Heavy Equipment Operator

1 week ago


Somerville, Massachusetts, United States TransForce Full time
Job Summary

TransForce is seeking a skilled Heavy Equipment Operator to join our team. As a Heavy Equipment Operator, you will be responsible for operating a variety of heavy machinery, including sweepers, trucks, snow fighters, front end loaders, and backhoes. You will work under the direction of the Highway Yard Foreman or his agents to perform all assigned work, including excavating and preparing trenches for the installation of curbstones, setting curbstones and cornerstones, and performing other manual work related to the setting of curbstones and cornerstones.

Key Responsibilities
  • Operate heavy machinery, including sweepers, trucks, snow fighters, front end loaders, and backhoes
  • Excavate and prepare trenches for the installation of curbstones
  • Set curbstones and cornerstones
  • Perform other manual work related to the setting of curbstones and cornerstones
  • Load and unload trucks
  • Pick up and haul material
  • Plow and sand highways
  • Grease, oil, and clean equipment
  • Perform minor maintenance
  • Perform unskilled labor duties, including digging holes, trenches, and other excavations, shoveling materials, leveling areas, operating jackhammers and compaction equipment, loading and unloading materials, emptying barrels, and cleaning litter and debris from streets, runways, and parking lots
Requirements
  • Ability to receive and interpret written and verbal instructions from supervisors
  • Ability to use tools of trade in a workmanlike manner
  • Valid Class B Massachusetts motor vehicle operator's license with a CDL
  • Valid Hoist Engineer Class 2B license or obtain within 120 days of appointment
  • Safe driving record
  • Good health and ability to perform hard physical work in extreme weather conditions
  • Proven history of dependability
  • Ability to pass a practical test
  • Computer literacy or willingness to train on technology used in the performance of the job
Work Environment

The work environment requires agility and physical strength, ability to function in close quarters, and is subject to outside environmental conditions, including wet, hot, and cold weather. The worker is subject to noise, vibrations, hazards, and atmospheric conditions, including fumes, dust, and air contaminants. The work requires some agility and physical strength, such as moving in, about, or over rough terrain, or standing or walking most of the work period.

Physical and Mental Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position's essential functions.

The employee is frequently required to bend, crawl, sit, talk, move about, hear, and speak. Noise level may be high when operating power equipment. The employee is exposed to outside weather conditions as a regular part of the job. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and greater than 50 pounds using appropriate equipment.

Motor Skills

The position requires balancing, pushing, pulling, grasping, feeling, and repetitive motion to complete tasks.

Visual Skills

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to use properly use such safety equipment as is appropriate to the work to prevent injury to self or others. Visual acuity is required to operate motor vehicles and heavy equipment.



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