Heavy Equipment Operator - Full-time

Purpose and Scope: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"stronguspan style="font-size: 12.0pt;"SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:/span/u/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Responsible for operating a variety of heavy trucks, tractors and construction equipment on a regularly assigned basis; checks for improper functioning of the equipment during operations; primarily operates a street sweeper, bulldozer, front-end loaders, asphalt paving machine, asphalt paving rollers, twin axle trucks and equipment, backhoe, tractor, forklifts, skid steer loader, and motor patrol/span/p Essential Job Functions: pspan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"!--StartFragment--span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"strongThis position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the primary job elements.!--EndFragment-- /strong/span/span/span/pp /pol style="margin-top: 0in;"li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Levels dirt in parking lots in preparation for asphalt crew./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Distributes earth to desired levels./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Cuts, swells and ditches for drainage as needed./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Uses equipment to dig ditches for renovations./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Digs and/or loads dirt, sand, gravel, etc. onto trucks or other equipment./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Utilize equipment to excavate and grade for site improvements./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Uses equipment to remove trees and rocks from land./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Operates forklift to move materials, equipment and furniture./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"Services equipment with gas, oil and water as needed./span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times;"Performs other duties as assigned./span/li/ol Minimum Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Minimum requirement is a high school diploma or GED equivalency.  Requires four (4) years related experience as well as a valid state Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).  A full Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certification or National Institute for Automotive Service certification is preferred.  /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Degree Equivalency Formula/span:/span/pp style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Bachelor’s Degree/span= 4 years plus required years of experience./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Master’s Degree/span= 2 years plus required years of experience. Where Master’s degrees are required, years for Bachelor’s Degrees must be included.  /span/p