Heavy Equipment Operator

Job Summary

Responsible for operating and maintaining various heavy equipment, including but not limited to trench excavators, backhoes, and loaders in a safe expeditious manner in accordance with OSHA safe practices.

Responsibilities

• Operate a variety of heavy equipment for underground utility projects.


• Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.


• Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.


• Understand proper backfill requirements.


• Perform safe and clean trench excavation and backfill.


• Set and pull shield shoring and trench boxes in accordance with OSHA safe practices.


• Safely change buckets and attachments in a timely manner


• Able to calculate and set proper grades and elevations.


• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.


• Prepare and maintain equipment for safe daily operations (i.e. fuel, grease, etc.)


• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.


• Adhere to B&F Code of Conduct

Required Skills & Abilities

• High school diploma or equivalent


• 3+ years’ experience in wet or dry utility heavy equipment operator experience


• Extensive knowledge and ability to install sewer, water, storm drain, and dry utility conduit.


• Experience in underground utilities or heavy civil construction.


• Understanding of construction safety and OSHA requirements


• Ability to follow traffic laws, ordinances, and rules applicable to heavy equipment operation.


• Must be able to work safely outdoors in Arizona heat conditions and perform all job duties with no restrictions.


• Good listening and comprehension skills, follows instructions, takes responsibility for own actions.


• Establish and maintain effective work relationships.


• Able to work nights, weekends, and overtime as required.


• Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, stoop, reach, twist, climb, and lift 50 pounds.


• Ability to work outside.


• Reliable transportation


• Ability to understand Arizona's blue stake laws and colors coding. 

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to:

• Moving mechanical parts


• Precarious places


• Fumes or airborne particles


• Frequent and/or sustained loud noises.


• Outside weather conditions


• Extreme heat