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D.J.Miller and Sons construction is looking for experienced heavy equipment operators. (Rock truck, Dozer, Excavator, grader, and scraper)
Benefits and lodging available.
Competitive wages based on experience and skill set.
Operators experience in road finishing, trimming slopes, ditch cuts, end dyke building, GPS equipped machines, reading grade stakes, and team player are great assets.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Heavy Equipment Operator Trade Certification
Additional Skills
- Utilize GPS devices (Global Positioning Systems)
- Utilize material safety data sheets (MSDS)
- Complete onboard and other logs
Specific Skills
- Secure special attachments to equipment
- Perform minor repairs to equipment
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
- Operate heavy equipment
- Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
- Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
Type of Heavy Equipment Operated
- Scraper
- Loader
- Grader
- Front end loader
- Bulldozer, large or small
- Backhoe excavator, loader
- Dump trucks
- Gravel truck
Work Location Information
- Room and board provided
Type Of Work Experience
- Trenching
- Sub-grade excavating
- Sub-grade rolling
- Stock piling
- Stripping
- Sloping and banking
- Rough grading
- Material handling
- Land clearing
- Landscaping
- Haul road maintenance
- Fine grading and finishing
- Excavating
- Ditching
- Backfilling
- Slope grooming
- Snow removal
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Attention to detail
Security and Safety
- Driving record check (abstract)
Work Setting / Industry Experience
- Surface mining
- Road construction
- Residential construction
- Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors