Excavator Operator

APS is looking to add additional Excavator Operators to our Pensacola, FL, team.

This is a great opportunity to get hired on through a very well-respected company.

• Full Time
• Long Term
• Competitive Pay
• Full Health Package
• PTO
• Paid Vacation

This position requires a multi-faceted track and wheel driven heavy equipment operator. Heavy equipment operator will safely, productively, and with proven skill, control, maneuver, and navigate numerous types of construction equipment to a high degree of grading and excavation accuracy. Operator has a thorough understanding of construction surveying, including grade control and elevations specific to engineered plans and specifications.

Responsibilities:

• Load and/or move various materials (ash, dirt, rock, etc.) using heavy construction equipment. Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades and buckets in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation and rocks to distribute and level earth or terrain.
• Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
• Perform routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed Must be able to quickly and repeatedly adjust controls of machine to exact positions as necessary.

Requirements:

• 3 years of verifiable experience operating a CAT 349 or comparable size trackhoe.
• Clear background
• Clear drug screen
• Valid driver’s license