Heavy Equipment Operator
Location: Chestnut Valley Landfill
Experience Required: 2 Years
Education Required: HS Graduate or Equivalent
Position Description/General Purpose of JobOperates heavy equipment
Essential Functions:- Performs pre-operation inspections of equipment, identifying equipment issues and reporting issues to the Lead Mechanic for repair
- Refuels equipment and adds fluids as needed
- Ensures compliance with company policies, safety and maintenance procedures
- Operates heavy equipment such as scrapers, wheel type or crawler tractors with a dozer blade, blade or bucket attachment, compactors, roll-off refuse trucks, loaders, motor graders and pneumatic tire scrapers
- Compiles daily equipment reports consisting of logging the number of loads excavated and the number of hours spent operating equipment
- Controls well fires by smothering them with dirt, isolating them and/or wetting them with water
- Communicates with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe conditions, accidents and equipment breakdowns
- Keeps informed of the weather conditions
- Demonstrates continuous efforts to improve operation, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service
Works closely with traffic control spotters to identify fill areas to be used for dumping solid waste.
Equipment/Tools UsedTrucks, scrapers, wheel type or crawler tractors with dozer blade, or bucket attachment, compactors, roll-off refuse trucks, loaders, motor graders and pneumatic tire scrapers, seat belts, vehicle inspection equipment.
Protective Clothing & Equipment UsedSteel-toe boots; hard hat, safety glasses, ear plugs and uniforms/overalls
Special Skills, Education or Licensure Required
Driver must meet Motor Vehicle Records standards set by company
Driver may possess a CDLWork Environment
Exposure to outdoor elements
Small cramped space such as equipment cab
Expose to dust
May work on uneven ground
Exposure to high/low temperatures with sudden temperature changes.
May experience wet weather, snow or high humidity
May work at heights of greater than 10 feet
Typical Physical Demands
Ability to carry, push and pull up to 75lbs
Ability to climb, kneel or crawl
Ability to reach, twist and turn while driving
Ability to make continuous arm and hand movements to direct traffic
This job description is not a contract and does not affect the at-will nature of your employment relationship with Noble Environmental or any of its affiliates. Furthermore, this job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and does not and cannot address every responsibility or duty you may be expected to perform during your employment. Noble Environmental or any of its affiliates reserves the right to modify or amend this job description at its discretion, without prior notice.
All qualified applicants considered regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, veteran or disability status, religion, age, gender orientation or other protected status.
