Senior Heavy Equipment Operator - G123

Columbus Consolidated Government; Columbus (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Columbus Consolidated Government is seeking a heavy equipment operator responsible for performing maintenance duties, including operating various heavy machinery. The role involves reading blueprints, transporting equipment, supervising workers, and maintaining safety protocols while working outdoors in various conditions.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of transporting hazardous materials.
• Skill in operating various heavy equipment and tools.

Responsibilities

• Operate heavy equipment for maintenance duties.
• Read construction plans and set road grade stakes.
• Supervise inmates and coordinate equipment availability.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Reading blueprints

Oral communication

Written communication

Job description

This position is responsible for operating heavy equipment in the performance of maintenance duties.

• Operates heavy equipment such as tractors, grade alls, dozers, loaders, motor graders, excavators, and various hand tools.
• Maintains dirt roads and repairs low road shoulders with motor graders.
• Transports heavy equipment using low boy tractor trailer.
• Operates the fuel service truck to deliver fuel and other fluids to service equipment on job sites and fill bulk tanks and backup generators at critical city facilities.
• Reads construction plans; sets road grade stakes to construct roads, parking lots, building pads, land fills, and sediment ponds; clears and removes trees; levels dirt; undercuts unstable material; establishes work boundaries; installs erosion, sedimentation, and pollution controls; performs post-construction grading; cleans up construction debris; spreads topsoil; plants grass; cleans parking lots.
• Drives dump trucks hauling rock and fill material to job sites or stockpiles.
• Supports other departments by assisting in laying pipe, repairing erosion, cleaning silt from sediment ponds, and transporting equipment.
• Supervises inmates.
• Coordinates availability of workers and equipment with supervisors.
• Maintains division vehicles and equipment.
• Creates daily reports on work completed and resources used.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of the methods of transportation of hazardous materials.
• Skill in the operation of heavy equipment such as tractors, grade alls, dozers, loaders, motor graders, excavators, and various hand tools.
• Skill in reading blueprints and grade stakes.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee frequently lifts light objects, occasionally lifts heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and distinguishes between shades of color.

• Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

The work is typically performed outdoors where the employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, contagious or infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, and cold or inclement weather. The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.