EXPERIENCED Heavy Construction Equipment Operator

Machine Operators

Location:

Southwest or Central Nebraska, Northern Kansas area

Operate one or several types of the following power construction equipment:
motor graders, bulldozers, or scrapers to excavate, move, and grade earth. Will maintain equipment and may do minor repairs in addition to other duties. Wage will depend on experience. $24+

• Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.
• 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, positioning or moving 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 equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.
• Keep records of material or equipment usage or problems encountered.
• Align machines, cutter heads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.
• 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.
• Connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkages, or power takeoff shafts to tractors.
• Use Trimble GPS

BSB Construction, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Pre-employment drug test required.