Engineering Equipment Operator
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As the Engineering Equipment Operator in this position, you will:
Operate one or more pieces of heavy engineering equipment to excavate, backfill, grade or level materials to required grade tolerances, in the reconstruction and maintenance of aggregate and bituminous surfaced highways, timber access roads and recreation areas. Equipment consists of motor graders, excavators, dozers, front-end loaders, backhoes, brush cutters, compaction rollers and motorized brooms. Work performed includes surface blading roads, culvert installations, digging and cleaning ditches, removing slides and rocks, removing slash and debris left by construction or maintenance operations, cutting of road side brush/vegetation, and otherwise maintain road surfaces, ditches and right-of-ways. Operate various types of heavy equipment to repair washouts, earth slides and damage to road shoulders caused by storms. Transfer material into dump truck and maneuvering equipment in confined spaces. Operate light and heavy trucks (some with trailers) including pickups, flatbeds, tank trucks, 50-ton lowboys and 25-ton dump trucks. Maintain assigned equipment including minor maintenance and preventative maintenance. Some manual labor may be necessary.