Union membership provides access to IUOE apprenticeship and training centers, ongoing equipment and certification training, pension and annuity, health and welfare coverage, and portability of benefits across signatory contractors and jurisdictions — your benefits travel with you. Position Overview The Heavy Equipment Operator runs excavators, dozers, graders, loaders, rollers, and other production equipment to grade, excavate, and place material to plan on active heavy highway and civil construction projects.