Tractor Operator

Rotolo Consultants Inc.; Louisiana; On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where you will play a crucial role in operating and maintaining heavy landscaping equipment. This position offers a dynamic work environment, where you will be responsible for transporting equipment, adhering to safety regulations, and performing essential landscaping tasks. With a focus on teamwork and safety, you will ensure that operations run smoothly while contributing to various projects. This is an excellent opportunity for those who enjoy working outdoors and have a passion for heavy machinery. If you have the skills and dedication, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K Plan with Partial Match

Paid Vacation

Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must have a Commercial Driver’s License with an offense-free driving history.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain heavy equipment for landscaping tasks.
• Transport equipment and follow safety regulations on job sites.
• Perform basic landscaping duties when not operating equipment.

Skills

Heavy Equipment Operation

Safety Regulations Knowledge

Litter and Debris Cleanup

Basic Landscaping Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Bulldozers

Excavators

Tractors

Loaders

Job description

You will operate, load, and unload various types of power landscape/equipment, such as tractors or other heavy equipment. Other basic landscaping duties will be assigned when not actively operating or moving heavy equipment, such as litter and debris cleanup, weedeating, mowing, etc.

Requirements:

High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

Commercial Driver’s License with Offense-Free Driving History

Tasks

• Transport equipment to various job site and dispatch locations.
• Learn and follow safety regulations.
• Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
• Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms.
• Start engines, move throttles, switches, or levers, or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, or backhoes.
• Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Align machines, cutterheads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.
• Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment.
• Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.
• Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
• Operate tractors or bulldozers to perform such tasks as clearing land, mixing sludge, trimming backfills, or building roadways or parking lots.
• Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs as necessary.
• Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
• Connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkages, or power takeoff shafts to tractors.
• Operate loaders to pull out stumps, rip asphalt or concrete, rough-grade properties, bury refuse, or perform general cleanup.
• Select and fasten bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors, using hitches.
• Signal operators to guide movement of tractor-drawn machines.
• Push other equipment when extra traction or assistance is required.
• Keep records of material or equipment usage or problems encountered.
• Operate equipment to demolish or remove debris or to remove snow from streets, roads, or parking lots.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Liability, and several more supplemental insurance options
• 401K plan with partial match
• Paid Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays

**RCI is an Equal Employment Opportunity and E-Verify Employer**

In compliance with Federal and State equal employment opportunity laws, qualified applicants are considered for all