Road Roller Operator – Drive Big Projects & Career Growth

Granite Construction

Abilene (TX)

On-site

USD 40,000 - 65,000

Full time

14 days+

Get more replies from employers

Send a job-specific resume in minutes.

Job summary

Granite Construction in Abilene, TX seeks a Road Roller Operator to drive heavy rolling equipment and compact earth fills to grade specifications for highways, streets, and runways. You will operate controls, assess material compressibility, and perform hand roller tasks in areas not accessible to road rollers.

Qualifications include a High School Diploma or GED, proper certification, and training/experience in safe operation.

Qualifications

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience.
Proper certification required.
Appropriate training and experience required.

Responsibilities

Moves levers, depresses pedals, turns handwheels, and pushes throttle to control and guide machine.
Drives machine in successive overlapping passes over surface to be compacted.
Determines speed and direction of machine, based on knowledge of compressibility of material under changing temperatures, so that ridges are not formed by excessive pressure.
Pushes hand roller and pounds surfaces, using hand tamp, or guides portable power roller over areas not accessible to road roller.
May be designated according to surface rolled as Road-Roller Operator, Hot Mix; Subgrade-Roller Operator; or according to source of power used as Diesel-Roller Operator; Gas-Roller Operator.