Heavy Equipment Operator

 

Summary: Operates various pieces of heavy equipment (graders, dozers, scrapers, excavators, etc.) to move, level, and distribute earth and to push trees and rocks from land preparatory to constructing roads and buildings.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job with or without reasonable accommodation, the employee must have the ability to stand; walk; sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl for long periods. Must be able to handle and manipulate objects on a repetitive basis.  Ability to talk and see well to distinguish between back up alarms, voices, and other normal sounds consistent with construction job sites. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job with or without reasonable accommodations, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and vibrations.  The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions as well as heat.  The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.