Skid Steer Operator
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Trades / Skilled Labor
Heavy Equipment Operator, Construction Labor / Trades
Skid Steer Operator (Travel Required)
Phillips Infrastructure
Summary:
This position is responsible for operating several types of construction equipment such as front end loaders, excavators, skid steers, and forklifts to supply materials to transmission line and substation structures. Travel is required.
- Learn and follow safety regulations.
- 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.
- Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
- Adjust hand wheels 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.
- Coordinate machine actions with other activities and position or move loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
- Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment.
- Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
- Drive and maneuver equipment with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.
- Follow safety regulations.
- Follow instructions and meet set standards.
- Judge distances and slopes accurately.
- Make decisions based on verifiable standards.
- Must be able to stoop, bend, and crouch and use hands, arms, and legs fully.
- Must have good vision and hearing (either naturally or with correction).
- Frequently lift up to 80 pounds, and the ability to carry objects weighing 50 pounds or less.
- Work in dusty or dirty surroundings.
- Pass construction equipment operator qualification testing/observation.
- High school diploma preferred.
- Two to three years verifiable and relevant experience.
Candidates that accept an offer of employment are required to undergo and successfully complete a pre‑employment physical examination. This exam is essential to ensure that all potential employees meet the necessary health and fitness standards for the role. The examination includes a series of tests and evaluations conducted by a certified medical professional to assess overall physical health, identify any potential medical conditions that could interfere with job performance, and verify that the candidate is capable of safely performing the essential duties of the position.
Completion and clearance of this physical are mandatory steps in the hiring process.
- Entry level
- Full‑time
- Management and Manufacturing
- Construction
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