Backhoe Operator – Heavy Equipment Operator
Job Description
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Position: Backhoe Operator – Heavy Equipment Operator
Company: City of Fort Wayne
Company: City of Fort Wayne
Job Brief
Make a difference in fort wayne – become an heavy equipment operator! position: backhoe operator – heavy equipment operator department: city utilities field operations pay: $28.
Salary Detail
$28.75 – $29.75 an hour
Experience
Work Experience is required
Qualifications
Diploma in releted field is required
Job Detail
- Operate heavy construction equipment that includes excavators, backhoes, skid steers, trenchers, assorted rental equipment, front loaders, etc..
- Performs excavations for the repair and/or replacement of water distribution assets, sanitary sewer assets, and storm sewer assets along with other types of excavation.
- Chipping brush, cutting trees, and operating chainsaw trimmer as required.
- Lifting, moving and placing heavy objects and bulk materials with equipment.
- Leveling and grading.
- Cutting swales along roadways and/or reshaping them.
- Loading and securing equipment onto transport trailers.
- Safe use and disposal of a variety of chemicals.
- Qualifications: Education equivalent to a high school diploma.
- Preferred 3(3) years’ experience in operating heavy equipment.
- Valid Indiana Driver’s License.
- New employees hiring into this position will be required to have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with an “A” endorsement Beginners Permit. New employees must obtain a regular CDL within their first 1hundred and eighty (180) days. All existing employees must have and maintain a valid CDL with an “A” with a tanker “N” endorsement.
- Certified Component Person: Excavation and Trench (must obtain within 90 days of start date).
- Certified Competent Person: Confined Space (must obtain within 90 days of start date).
- Physical Requirements Work Environment: Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. reach with hands and arms. climb or balance. stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud and requires hearing protection with a 25 decibel noise reducing rating or above. Equal Opportunity Employer
