• Equipment Operator Craftsman

    Kiewit (Nashville, TN)


    Requisition ID: 171177

    Position Summary

    Operate dozer, excavator, and/or motor grader for various field activities including, but not limited to, pipe operations, production earthworks, and GPS.

    Experience Level

    Intermediate

    Primary Responsibilities and Duties

    • Operate a variety of vehicles and large heavy equipment while performing maintenance and repairs on roads and rights-of-way including loading, hauling and dumping on smooth to extremely rough surfaces.

    • Load gravel, dirt and sand; smooth and grade roads; spread rock and gravel.

    • Trench and construct ditches for installation of culverts, water pipes and sewer pipes; remove silt and debris.

    • Knowledgeable of equipment in respect to checking and maintaining all fluid levels and lubrication.

    • May be asked to instruct and train employees in the safe operation of construction equipment and tools and in job techniques and skills

    • Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

    Qualifications

    • May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.

    • Must possess working knowledge skills and abilities for position.

    • Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.

    • Ability to use hand tools, power tools and layout tools safe and efficiently.

    Requirements

    • Experience operating dozer, excavator, and/or motor grader

    • Experience with pipe operations, production earthworks, and/or GPS

    • The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl

    • Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions

    • Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required

    • May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds

    • Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces

    • Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment

    • May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site

    • Must have required tools

    • May require U.S. driver license

    • Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required

    • Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

     

    Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

     

    Company: Kiewit_Craft