Senior Heavy Equipment Operator – Specialist

Texas Department of Transportation; Odessa (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Department of Transportation’s Odessa District is seeking an Equipment Operator Specialist for the Special Jobs Section. The role performs highly complex maintenance work operating a range of heavy equipment and training others on safe operation and procedures.

Works onsite in Odessa with day shift, 40-hour weeks, and strict safety standards. Minimum qualifications require 2 years of experience in equipment operation and a Texas CDL.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in maintenance and/or construction equipment operation.

Responsibilities

• Trains other employees on equipment operation and safety procedures.
• Operates light equipment such as a front-end loader and other listed machines.
• Operates one or more types of complex heavy equipment such as tractor-trailer haul trucks, motor graders, large excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and dump trucks.
• Operates tractor-trailer haul trucks to relocate heavy and light equipment in compliance with laws and regulations.
• May serve as a work crew project lead ensuring work meets project specifications.
• Operates heavy equipment performing maintenance and roadway repairs.

Skills

Heavy equipment operation

Equipment operation training

Safety procedures

Team leadership

Tools

tractor-trailer haul truck

motor grader

large excavator

heavy bulldozer

crane

herbicide truck

asphalt paving machine

asphalt distributor

profiling/milling machine

dump truck

front-end loader

Job description

Texas Department of Transportation’s Odessa District is seeking an Equipment Operator Specialist for the Special Jobs Section. The role performs highly complex maintenance work operating a range of heavy equipment and training others on safe operation and procedures.

Works onsite in Odessa with day shift, 40-hour weeks, and strict safety standards. Minimum qualifications require 2 years of experience in equipment operation and a Texas CDL.