Skid Steer Operator

Position Title: Equipment Operator – Skid Steer

Our Core Values: TRAITS

Trust, Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Teamwork, and Safety.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Operates, maneuvers, navigates, or drives vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, or passenger vehicles

- Uses either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes

- Inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects

- Uses relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards and communicates abnormal working conditions to appropriate parties

- Meets company and customer specifications for all trench or backhoe jobs

- Exposes underground utilities manually

- Conducts post-job quality checks

- Cleans, checks fluid levels and conducts a visual inspection of equipment to assure your equipment is performing at optimum safety and the required paperwork

- Communicates with supervisor daily to turn in required paperwork

- Cleans, checks fluid levels and conducts a visual inspection of vehicle/equipment to assure vehicle/equipment is performing at optimum safety, performs the required pre-trip, post trip inspections and the required paperwork, perform needed maintenance including winterizing equipment

- Utilizes defensive driving practices

- Operates truck in a manner that ensures compliance with all applicable company, state and federal safety regulations

- Follows required company and DOT reporting procedures

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Performs other duties as assigned

Success Factors:

- Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods, often under adverse climatic conditions.

- Ability to lift up to 80 lbs multiple times during a work shift

- Ability to climb, dig, work in tight spaces, on uneven surfaces, walking, stooping, and kneeling

- Ability to understand and follow specific oral and written instructions

- Ability to work well independently and as a part of a team with co-workers

- Ability to pass motor vehicle, criminal background check, and comply with drug-free workplace policy

- English usage sufficient to keep records, place orders, and prepare simple narrative reports

- Willingness and ability to learn additional skills

Experience and Education:

- One (1+) plus years of experience in skid steer is required - One (1+) plus years of experience digging and working around underground utilities is required

- Possession of a valid State Driver’s License is required

- Candidates must pass Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check, a Department of Transportation (DOT) regulated physical as a requirement of the job and pass a pre-employment drug screen

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications:

- Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid State of Residence Driver’s License is required within two weeks of employment.

- Candidates must pass criminal and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) background checks and pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Health insurance

- Health savings account

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Referral program

- Vision insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Wrentham, MA 02093