Equipment Operator
Equipment Operator
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05-04-2025
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Job Description
Boyd Jones is proud to help shape communities businesses lives and landscapes in positive ways through construction services in eight primary market sectors: commercial community education government healthcare housing industrial and renewables.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Operates construction and power equipment such as an excavator backhoe miniexcavator front end loader skid loader dump truck and associated accessories
- Works with and assists crew in digging foundation trenches hoisting material tools equipment and any related work with a backhoe or frontend loader
- Operates trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading hauling and unloading of various equipment materials and supplies
- Performs routine inspections and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects of repairs to supervisor clean equipment
- Will assist carpenters and laborers when not engaging heavy equipment. This may be 5075 of your time on days when equipment requirements are low.
- Performs other duties as required and assigned
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
- General knowledge of construction tools and equipment
- Working knowledge of the hazards and safety precautions common to heavy equipment operations as well as ability to operate heavy equipment in a safe and appropriate manner
- Must be flexible regarding work assignments and ability to work a flexible work schedule during busy season
- Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance
- Willingness to perform other support duties when needed
- Ability to work with various hand tools of the trade
- Ability to sit for long periods of time; approximately 95100 of time on the job may be spent sitting
- Skills in inspecting equipment structures or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects
- Skills in manual dexterity and motor coordination including to quickly move hands to grasp manipulate or assemble objects
- Knowledge of materials methods and the tools involved in the construction or repair of buildings
- Knowledge of machines and tools including their designs uses repair and maintenance
- Clean equipment as needed
- Ability to work well with others
- Ability to understand follow and transmit verbal instructions in English
- Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving whole body such as climbing lifting balancing walking stooping and handling of materials
- Ability to use hands and arms in handling installing positioning and moving materials and manipulating things
Experience:
- Minimum of a High School degree or equivalent required
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working in the construction industry as a mediumheavy equipment operator required
- Certification in operating heavy equipment required or ability to become certified
- Ability to maintain a valid drivers license and reliable transportation to travel to jobsites required
- License for crane operation is a plus
Benefits:
- Competitive wages
- Paid weekly
- Paid Holidays
- Medical dental & vision insurance
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- 401K matching
- Profit Sharing Program
- Group Term Life Insurance
Note to Recruiters Placement Agencies and Similar Organizations:Boyd Jones does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our jobs alias website or to any Boyd Jones employee. Boyd Jones will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Boyd Jones and will be processed accordingly.
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