11/27/2022
Hilltop seeks to fill several openings for skilled Equipment Operators. This position may operate several pieces of equipment to perform activities such as backfilling excavations, vibrating or breaking rock or concrete, digging sewer line or making roads.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Operate or tend machinery equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets, to excavate and load loose materials.
Will operate a variety of hand and power tools.
Dig dirt using shovels and machinery.
Move levers, depress foot pedals, and turn dials to operate power machinery, such as power shovels, stripping shovels, scraper loaders, or backhoes.
Set up or inspect equipment prior to operation.
Become familiar with digging plans, machine capabilities and limitations, and with efficient and safe digging procedures in a given application.
Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines so that work can be performed to specifications.
Receive written or oral instructions regarding material movement or excavation.
Move materials over short distances, such as around a construction site.
May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, clean up rubble and debris and remove waste materials.
Read grades, lift and carry objects & materials of various weights.
Help maintain equipment by keeping it clean and in proper working order.
Lubricate, adjust, or repair machinery and replace parts, such as gears, bearings, or bucket teeth.
Handle slides, mud, or pit cleanings or maintenance.
Measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, or other excavated material. .
Adjust dig face angles for varying overburden depths and set lengths.
Drive machines to work sites.
Perform manual labor to prepare or finish sites, such as shoveling materials by hand.
Practice safety at all times including driving of company vehicles or use of equipment.
Take initiative and anticipate what needs to be done.
Work in conjunction and as a team with your crew.
Other duties as assigned