Tractor Operator - Killeen, TX (Fort Hood)

Training, Rehabilitation, & Development Institute, Inc.; Killeen, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

Health & Welfare

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Training, Rehabilitation, & Development Institute, Inc. is seeking a Tractor Operator for Fort Hood, Texas. The role requires operating industrial tractors with multiple attachments, maintaining grounds, and following security and safety procedures.

The position offers a full-time, on-site schedule with a flexible shift including weekends, evenings, and holidays. Benefits include medical, vision, dental, health & welfare, paid time off, and paid holidays.

Qualifications

• Must have or be able to obtain certification to operate a vehicle on the airfield.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Ability to work effectively with team members.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property.
• Performs minor equipment repairs and operates tractors with various attachments.
• Operates tractors with batwing shredders and other attachments; ensures proper operation and basic repairs.
• Operates industrial tractors within airfield controlled areas.
• Uses hedge trimmers, edging tools, and sprays lawn/trees with fertilizer or insecticide.
• Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs; waters as needed and manages yard care tasks.
• Operates string trimmer and backpack blower.
• Adheres to security requirements and Drug Free Workplace policy.
• Follows OPSSEC procedures and GFP property control guidelines.
• Maintains a site-specific Accident Prevention Plan (APP) per EM 385-1-1.

Skills

Airfield cert

Communication skills

Team player

Confidentiality

Detail orientation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Category: General Services

Requisition Number: TRACT003509

• Posted : September 14, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Fort Hood, Texas
Fort Hood, TX 76541, USA

Description

Full-Time Position

Must be able to work a flexible schedule to include weekends, evenings, and holidays as needed.

Benefits include Medical, Vision, Dental, Health & Welfare, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Tractor Operator fastens attachments such as graders, plows, rollers, mowers (over 2000 lbs.), backhoes, seeders, and disc harrows to tractor, adjusts equipment for proper operation, lubricates and makes minor repairs to tractor and attachments such as tightening bolts, and replacing washers, cotter pins, and screws. The general responsibilities of the position include those listed below, but the organization may identify other responsibilities of the position. These responsibilities may differ among accounts, depending on business necessities and client requirements.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property such as buildings, roadsides, airfields, and athletic fields.
• Minor equipment repairs, performing one or more of the following tasks: cut grass using batwing mowers (more than 2000 lbs.), trim hedges and edges around walks, flowerbeds, and wells.
• Fastens attachments such as graders, plows, rollers, mowers (over 2000 lbs.), backhoes, seeders, and disc harrows to tractor, adjusts equipment for proper operation, lubricates and makes minor repairs to tractor and attachments such as tightening bolts, and replacing washers, cotter pins, and screws.
• Operate industrial grade tractors with batwing shredder attachment within the controlled movement area of an airfield.
• Uses hedge trimmers, clippers and edging tools, prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth, using shears and other hand tools, sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer or insecticide.
• Job duties also include the following: planting grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs, watering lawn and shrubs during dry periods, using hose or activating sprinkler system, picks up and burns/carts away leaves, paper, or other litter.
• String trimmer and backpack blower.
• Pass and maintain any required security clearance requirement and comply with Drug Free Workplace policy.
• Adheres to Operations Security (OPSEC) standard operations procedures.
• Adheres to Property Control Plan for management of Government Furnished Property (GFP).
• Adheres to the safety and health program that complies with EM 385-1-1 and applicable OSHA, DOD, Armed Forces Branch(s), Federal, state, and local safety, environmental and health requirements.
• Maintain a site-specific Accident Prevention Plan (APP) in accordance with Appendix A, EM 385-1-1.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to complete and maintain certification to operate a vehicle on the airfield.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to effectively work with other team members.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Detail oriented and basic organizational skills.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school education or GED.
• 1 year relevant work experience operating industrial grade tractors and batwing shredders within a commercial grounds keeping environment.
• Ability to organize effectively, delegate responsibility, solve problems quickly and communicate clearly.
• Ability to manage time effectively and handle both internal and external conflicts.

TRDI hires many individuals with and without disabilities, especially those that are transitioning out of the Armed Services:

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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