Loader Operator

Prince; Dade City (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Prince in Dade City, Florida, is looking for equipment operators with 3-5 years of experience in construction projects, specifically in roads, highways, and bridges. Responsibilities include inspecting equipment, loading trucks, and ensuring safety standards.

The job requires extensive outdoor work in diverse weather conditions and the ability to perform physically demanding tasks such as lifting up to 60 pounds.

Qualifications

• Must be able to understand work directions and communicate effectively.
• Three to five years of industry related experience required.
• Ability to lift up to 60 pounds occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic equipment inspections for functionality.
• Coordinate actions with crew members per signals.
• Load trucks with construction materials.

Skills

Understanding work directions

Effective communication

Industry related experience (3-5 years)

Lifting capacity (up to 60 pounds)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Perform a basic equipment inspection to ensure that the functions properly
• Drive and maneuver equipment
• Coordinate action actions with crew members in response to hand or audio signals
• Load trucks
• Start engine, shifts gears, presses pedals and turns steering wheel to operate loader
• Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket
• Operates front end loader forward to force bucket into bulk material
• Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket when filled
• Moves levers to dump material
• Load dump trucks with construction material such as sand, stone and other construction material
• Ensure that safety standards are met
• Perform incidental work items and duties included within other crafts

Job Requirements

• Must be able to understand work directions and communicate effectively with job site supervisors and fellow employees.
• Three (3) to Five (5) years or more of industry related experience is required for this position, with an emphasis on roads, highways, and bridges.
• All work is performed outdoors in all types of weather, including extreme heat. Job requires long hours of standing, kneeling, lifting, pulling, squatting and walking.
• Ability to lift up to 60 pounds occasionally for hand work.
• Maintain constant awareness of the jobsite’s various concurrent activities, including the activities of other employees and contractors, the operation of stationary equipment, and the movement of mobile equipment.
• Continuous mental and visual attention required to complete tasks in efficient manner involving repetitive or diversified work requiring alertness of activity.
• Working conditions will consist of exposure to grease, noise, dust, and dirt of the construction project.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

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