Underground Operator
8 days ago
Indianapolis
Job Description Underground Operator Job Summary • Operates a directional drills, excavators, trenchers, plows and other similar heavy machine equipment., • Performs basic maintenance and minor repairs on equipment., • Maintain all equipment both before and after a job., • Check and replace all fluids in equipment., • Able to operate all tools related to the utility industry including hand and power tools of all types., • Assure that all tools and equipment are accounted for and returned to truck at the end of each day., • Recognize and identify utility locates and meaning., • Locates underground services before performing work., • Must be able to read and understand construction prints., • Know how to properly set up traffic control-set up all road safety signs, cones and barrels before the job starts and assure all are accounted for at the end of every day., • Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards., • Monitors operations to ensure all health and safety standards are met., • Aligns machines with reference to stakes, markers or guidelines and/or hand signals of other workers., • Loads, unloads, and identifies building materials, machinery, and tools., • Knows how to properly use shoring braces and other temporary structures., • Signal other equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials., • Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes., • Measures, marks, and records openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed., • Always have something to do (i.e., grease equipment, clean trucks/trailer/tools, etc) when “down time” is necessary., • Trains other employees in proper techniques, quality specs, and all work related items as needed., • Assist Foreman in any Daily/Job paperwork as necessary., • Attend all training sessions required by management., • Clean up all jobsites at the end of each day to assure that all trash is removed and the jobsite looks better than before we started the job., • Education: High school diploma or equivalent, • Experience: At least one year of related experience, • Licenses/Certifications: Class A CDL (preferred); OSHA 10; For-Hire Endorsement (required); DOT physical (required), • Excellent verbal and written communication, • Safe Problem Solving Skills, • Stays On Task, • Able To Read Construction Prints, • Critical thinking