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A&D Environmental Services
Equipment Operator
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What they do
An Operating Engineer or Heavy Equipment Operator drives and operates heavy equipment used in quarries, construction sites, landfills, refuse and recycling centers, or ports. Heavy Equipment may include, but is not limited to, bulldozers, excavators, paving equipment and pile drivers.
$55,839 / year median in North Carolina
+9% projected growth
Job Description
- Engages in strenuous physical labor including lifting, pulling and pushing heavy objects including 55 gallon drums.
- Loads and unloads drums, containers and other materials as required.
- Keeps warehouse organized and clean.
- Performs load counts to verify numbers and types of containers on inbound and outbound loads.
- Performs appropriate evaluation and/or testing on incoming and outgoing loads to ensure compliance with Waste Acceptance procedures.
- Operates heavy equipment and other material handling equipment including excavator in tight spaces
- Secures loads on trucks and trailers in accordance with Company safety rules. Performs other duties and tasks as assigned by management and required by the needs of the Company.
- Ability to perform equipment assessment before, during and after use and perform appropriate maintenance of equipment (greasing, cleaning, daily required maintenance, etc.)
- Ability to safely load and unload trucks and trailers loaded with drums, totes and supersacks.
- Ability to safely load and unload tankers, vacuum boxes and roll-off boxes with waste materials including hydroblasting
- Ability to safely operate various types of material handling equipment including powered industrial trucks, hydraulic excavators, and front-end loaders.
- Ability to review paperwork for incoming loads, load and unload tankers, mix waste in the stabilization pit, load dump trucks, dump trailers and roll-off boxes.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- Ability to climb ladders, scaffolding and into and out of trucks, tanks and various other containers. CDL A or B license preferred
- Ability to work extended (> 8 hrs.) time periods. Must be able to work flexible hours beyond the normal schedule when necessary.
- May be called upon to fill in as Environmental Technician I, II or III as business dictates.