Heavy Equipment Operator - Maintenance Mechanic 3

• Title-** Heavy Equipment Operator
• Classification-** Maintenance Mechanic 3 (MM3)
• Job Status- **Full-Time / Permanent
• WDFW Program-** Capital and Asset Management Program (CAMP) -- Lacey Construction Shop
• Duty Station-** Lacey, Washington -- Thurston County
• Closing Date-** 12/18/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
  
  

**Please Note- This position requires a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) at the time of application.**

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**Join our team at the Capital and Asset Management Program, where we provide essential engineering, construction, and maintenance services to support the agency's facilities, infrastructure, and ecosystems.**

**With your expertise in operating heavy machinery, you will skillfully maneuver machinery around sensitive utilities and structures while providing support to projects.**

**Drawing on your knowledge of ground construction, you'll contribute to efforts such as maintaining gravel roads, fish transport, pipeline repairs and replacements, sediment removal at hatchery intake structures, and even bridge installations of up to 60 feet.**

**Your work will directly support wildlife, fisheries, and the public, while helping the Department achieve its goals.**

• What to Expect-**
  
  

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the *Heavy Equipment Operator *will,

Operate Heavy Equipment

• Expertly operate construction and earth moving equipment, including:
• Excavators of various sizes.
• Track loaders more than 70 net flywheel horsepower.
• Wheel loaders more than 80 net flywheel horsepower.
• Rollers.
• Rubber tired loader/backhoe combination 51 net flywheel horsepower.
• Operate laser levels to shoot grades and establish various elevations of a jobsite, correct, or maintain grade/elevations.
• Read and interpret blueprints, drawings, sketches, and specifications.
• Read grading plans and cut and fill stakes.
• Provide expertise in the recommendations of material and equipment staging, utility location, etc.
• Locate underground utilities and obstructions, such as pipes and wires, prior to commencement of work.
  
  

Truck Driving

• Operate vehicles rated at 80,000 Gross Combined Weight (GCW) or more, including semi-tractor/trailer equipment.
• Operate trucks with lowboy trailers and 12-yard dump trucks to spread aggregate on road base.
• Load, unload, and transport equipment, materials, and supplies.
  
  

Fish Transport

• Operate water tankers up to 6,000 gallons to safely transport live fish statewide.
• Disinfect tankers after each fish transfer to prevent the spread of disease.
• Monitor live fish during transport, installing and maintaining liquid oxygen tanks.
• Perform water quality tests to ensure dissolved oxygen levels are maintained.
  
  

Plumbing

• Install, maintain, and repair culverts, catch basins, sanitary and stormwater sewers, and domestic water piping.
• Cut, align, and position pipes for welding or sealing.
• Check slopes for conformance to requirements, using levels and lasers.
• Inspect water mains, fixtures, and valves; perform repairs such as disassembling valves, replacing parts, reassembling, and testing.
  
  

Equipment Repair And Fabrication

Diagnose and repair problems in the field with vehicles and equipment.