Energy Jobline ZR is hiring: Heavy Equipment Operator in Tucson in Tucson

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Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSalary: $19-$38 hourly DOE

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.
• 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

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