Heavy Equipment Operator

Location: Cheyenne, WY
Salary Interval: Hourly
Pay Range: N/A

NOW HIRING HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS TO START WORKING IMMEDIATELY! 

Would you like to be part of a focused, dedicated team? Do you want to work and grow with other motivated, ambitious people?

Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction offers challenging career opportunities, extensive training, and employee development along with an opportunity to grow your career and thrive under Ralph L. Wadsworth's reputation for excellence. We offer excellent benefits and supply you with the tools you need to maximize your potential and growth. 

Benefits include: 

• Competitive Pay
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Holiday Pay
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan - 401K, employees will receive a company contribution of up to 5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Growth and Career Advancement
• Position Description
  Equipment Operator's responsibilities and abilities include but are not limited to the list below. Other duties may be assigned.
• Ability to proficiently operate three or more types of heavy equipment such as a backhoe, track hoe, scrapers, dozer, excavator, loader, rock trucks, compactors, articulated trucks, crushers, and/or motor graders with or without GPS in a manner to prepare the job site to meet the required grades.
• Fastens attachments to the tractor with clevis or wedge pin hitches.
• Connects hydraulic hoses, belts, mechanical linkage, or power takeoff shaft to tractor to provide power to raise, lower, or tilt attachment.
• Moves levers to control tool bars, carriers, and disks.
• Moves hand and foot levers to control hydraulic shovel.
• Uses shovel to dig trenches and holes of specified length, depth, and width, remove loosened material, and put in piles or transport trucks.
• Moves levers and depresses pedals to maneuver equipment and raise, lower, and tilt attachment to clear right-of-way.
• Feels lever and listens for the stalling action of the engine to estimate the depth of cut.
• Drives bulldozer in successive passes over terrain to raise or lower terrain to specified grade following markings on grade stakes or hand signals.
• Responsible for constructing/grading new roadways, base courses, building pads, footing excavation, and water ponds and properly sloping and grading to specifications.
• Responsible for loading, moving, leveling, and grading dirt, rocks, demoed concrete, and other materials safely and efficiently all in a high-paced environment to maintain production goals.
• Ability to maintain the initiative to maintain the flow of work under minimal supervision.
• Responsible for demolition of bridges and other structures with excavators and hydraulic hoe rams.
• Responsible for operating equipment within a Pipe Crew environment such as an excavator or loader.
• Responsible for general housekeeping, light maintenance of equipment, proper care of equipment, operating the equipment without damaging it along maintenance checks of equipment including reporting usage/utilization hours daily.
• May work with GPS-installed devices on dozers and motor graders.
• Learn, follow, and promote all safety standards of Ralph L Wadsworth and its projects.
• Work weekends, holidays, and/or overtime work as the project needs require.
• Perform Laborer work as required
• Performs other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.
  

Position Requirements

• Have a minimum of 4 years of Heavy Equipment Operating Experience with multiple types of equipment or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willing to do laborer work
• Ability to work safely under pressure with time constraints in a changing environment.
• Frequent gross body movements such as bending, climbing into equipment, lifting (up to 75 lbs), twisting, standing, balancing, stooping, handling materials, and moving around hazardous sites.
• Good Eye to Hand coordination is a must. Depth perception is required.
• High School diploma/GED preferred.
• Flexible availability to include overtime and possible weekends and nights.
• Valid Driver’s License