Operator-Kokomo

Company: Berry-It, Inc.
Location: Kokomo
Posted on: May 21, 2023

Job Description:

Job Summary

• Operators will be able to operate, maintain, and transport heavy construction equipment for utility service installation. This position is production bonus eligible.
  
  General Accountabilities
  
  
  • Operates directional drills (Horizontal Directional Drill), excavators, trenchers, vibratory plows and other similar heavy machine equipment.
  • Performs basic maintenance and minor repairs on equipment.
  • Maintain all equipment both before and after a job.
  • Check and replace all fluids in equipment.
  • Able to operate all tools related to the utility industry including hand and power tools of all types.
  • Assure that all tools and equipment are accounted for and returned to truck at the end of each day.
  • Recognize and locate utility underground services before performing work.
  • Must be able to read and understand construction prints.
  • Knows how to properly set up traffic control-set up all road safety signs, cones and barrels before the job starts and assure all are accounted for at the end of every day.
  • Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
  • Monitors operations to ensure all health and safety standards are met.
  • Aligns machines with reference to stakes, markers or guidelines and/or hand signals of other workers.
  • Loads, unloads, and identifies building materials, machinery, and tools.
  • Shoring braces and other temporary structures.
  • Signal other equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials.
  • Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes.
  • Measures, marks, and records openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed.
  • Always have something to do (i.e., grease equipment, clean trucks/trailer/tools, etc) when "down time" is necessary.
  • Train as needed.
  • Assist Foreman in any Daily/Job paperwork as necessary.
  • Attend all training sessions required by management.
  • Clean up all jobsites at the end of each day to assure that all trash is removed and the jobsite looks better than before we started the job.
  • *The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
    
    Job Qualifications
    
    
    • Education: High school diploma or equivalent
    • Experience: At least one year of heavy equipment operating
    • Licenses/Certifications: Class A CDL, REQUIRED; OSHA 10 (preferred)
    • Must meet all Laborer Requirements
      
      Skills
      
      
      • Excellent verbal and written communication
      • Safe Problem Solving Skills
      • Stays On Task
      • Able To Read Construction Prints
      • Critical thinking

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