Experienced Heavy Equipment Operator

Lafayette IN

Description

Rock n Dirt is a family company, and as such, we strive to treat our employees and our clients like family. We begin and end each day grateful that what we do makes an impact, not only to our clients, but to our employees and their families. We take pride in everything we do, staying with a job until it meets the high standards of our team and our clients. Summary Description Set pipe crew up with materials needed. Coordinate with truck drivers for deliveries of supplies. Assist laborers when needed. Back Fill behind crew when needed. Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties assigned. JOB TASK Learn and follow safety regulations. • Update job related knowledge or skills. Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects. • Position construction or extraction equipment. Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members. • Move construction or extraction materials to locations where they are needed. • Position construction or extraction equipment. Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials, using trucks, shovels, graders, or related equipment. • Load or unload materials used in construction or extraction. Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain. • Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials. Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, Radio, or in written form, or in person. Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials. • Clean and maintain equipment, making basic repairs, as necessary. • Observe and Examines colored flags and ground markings indicating the location of underground utilities and structures. • Report malfunctioning equipment to supervisors. • Move levers, push pedals, or turn valves to control equipment. • Drive and maneuver equipment. • Coordinate machine actions with crew members using hand or audio signals. • Ensure that safety standards are met. Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. Hands on with at least 3-year experience. Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of buildings, concrete structures / or other structures used for job. Mechanical — Basic knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. Many workers learn equipment operation on the job after earning a high school diploma or equivalent, while others learn through an apprenticeship or by attending vocational schools. SKILLS & ABILITIES Control Precision — The ability to adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle quickly and repeatedly to exact positions. Multilimbed Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance. • Learn and follow safety regulations. • Update job related knowledge or skills. • Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects. • Position construction or extraction equipment. • Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work. • Locate equipment or materials in need of repair or replacement. • Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met. • Monitor construction operations. • Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms. • Operate heavy-duty construction or installation equipment. • Start engines, move throttles, switches, or levers, or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, or backhoes. • Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials. • Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members. • Move construction or extraction materials to locations where they are needed. • Position construction or extraction equipment. • Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, excavator, wheel loader, shovels, graders, or related equipment. • Load or unload materials used in construction or extraction. • Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability. • Monitor construction operations. • Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain. • Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials. • Signal operators to guide movement of tractor-drawn machines. • Signal equipment operators to indicate proper equipment positioning. • Keep records of material or equipment usage or problems encountered. • Record operational or environmental data. • Align machines, cutterheads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers. • Operate tractors or bulldozers to perform such tasks as clearing land, mixing sludge, trimming backfills, or building roadways or parking lots. • Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials. • Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs, as necessary. • Maintain construction tools or equipment. • Connect hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkages, or power takeoff shafts to tractors. • Install equipment attachments or components. • Operate equipment to demolish or remove debris or to remove snow from streets, roads, or parking lots. • Remove debris or vegetation from work sites. • Talk to clients and study instructions, plans, or diagrams to establish work requirements. • Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements. Communicate with clients about products, procedures, and policies. • Operate compactors, scrapers, or rollers to level, compact, or cover refuse at disposal ground Compact materials to create level bases. • Operate loaders to support pipe crews, load trucks, and side clean up. • Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials. • Select and fasten bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors, using hitches. • Select construction equipment. Install equipment attachments or components. • Push other equipment when extra traction or assistance is required. • Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel. • Operate heavy-duty construction or installation equipment. Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. GPS Knowledgeable >CRITERIA - Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes. LEICA GPS: It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed • line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.[3] Obstacles such as buildings block the relatively weak GPS signals. Each GPS satellite continually broadcasts a signal (carrier wave with modulation) that includes: • A pseudorandom code (sequence of ones and zeros) that is known to the receiver. By time-aligning a receiver-generated version and the receiver-measured version of the code, the time of arrival (TOA) of a defined point in the code sequence, called an epoch, can be found in the receiver clock time scale • A message that includes the time of transmission (TOT) of the code epoch (in GPS time scale) and the satellite position at that time Conceptually, the receiver measures the TOAs (according to its own clock) of four satellite signals. From the TOAs and the TOTs, the receiver forms four time of flight (TOF) values, which are (given the speed of light) approximately equivalent to receiver-satellite ranges plus time difference between the receiver and GPS satellites multiplied by speed of light, which are called as pseudo-ranges. The receiver then computes its three-dimensional position and clock deviation from the four TOFs. In practice the receiver position (in three dimensional Cartesian coordinates with origin at the Earth's center) and the offset of the receiver clock relative to the GPS time are computed simultaneously, using the navigation equations to process the TOFs. The receiver's Earth-centered solution location is usually converted to latitude, longitude and height relative to an ellipsoidal Earth model. The height may then be further converted to height relative to the geoid, which is essentially mean sea level. These coordinates may be displayed, such as on a moving map display, or recorded or used by some other system, such as a vehicle guidance system.