Hydrovac Truck Operator

Description

• Follow safety protocols and regulations, always ensuring compliance.
• Conduct pre-trip and post-trip inspections to ensure trucks are in safe operating condition.
• Monitor and verifies quality control and uniformity of work.
• Actively participate in safety meetings.
• Performs daily inspection and maintenance of truck, machines, equipment, and tools for jobs.
• Communicates daily with the foreman regarding safety, work needs. Reports progress of jobs to the foreman and discuss any problems for resolutions.
• Perform routine maintenance on the vacuum truck and related equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• May also operate backhoe, mini excavator, shovel and vacuum truck.
• Performs restoration work and clean up job site, making sure job site is as it was.
• Operate vacuum trucks to remove and transport liquids, slurries, and debris from excavation sites.
• Follows established safety rules on job site, to and from job site, and uses common sense in maintaining a safe environment for self, team members, customer and the public.
• Drive dump truck.
• Maintain accurate logs of services performed, including volumes and types of waste collected.
• Files complete and accurate paperwork daily, (credit card receipts, timecards, daily completion sheets, job reports, billing, maintenance schedule, safety meeting information).
• Makes sure that all materials for job site are available.
• Collaborate with site supervisors and team members to coordinate waste removal and other services effectively.
• Ensures that job site is barricaded, if necessary.
• Properly dispose of vac materials.
• Assist in other excavation tasks as needed, including site cleanup and preparation.

Requirements

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Must be able to work while wearing safety boots, safety glasses, hardhat, and any applicable safety gear.
• Ability to operate vac equipment: vac, track hoe, backhoe, trucks, and excavating equipment.
• Must be able to stand or walk for long periods of time.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with Tanker endorsements.
• Ability to operate construction equipment and tools.
• Must be able to work around heavy equipment and machinery.
• Routinely requires extended periods of bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, lifting in awkward positions, standing, and twisting.
• Previous experience operating vacuum trucks or similar heavy equipment preferred.
• Correctly communicate with crew of location utilities.
• Uses ground tampers and jack hammer.
• Knowledge of excavation and site preparation processes is a plus.
• Jackhammer concrete, asphalt etc.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiar with construction terminology.
• Minor mechanical skills are required (repair machine, trailer, etc).
• Reads and understands job blueprints, noting existing utilities and other obstacles at the job site.
• Must be able to maintain visual and audible contact with other crewman and all moving or stationary persons/vehicles/objects to ensure safe coordination of movement.
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit or be in other physically demanding positions for long periods of time.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals etc.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able and willing to work indoors and outdoors, subject to inclement weather conditions.
• Ability to do physical labor and digging.
• Patch potholed utilizes, leaving property better than initially found.
• Strong understanding of safety regulations related to waste management and excavation.
• Ability to use basic math to calculate footage, measurements, prices, timecard, etc.

Benefits

• Flexible PTO for all exempt roles & competitive PTO accrual for all non-exempt roles
• 401(k) program with company match and immediate vesting on day 1
• Vac Truck / Trailer maintenance.
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance (employee paid voluntary options)
• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits on day 1
• Free wellness benefits like counseling, financial planning, caregiver support, and more!
• Company Paid Maternity & Parental Leave Options
• Marketplace discounts and 24/7 access to online learning & development.
• 10 company paid holidays

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance