Roller Operator - Night Shift - Brownsville, TX

Granite Construction Incorporated; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Granite Construction Incorporated in Brownsville offers a night-shift Roller Operator position for road rollers used to compact earth fills, subgrades, and bases to grade specifications. The role requires reading engineering drawings, safety practices, and the ability to work in dusty environments while following instructions to meet standards.

The candidate should be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds, with frequent handling of items up to 25 pounds, and perform tasks in a site environment

Qualifications

• Read engineering drawings.
• Practice good safety habits.
• Work in dusty or dirty surroundings.
• Follow instructions and meet set standards.
• Judge distances and slopes accurately.
• Make decisions based on verifiable standards.

Responsibilities

• Move levers, depress pedals, and guide the machine.
• Drive the roller in overlapping passes to compact surfaces.
• Set speed and direction based on material compressibility and temperature.
• Operate hand tamp and guide portable power roller where needed.
• Roll areas inaccessible to main machine and ensure proper coverage.
• Maintain safety and quality as per project specs.

Skills

Equipment operation

Safety awareness

Reading drawings

Education

High School Diploma

Proper certification

Job description

Roller Operator - Night Shift - Brownsville, TXOur website uses cookies to improve your experience. We also use analytic cookies to monitor how people use the website, with a goal of making improvements and making the site more useful.### Roller Operator - Night Shift - Brownsville, TXApply: Mission, Texas: McAllen, Texas: Houston, Texas: Austin, Texas: Dallas, Texas: Posted Yesterday: R0000008413**Building a career at Granite may be the most valuable thing you could do...**Find your dream job today, and be part of something great. Our most powerful partnership is the one we have with our employees. Our people are our most valued asset and the foundation of Granite’s century-old success. We’re building more than infrastructure; we are building your future.**General Summary**Drives heavy rolling machine (road roller) to compact earth fills, subgrades, flexible base, and bituminous surface to grade specifications preparatory to construction of highways, streets, and runways.**Essential Job Accountabilities*** 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.**Education*** High School Diploma, GED or equivalent years of experience**Certification*** Proper certification required**Work Experience*** Appropriate training and experience required**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**Workers should be able to:* Read engineering drawing* Practice good safety habits* Work in dusty or dirty surroundings* Follow instructions and meet set standards* Judge distances and slopes accurately* Make decisions based on verifiable standards.Physically, workers must be able to:* Stoop, bend, and crouch* Use hands, arms, and legs fully* See well (either naturally or with correction)* Lift up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.**About Granite Construction Incorporated**Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.For additional information on applicant/employee rights please click here.**Notice to Staffing Agencies**Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries (\"Granite\") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. **Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.** Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. **Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.** Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/ her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.