Heavy Equipment Operator (Travel Required)

Travel Required

Phillips & Jordan, Inc. (P&J), a Phillips Infrastructure Holdings, Inc. company, is a certified woman-owned, heavy civil and power infrastructure contractor established in 1952. We build, maintain, and modernize resilient critical infrastructure that matters across the country in five key markets : Water, Mining, Industrial & Commercial, Power (Transmission & Distribution, Renewables, and Generation), and Disaster Response. As a People First company, we prioritize our team, the environment, and our communities throughout our organization, and our Core Values of Integrity, Safety, Quality, and Production guide our daily business practices.

The projects we pursue support critical initiatives in water management and restoration, energy transition, infrastructure resiliency, and extreme weather sectors. Addressing these drivers provides tangible, lasting value and lays the groundwork for stronger, more resilient communities, which is our primary goal as we strive to lead infrastructure development through innovation and flawless execution.

Join the P&J team today and become a valued member of our company.

Summary :

This position is responsible for operating several types of construction equipment such as dump trucks, bulldozers, front end loaders, graders, tracked excavators or water trucks to excavate, move, grade, and load earth into haul trucks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Learn and follow safety regulations
• Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects
• Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work
• Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met
• Adjust hand wheels and depress pedals to control attachments, such as blades, buckets, scrapers, or swing booms
• Start engines; move throttles, switches, or levers; or depress pedals to operate machines, such as bulldozers, trench excavators, road graders, or backhoes
• Coordinate machine actions with other activities, position or move loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members
• Load and move dirt, rocks, equipment, or other materials using trucks, crawler tractors, power cranes, shovels, graders, or related equipment
• Check fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability
• Drive and maneuver equipment with blades in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation, or rocks or to distribute and level earth or terrain

Requirements :

Education and Experience :

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Email : [email protected]

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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