Heavy Equipment Operator in Pendleton, Indiana at B L Brown Construction & Excavation Inc

Brief Overview: Involves working outside operating excavating equipment to perform a variety of tasks and the ability to use small tools. This position requires attention to detail and awareness of surroundings at all times.

Hourly wage is based on experience and skill.

Educational Requirements:
•Less than high school diploma
•OSHA 10 hour or greater (can be obtained after employment)
•Excavation and Trench Training (can be obtained after employment)
•Confined Space Training (can be obtained after employment)

General Requirements:
•Must be able to work Monday thru Friday and most Saturdays during peak season.
•Must have a valid driver’s license and have reliable transportation.
•Must have a cell phone.
•Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
•Arrive in appropriate attire and ready to work in various weather conditions.
•Be physically fit and able to stand for lengthy periods of time as well as bend, twist, balance, and lift heavy materials or tools.

Basic, Social and Technical Skills:
•Ability to give full attention to what other people are saying and communicate effectively with others working with you.
•Ability to signal directions or warnings to others.
•Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of solutions to problems.
•Ability to use math and science skills to solve problems.
•Ability to monitor and assess your own performance and others working with you to make improvements and take corrective actions.
•Ability to use hand and power tools.
•Actively look for ways to assist others working with you and promote a team approach.
•Determine what kind of tool or equipment is needed to complete tasks.
•Perform routine maintenance on equipment and tools and assist in repairing when necessary.
•Watch gauges, dials or other indicators to make sure equipment or tools are working properly.
•Ability to review needed materials, equipment and tools to do the work.
•Ability to read and understand project plan drawings.
•Ability to learn and use two-way radios, cell phone applications, and fill able forms.
Activities and Tasks:
•Follow foreman or project manager directions regarding the tasks to be performed.
•Operate the following with skill: bulldozers, loaders, excavators, backhoes, skid steers, rollers, scrapers and motor graders and haul trucks.
•Coordinate machine actions with crew members using hand or audio signals.•Rough grade and cut/dig close to grade.
•Assist in Installing sanitary pipe, storm pipe and water mains and structures.•Layout pipe routes according to plans.
Inspect, clean, lubricate, and perform other preventative maintenance activities regarding heavy equipment daily.
Load and unload equipment to and from the trailer.
Check slope for conformance to requirements with grade rods, lasers, transit levels.
Seal joints, as necessary.
Dig trenches with trenching tools.
Check pipe to make sure it is not defective.
Cover pipe with dirt or other material with a shovel when necessary.
Use hand and power tools to cut pipe.
Grade and level trenches with tamping machines and tools.
Make sure pipe and structure install heights are correct.
Check all staking for accuracy.
Complete Daily Job Reports and Extra Work Order tickets when necessary if you are working without a foreman.
Before you leave the shop in the morning, make sure you have all necessary tools or materials loaded on the company truck.
Make sure to complete a DVIR and clean out the truck and fuel it at the end of the day if you are driving a company truck.
Follow OSHA safety procedures located in the Company Safety Program.
Solve problems that arise on the jobsite. Communicate with our foreman, project manager or the site superintendent as needed for assistance.
Make sure the jobsite is secure and safe before you leave the job at the end of the workday.
Possibly assist in training new employees.
Complete other general labor and construction related duties as needed.
Make sure nothing that can easily be stolen is left on the jobsite.

Job Hazards:
Exposure to extremely hot or cold temperatures.
Exposure to contaminants.
Exposure to loud noise levels and bright or inadequate lighting.
Exposure to hazardous equipment.