Heavy Equipment Operator

Overview

Operate heavy equipment and support construction sites, ensuring safety and maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• equipment maintenance
• safety meetings
• equipment operation
• equipment inspection
• labor tasks

Tasks

-Perform daily equipment upkeep tasks and maintenance -Attend and participate in daily activity plans and safety meetings -Inspect and operate equipment and all attachments -Perform occasional typical laborer activities -Operate equipment in a safe and professional manner

Requirements

• heavy equipment
• 5 years
• driver's license
• ohsa 10
• hoisting license
• mass hydraulics

What You Bring

-Minimum 5 years of experience operating heavy equipment such as Loaders, backhoes, excavators, dozers, lulls, and forklifts, for civil and site work, and material handling functions on a municipal, commercial, industrial, or federal project. -Prepared to regularly encounter moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, and a variety of outside weather conditions -Ability to set and follow grades -Knowledge of rigging and rigging methods -Must have a valid driver’s license and an MVR that meets company standards -Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus -Able to climb temporary or permanent stairs, and ladders -Ability to stand for extended periods of time, and safely maneuver around the nearby presence of various construction equipment and vehicles, on an active construction site -MA Hoisting license required -Must have an OHSA 10 certificate -Must possess required licenses preferable 2A or more Mass Hydraulics License -Able to bend, squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, balance and stoop, reach on a regular basis -Ability to understand and follow directions -Proven ability to excel in a fast-paced environment -Ability to lift 50 pounds

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Benefits

-Flexible Time Off Program (includes vacation and personal time) -Voluntary benefits at discounted group rates for accidents, critical illness, and hospital indemnity -Group health & welfare benefits including options for medical, dental and vision -Employee Referral Program -10 Paid Holidays -Company Benefits: Employee Life Insurance & Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Spouse and Dependent Life & AD&D, Short Term Disability (STD), Long Term Disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program and Health Advocate -Paid Parental Leave Program -Paid Sick and Safe Leave -401(k) Plan (company matching contributions up to 4%).

About Methuen Construction Company, Inc.

-The company operates as a self-performing general contractor, employing in-house craft labor like pipefitters, welders, millwrights, and heavy-equipment operators. -Projects include water/wastewater treatment facilities, renewable energy, power plants, industrial, federal, and municipal works. -The company operates independently from its Plaistow, NH headquarters following its acquisition by MWH Constructors in 2021.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-pre-employment screening includes drug and background check.