What are the responsibilities and job description for the Heavy Equipment Operator position at Mississippi Department of Employment Security?
**Summary**
The heavy equipment operator operates a variety of contractor equipment and trucks used in construction, maintenance and repair activities and performs a variety of semiskilled tasks in the maintenance of light, street and storm drainage systems by performing the following duties.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Operates trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment, materials and supplies.
Operates trucks and construction or power equipment, such as mechanized broom, backhoe, man-lift, dump truck, snowplow, road grater, front-end loader, hydraulic excavators, skid steers and jetter/inductor truck.
Operates jackhammers, mowers, brush chippers and other small equipment and tools to maintain street and utility systems.
Works with and assists the line crew in digging ditches and trenches, hoisting material, tools, equipment, and any related work with a backhoe, road grater or front-end loader.
Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects or repairs to the supervisor; cleans equipment.
Assists in the installing and maintenance of traffic control devices.
Plows snow and salts roads according to departmental policy.
Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.
**Competencies**
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Problem Solving -- Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, develops alternative solutions.
Quality -- Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
Quantity -- Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly
Safety and Security -- Observes safety and security procedures, determines appropriate action beyond guidelines, reports potentially unsafe conditions, uses equipment and materials properly
Attendance/punctuality -- Is consistently at work and on time, ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent.
Dependability -- Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Commits to long hours or work when necessary to reach goals, completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan
Initiative -- Volunteers readily seeks increased responsibilities.
**Qualifications**
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
**Education and/or Experience**
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training/ or equivalent combination of education and experience.
**Language Skills**
Ability to read and comprehend a limited number of two-and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
**Mathematical Skills**
Ability to add, subtract, two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
**Reasoning Ability**
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
**Certificates, Licenses, Registrations**
Graduation from high school or GED equivalent.
Four years' experience involving the use of medium and heavy equipment, two of which must have been related to utility or street systems.
**Physical Demands**
The physical demands described here are represen ative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell.
The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
**Work Environment**
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities o perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
**Travel**
Travel is required for this position
**Required Education and Experience**
High School Diploma or GED
A valid class A CDL is required for this position
A Medical Examiners Certificate is required for this position
**Preferred Education and Experience**
At least 1-year experience driving a vehicle over 26,001 GVWR
The heavy equipment operator operates a variety of contractor equipment and trucks used in construction, maintenance and repair activities and performs a variety of semiskilled tasks in the maintenance of light, street and storm drainage systems by performing the following duties.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Operates trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment, materials and supplies.
Operates trucks and construction or power equipment, such as mechanized broom, backhoe, man-lift, dump truck, snowplow, road grater, front-end loader, hydraulic excavators, skid steers and jetter/inductor truck.
Operates jackhammers, mowers, brush chippers and other small equipment and tools to maintain street and utility systems.
Works with and assists the line crew in digging ditches and trenches, hoisting material, tools, equipment, and any related work with a backhoe, road grater or front-end loader.
Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects or repairs to the supervisor; cleans equipment.
Assists in the installing and maintenance of traffic control devices.
Plows snow and salts roads according to departmental policy.
Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.
**Competencies**
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Problem Solving -- Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, develops alternative solutions.
Quality -- Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
Quantity -- Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly
Safety and Security -- Observes safety and security procedures, determines appropriate action beyond guidelines, reports potentially unsafe conditions, uses equipment and materials properly
Attendance/punctuality -- Is consistently at work and on time, ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent.
Dependability -- Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Commits to long hours or work when necessary to reach goals, completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan
Initiative -- Volunteers readily seeks increased responsibilities.
**Qualifications**
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
**Education and/or Experience**
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training/ or equivalent combination of education and experience.
**Language Skills**
Ability to read and comprehend a limited number of two-and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
**Mathematical Skills**
Ability to add, subtract, two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
**Reasoning Ability**
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
**Certificates, Licenses, Registrations**
Graduation from high school or GED equivalent.
Four years' experience involving the use of medium and heavy equipment, two of which must have been related to utility or street systems.
**Physical Demands**
The physical demands described here are represen ative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell.
The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
**Work Environment**
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities o perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, and is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
**Travel**
Travel is required for this position
**Required Education and Experience**
High School Diploma or GED
A valid class A CDL is required for this position
A Medical Examiners Certificate is required for this position
**Preferred Education and Experience**
At least 1-year experience driving a vehicle over 26,001 GVWR