Support Equipment Operator II

What You Will Do

- Operate heavy equipment in support of production including de-watering, materials delivery, maintaining berms, and surface maintenance at a highly skilled level.

- Operate heavy equipment which may include but is not limited to: haul trucks, water trucks, rubber tire dozers, track dozers, excavators, motor graders and front-end loaders

- May assist with training and mentoring of other equipment operators

- Responsible for understanding changes to assigned work areas and any potential hazards

- Responsible for knowing the following procedures: start-up and shut-down, parking, mounting and dismounting, Lock-Out Tag-Out Try-Out (LOTOTO), emergency, fire, working with ground personnel, and Blue Stake

- May perform the following duties: road building, managing stockpiles, road surface maintenance, building and maintaining road berms, loading trucks, and trenching

- Responsible for understanding equipment components and practices that reduce component damage and wear

- May be asked to assist with project work that may include: establishing ramps, establishing pioneer work in non-active mining locations, establishing and maintaining reclamation tailings slopes, and establishing and maintaining reclamation stockpile slopes

- May perform operations support activities such as barricading shovels and assisting with power cable moves

- Communicates through computer dispatching system or two-way radio

- Performs pre-shift inspection of equipment

- May perform minor maintenance activities

- Perform other duties as required

What You Bring To Freeport

- Two (2) years of mobile equipment operating experience

- Must have completed academic and practical competencies required (this includes Line of Progression requirements for internal employees where LOP Exists) and have experience demonstrating the required aptitude. The selected candidate shall demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge and skills while also passing a written assessment where required. This exam is based on skills/abilities and/or academic knowledge; as well as safety.

Preferred Qualifications

- High School diploma or GED

- Proficient on Track Dozers

- Proficient on Motor Graders

- Proficient on Loaders

- Proficient on Excavators

- Familiar with strip mining operations