Heavy Equipment Operator

ONLY EXPERIENCED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION-

 Job Summary:

The Heavy Equipment Operator performs duties related to the operation of heavy equipment in the construction, repair, and maintenance of the City’s streetS, alleys, and drainage ditches.

 Specific Duties:

• Operates light to heavy complex equipment in support of a variety of maintenance and construction operations of streets and drainages.
• Operates various types of trucks in the hauling and distribution of materials
• Identifies equipment needs for each assigned project
• Picks up and delivers heavy equipment from construction sites
• Cleans and performs preventive maintenance on heavy and light equipment
• Setup and takedown traffic warning devices and barricades for traffic control in accordance with MUTCD
• Directs and controls traffic around work sites
• Waters street and flushes drain
• Grades and crowns City streets, roads and alleys using a motor grader
• Maintains asphalt and concrete roadways and surfaces
• Maintains medians and right of ways for the City of Dayton
• Loads trucks with heavy machinery, mineral aggregates, bulky trash, pipes, and other material or debris
• Shovels dirt, asphalt, trash and debris
• Cleans debris from ditches, culverts, and creek beds
• Bulldozes land as required
• Collects and hauls trash, garbage, debris, dirt, sand, and gravel
• Reads grades and slopes stakes in leveling, surfacing, and rolling roads
• Responds to emergency call-out
• Performs other duties as required
• Assist other departments as necessary

Essential Functions:

• Ability to  effectively communicate in oral and written communications
• Ability to operate a  commercial telephone and a two-way radio
• Ability to operate a variety of moderate to heavy power driven equipment
• Ability to read and interpret maps, sketches, drawings, specifications and technical manuals
• Ability to perform duties for extended periods of time in extreme weather
• Ability to maintain a physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities which may include walking, standing, bending or sitting for extended periods of time

• Ability to maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others and operating assigned equipment and vehicles
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull moderately heavy objects and materials up to 100 pounds 

Required Education, Degrees, Certificates, and/or Licenses:

• High school diploma or GED
• Two years of increasingly responsible experience performing maintenance work involving the skilled operations of heavy construction and maintenance
• Valid Class B or higher Texas Driver’s License, or
• Obtain a Class B or higher Texas Driver’s License within 6 months of employment

Note:

This job description is intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that required of the employee for this position.  Duties, responsibilities, and actions may change at any time without prior notice.