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Power Equipment Operator
Decatur, AL / Huntsville, AL
Job Description
Excavating and Loading Machine Operators
Job Purpose:
Operate or tend machinery equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets, to excavate and load loose materials.
Essential Duties and/or Responsibilities:
Experience and Education:
In order to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by law, this company agrees to do the following: (1) recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other legally protected class (2) base decisions on employment so as to further the principle of equal employment opportunity, (3) ensure that promotion decisions are in accordance with principles of equal employment opportunity by imposing only valid requirements for promotional opportunities, (4) ensure that all personnel actions, including but not limited to compensation, benefits, transfers, lay-off’s, return from layoffs, company sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, social and recreational programs, will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by law.
Job Purpose:
Operate or tend machinery equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets, to excavate and load loose materials.
Essential Duties and/or Responsibilities:
- Move levers, depress foot pedals, and turn dials to operate power machinery such as power shovels, stripping-shovels, scraper loaders, or backhoes.
- Set up and inspect equipment prior to operation.
- Observe hand signals, grade stakes, and other markings when operating machines so that work can be performed to specifications.
- Become familiar with digging plans, machine capabilities and limitations, and with efficient and safe digging procedures in a given application.
- Operate machinery to perform activities such as backfilling excavations, vibrating or breaking rock or concrete, and making winter roads.
- Create and maintain inclines and ramps, and handle slides, mud, and pit cleanings and maintenance.
- Lubricate, adjust, and repair machinery, and replace parts such as gears, bearings, and bucket teeth.
- Move materials over short distances, such as around a construction site, factory, or warehouse.
- Measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, and other excavated material.
- Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.
- Adjust dig face angles for varying overburden depths and set lengths.
- Drive machines to work sites.
- Perform manual labor to prepare or finish sites, such as shoveling materials by hand.
- Must pass a drug screen and a background check.
Experience and Education:
- 5 years of experience
- Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
- Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
In order to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by law, this company agrees to do the following: (1) recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other legally protected class (2) base decisions on employment so as to further the principle of equal employment opportunity, (3) ensure that promotion decisions are in accordance with principles of equal employment opportunity by imposing only valid requirements for promotional opportunities, (4) ensure that all personnel actions, including but not limited to compensation, benefits, transfers, lay-off’s, return from layoffs, company sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, social and recreational programs, will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by law.
Job Summary
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Hours per Week
40
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
Open
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