or with laborers, load/unload, assist crews, and perform basic vehicle maintenance. Local travel to sites is required, with exposure to harsh work environments.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, or the equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to perform tasks.
• Possess a Class A, B, or D LA driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Drives and/or operates automobiles, buses and powered machinery.
• Assists City crews with loading, unloading and physical tasks.
• Performs minor maintenance and reports needed repairs.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

DRIVER/OPERATOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Job Duties

1. Drives and/or operates automobiles,six-eight passenger van, bus, etc,. Drives and.or operates powered machinery such as: tractors, pickups, carryalls, asphalt burners, laydown machines, flat beds, tar pots, chippers, spreaders, trailers, compressors, yard equipment, street flusher, dump truck (up to five yards), and/or mud jacks.
2. May be assigned to work alone or with laborers.
3. May assist in loading and unloading trucks.
4. Assists City crews with physical work activities, which may include cutting grass, pulling or pushing things, objects, materials, tools and etc.,excavating and moving earth and other materials;spraying and flushing streets.
5. Services (gas, oil, water, clean, grease and etc.) and perform minor maintenance on assigned vehicles.
6. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

1. High School Diploma or GED, or the equivalent.
2. Demonstrated ability to perform tasks.
3. Possess a Class "A," B,"." pr "D" LA driver's license.

Physical Requirements

1. Tasks involve sedentary to light work, involving some reaching, handling, fingering and/or feeling of objects and materials;
2. Involve the ability to exert light to moderately heavy physical effort, but which may involve some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate to moderately heavy weight (12-50 pounds); and may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials (up to 100 pounds).
3. Tasks may require perception and discrimination of color, sound, odor, depth, texture, as well as visual ability and oral communications ability.
4. Jobs must be performed with or without accommodations.

Travel

Travel will be required locally from location to location to accomplish assignments and visit job sites.

Work Environment

1. Tasks may require exposure to extreme temperature, strong odors, smoke, dust, pollen, wetness and humidity, machinery and traffic hazards.

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