Eagle Railcar Services - Wichita Falls, Texas is looking for a reliable equipment operator to join our team. Responsibilities include performing routine equipment checks and maintenance, loading and unloading equipment, and ensuring sites are kept clean and equipment is safely turned off and stored. Required experience operating a backhoe, mobile crane and telescopic forklift is a must.

To be successful as an equipment operator, you should consistently follow health and safety regulations and be able to take instructions from superiors. Outstanding equipment operators should display great hand and foot coordination and always be thinking of ways to improve efficiency.

Equipment Operator Essential Functions:

• • Operates, maneuvers, navigates, or drives vehicles or mechanized equipment
• • Inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects
• • Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards and communicates abnormal working conditions to appropriate parties
• • Meets company specifications for all trench or backhoe jobs
• • Exposes underground utilities manually
• • Conducts post-job quality checks
• • Cleans, checks fluid levels and conducts a visual inspection of equipment to assure your equipment is performing at optimum safety and the required paperwork
• • Communicates with supervisor daily to turn in required paperwork
• • Uses either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes

Success Factors:

• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods, often under adverse climatic conditions.

• Ability to lift up to 80 lbs multiple times during a work shift

• Ability to climb, dig, work in tight spaces, on uneven surfaces, walking, stooping, and kneeling

• Ability to understand and follow specific oral and written instructions

• Ability to work well independently and as a part of a team with co-workers

• Ability to pass motor vehicle, criminal background check, and comply with drug-free workplace policy

• English usage sufficient to keep records, place orders, and prepare simple narrative reports

• Willingness and ability to learn additional skills

Experience and Education:

• High School Diploma

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Heavy Equipment/Diesal Mechanic: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Wichita Falls, TX 76310: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person