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Barley Excavating Heavy Equipment Operator in Menominee, Michigan

This position typically works 40 hours per week and has no specific worksite location. Compensation is $36-$76 per hour.

Job duties:

Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.

Responsible for operating and maintaining various equipment including excavators, backhoes, loaders and dozers in a expeditious manner and in accordance with OSHA safe practices.

Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials, using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment.

Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.

Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.

Operate compactors, scrapers, or rollers to level, compact, or cover refuse at disposal grounds.

Operate tractors or bulldozers to perform such tasks as clearing land, mixing sludge, trimming backfills, or building roadways or parking lots.

Adjust handwheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms.

Align machines, cutterheads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.

Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.

Drive and maneuver equipment equipped with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain.

Keep records of material or equipment usage or problems encountered.

Operate equipment to demolish or remove debris or to remove snow from streets, roads, or parking lots.

Operate loaders to pull out stumps, rip asphalt or concrete, rough-grade properties, bury refuse, or perform general cleanup.

Operate road watering, oiling, or rolling equipment, or street sealing equipment, such as chip spreaders.

Repair and maintain equipment, making emergency adjustments or assisting with major repairs as necessary.

Start engines, move throttles, switches, or levers, or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, or backhoes.

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