Heavy Equipment Operator (Mountain Region)

Overview

Operate heavy equipment on hazardous and non‑hazardous waste sites in the western mountain region.

Key Responsibilities

• excavation
• demolition
• material handling
• equipment maintenance
• load/unload
• safety reporting

Tasks

-Moving of materials, laying pipe, backfilling pipe. -Cutting and filling grades per plan specifications. -Performing daily inspection and maintenance on assigned piece of construction equipment including grease and oil. -Lifting and setting heavy loads. -Demolition of various structures including, but not limited to buildings, aboveground storage tanks, underground pipelines, etc. -Using installed equipment ladder, steps, and handholds maintaining 3 points of contact to climb in and out of machinery on regular basis. -Hand cleaning tracks and undercarriages with small tools after working in wet and sloppy conditions. -Excavate contaminated or non-contaminated sludge material. -Performing physical activities that may require moving one’s whole body, such as in climbing, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, reaching, handling, balancing, walking, stooping, squatting, where the activities often require considerable use of the hands, arms and legs such as in the physical handling of materials or tools or operation of tools and equipment. -Expected to lift objects weight 1 to 25 lbs. on a regular basis and may be required to lift objects weighing up to 50 lbs. -Loading materials into trucks for removal from project site. -Loading and unloading trucks for onsite transporting of materials -Excavate, move, or grade contaminated or non-contaminated earth. -Loading and unloading equipment from trailers. -Haul material in trucks to on-site unloading area. -Promote the use of Stop Work Authority. -Assist with the preparation and review of Job Safety Analyses, observations, and other reports. -Mixing reagents with contaminated soil or hazardous waste.

Requirements

• hazwoper
• dozer
• excavator
• specs
• ppe
• teamwork

What You Bring

-Ability to work independently as well as part of a team -Must be able to wear PPE when needed -Quality fleet of heavy equipment -Ability to meet deadlines and contribute to a positive, safe, high-quality culture in a fast-paced environment. -Working in loud or noisy environments. -Sitting for long periods of time in moving, vibrating, jerking, or stationary machinery. -Ability to read and understand construction specifications, construction plans, and operating procedures. -Repetitive motion from operating hand and foot controls of the equipment. -40-hour HAZWOPER training preferred -Subject to a background check & physical/drug screen -Use both hands, arms, feet, and legs while standing, walking, climbing, sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, reaching, handling, fingering, and feeling. Other requirements include talking, hearing, acuity-near, distinguish colors, peripheral vision, and hand to eye coordination. Hear the direction from which a sound originated. Detect distance of objects and depth perception. -Potential airborne exposures to dusts, mists, fumes, and vapors in concentrations not exceeding OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELS) or other published occupational exposure limits. -Will require frequent and extended travel to projects -Controlling operations of equipment or systems. Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate. -Ability to run dozers and excavators required

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Benefits

-Good long-term employment prospects. -Per diem/ living allowance and trips home -Dusty and windy atmospheres.

About Entact, Llc

-Backed by over three decades of field experience, the firm has completed more than 3,000 projects, including EPA Superfund sites and brownfield redevelopments. -Finance is steady and privately held, supported by the Pritzker Group’s capital strength and bonding capacity for large-scale projects. -Typical projects range from coal-ash impoundment closure and marine sediment dredging to deep soil mixing for LNG and energy plant foundations. -Specialisms include environmental remediation—such as cap-and-contain systems, in-situ solidification—and geotechnical work like sheet piling and liquefaction mitigation. -ENTACT’s own fleet of heavy and specialty equipment, plus an in-house treatability lab, ensures turnkey execution from design through implementation. -Known for tackling complex environments—from active industrial sites to coastal wetlands—ENTACT thrives where standard approaches fall short.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-subject to a background check and physical/drug screening.