OPERATOR

Works with the finish grade crew.  Perform tasks including physical labor on roads, highways, residential/commercial areas, and heavy construction projects. Operate a front End Wheel Loader.  Assist other field personnel. Perform a variety of duties on construction projects, transferring from one task to another as directed.

• Roles and Responsibilities
• Understand and check grades with a string line
• Pick up windrows of dirt and lime rock WITHOUT digging holes in the finished surfaces.
• Load dump trucks safely, and efficiently.
• Finish corners in a parking lot with a front-end loader where the motor grader can't get to.
• Do shovel work, and run a roller when needed 

• Signal operators of construction to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery to conform to grade specifications
• Level earth to fine grade specifications 
• Look ahead to see what next steps are needed
• Familiarity with Trench Safety and Job Site Safety
• Maintain and secure a clean job site each day in order to eliminate potential hazards
• Efficiently & safely load and unload delivery trucks with a loader and haul, hoist, handle, and store materials as needed.

• Qualifications and Education Requirements

• 1 year loader experience on a grade crew required
• High School Diploma, GED, Trade School or the equivalent preferred
• One year’s experience in Civil Underground
• Experience using GPS required
• Safety minded
• Ability to work independently and complete daily activities according to work schedule
• Ability to lift heavy objects, walk and stand for long periods of time, and perform strenuous physical labor in adverse field conditions
• Must be able to work in Duval, Nassau, Clay and St Johns County