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Job Description
Position Overview
The Construction Equipment Operator will be responsible for operating heavy equipment (excavator, dozer, zoom boom, back hoe, skid steer) in a safe and appropriate manner.
Primary Responsibilities
- Check heavy equipment using approved circle check procedures before operating them to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
- Operate heavy equipment such as excavators and dozer.
- Adhere to workplace safety policies, regulations and compliances.
- Communicate any unsafe conditions or accidents/injuries in a timely manner to the supervisor in order to facilitate prompt correction or reporting.
- Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
- Diagnose/identify defects in heavy duty equipment
- Conduct preventative maintenance
- Accurate completion of work orders.
- Clean, lubricate and perform other minor maintenance work.
- Keep detailed and accurate reports and documentation.
- Maneuver trucks/heavy equipment into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew as needed; check that vehicle position is correct and any special loading equipment is properly positioned.
- Maneuvers heavy equipment with a shear/magnet/grapple attachment.
- Work safely in the area of demolition using heavy equipment to demolish various structures
- Clean and pile salvaged materials and ensures that they are loaded onto the appropriate containers in a safe, effective and efficient manner
- Remove rubble and other debris from construction site
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks shoring and barricades
- Check all documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
- Operate equipment such as computers and telephones to exchange necessary information supervisors, or other operators.
- Ensure that material is properly protected from the outdoor elements.
- Ensure that any debris caused by the loading/unloading of equipment is cleaned up.
- Other duties as required
Qualifications:
- High school diploma
- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
- 2-3 years of demolition experience
- Ability to work safely in the area of demolition using heavy equipment to demolish various structures
- Knowledge of construction and maintenance techniques.
- Strong mechanical aptitude with ability to perform routine equipment maintenance.
- Demonstrated organizational skills with strong oral and written communication abilities.
- Exceptional organizational abilities with task prioritization, multi-tasking, use of timelines and time management techniques.
- Knowledge of construction equipment safety.
- Must be able to work with little supervision.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Construction experience is an asset
- Asbestos awareness or abatement training is an asset