Company Overview

Brink Constructors, Inc., a Quanta Services Company, is an electrical contractor with 70 years of experience in the areas of high voltage transmission line and substation erection. With a long and industrious history, our experienced team continues to help power the nation from its Midwestern location in Rapid City, SD, now and into the future.

Ever since its first days of service, the Brink philosophy has always been to “work safely, maintain equipment, provide quality construction, complete each project in a timely manner to the satisfaction of everyone concerned, and never leave a job site without knowing we would be welcomed back.” This is still our philosophy today.

Becoming a member of the Brink team is more than "just a job" or satisfactory employment—at Brink, we build careers, and we invest in the future of our people. Consider our impeccable safety record, our respectable employee retention, and our commitment to ongoing training. Apply today!

This is a full time, non-exempt 100% position.

JOB SUMMARY:

Operators are responsible for effectively and safely operating and performing daily maintenance on heavy equipment. This may include (but is not limited to) cranes, bucket trucks, diggers, trenchers, skid steers, and wire pullers.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Learn and follow safety regulations.
• 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.
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms.
• Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Position construction or extraction equipment.
• Locate equipment or materials in need of repair or replacement.
• Monitor construction operations.
• Operate heavy-duty construction or installation equipment.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Job may require working in all elements, depending on job location, time of year, heat, cold, rain, or snow.
• Job may require operation of equipment in all elements without climate control.
• Must be able to utilize construction site sanitary facilities. (Porta-Johns).
• Job requires employee to have required hand tools with them at all times while at work site. (Waist toolbelts can weigh up to 40 lbs.)
• Must wear personnel protective equipment at all times. (i.e. Hard hats, safety glasses, safety harnesses as required).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS – (THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS WITH OR WITHOUT REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS):

• Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, kneel, balance, push, pull, and reach overhead.
• Ability to lift, by one’s self, work- loads of up to 50 lbs.
• Possess good vision / hearing. (Normal or corrected).
• Ability to work while constantly moving on one's feet.
• Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
• Multilimbed Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

High School diploma or GED

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• 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.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

LICENSES:

• Valid Driver License
• CDL Class A preferred

Benefits and Perks

• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off)
• Paid Holidays
• Company paid long term disability and life insurance

Brink Constructors, Inc. does not sponsor applicants for work visas. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Brink Constructors Inc. participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Brink Constructors Inc. will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

We are an Equal employment opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital, or veteran status.