Operating Engineer

St. Louis Construction Cooperative; Missouri; Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Operating Engineers Local 513 Training in Missouri offers a three-year apprenticeship to become a heavy equipment operator. Apprentices will receive on-the-job training while employed by signatory contractors and related classroom instruction at Silex, Missouri, or other assigned sites.

Applicants must apply in person with a valid driver’s license, be at least 17 to apply and 18 to enter the program, and reside within Local 513’s jurisdiction (eastern half of Missouri).

Qualifications

• Must apply in person with a valid driver’s license.
• Age: at least 17 to apply; 18 to enter program.
• Resident within Local 513’s jurisdiction (eastern half of Missouri).
• High school diploma or GED required at Pre-Apprentice meeting.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a three-year apprenticeship with on-the-job training and related classroom instruction.
• Attend training at Silex, Missouri, or designated site; learn heavy equipment operation under supervision.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

WORK DESCRIPTION

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Operating Engineers are the first on a construction job and the last off. Operating Engineers operate the dozers, the motor graders, the backhoes, the cranes helping to form and shape the infrastructure and skylines.

When the construction site involves a commercial or industrial complex, stationary engineers are there long after the construction is finished, operating and maintaining the completed facility.

Apprentice wages range from $26.41-$38.41.
Journey level wage is $48.02.

Applicants must apply in person with a valid driver’s license and meet the following:

• Be at least 17 years of age to apply, however, 18 to enter the program
• Be a resident within Local 513’s jurisdiction, which covers the eastern half of Missouri
• A high school diploma or GED in hand at the Pre-Apprentice meeting
  

Our Apprenticeship Applicants must apply in person with a valid driver’s license.
Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM (the office is closed from 12:00 – 12:30 for lunch).

Operating Engineers Local 513 Training
75 Hwy F
Silex, MO 63377

Office: 573-485-2200

TRAINING PROGRAM

The Training Program is a three-year program. Applicants who are selected to take part in the apprenticeship program will receive a combination of on-the-job training while employed by signatory contractors and related field instruction by the program’s instructors at Silex, Missouri, or where assigned.

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The Operating Engineers Local 513 Apprenticeship Program is a three-year program consisting of on- site classroom training and on-the-job training for individuals to become heavy equipment operators and members of Operating Engineers Local 513. An apprentice is an employee who learns a skilled trade through planned, supervised work on-the-job, while at the same time receiving related technical classroom instruction.

UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 513