Heavy Equipment Operator (Civil) Fighting Jay
Overview
Mortenson’s success is not a matter of luck; it’s a result of our ingenuity, expertise, and exceptional people coupled with our unparalleled focus on customer service. Our foundation and culture are based upon our company values of trust, safety, teamwork, responsibility, service and stewardship. We are inspired by a compelling purpose to build structures and facilities for the advancement of modern society and a mission to create an exceptional customer experience. Mortenson has built a reputation for being a leader in our industry and in the communities in which we live and work.
As an Operator, your primary duties include operating heavy equipment as directed and specified while adhering to all rules and regulations as mandated by Mortenson safety policies and procedures.
Mortenson by the numbers
$5.05B
2019 revenue
~6,500+
employees across
11 offices + field
1954
year founded
Responsibilities
- Follows prescribed safety regulations
- Ensure that all housekeeping is maintained in a clear and orderly fashion in assigned area
- Performs routine maintenance to include lubricating, fueling and cleaning
- Observes equipment operation to detect machine malfunction
- Follows work plans and pre-task cards
- Other duties and responsibilities related to the nature of the job may be assigned on a temporary or permanent basis as needed
- Operates the following equipment based on the requirements of the project:
- Blade
- Dozer
- Loader
- Scraper
- Forklift/Telehandler
- Crane
- Bobcat/Skid-steer
- Boom Lifts/Aerial Lifts
- Roller
All team members are expected to demonstrate the following characteristics:
- Cooperate with others when in a team environment
- Accept direction from supervisors
- Follow work rules and procedures
- Punctual and consistent attendance
- Accept constructive feedback
Our approach to leadership and culture
Our founder Mort Mortenson believed that we were all born to be leaders; that leadership wasn't something that just happened to us but was something within us.
Qualifications
- Strong teamwork orientation
- Positive attitude and professional customer service skills
- Detail orientation
- Ability to move levers, shift gears, depress pedals and maneuver steering wheel to operator equipment
- Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, crouch, kneel, climb and periodically lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, procedure manuals, and load charts
- Knowledge of equipment and their uses
- Understand and apply basic mathematical skills (adding, subtracting, division, & multiplication)
- Strong teamwork orientation
- Positive attitude and professional customer service skills
- Ability to work independently
Education and Experience Requirements
- Equipment certifications as required
- A minimum of one year of related experience
- Must possess valid driver’s license of proper class and necessary endorsements as required by law
Mortenson is an EOE/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer. EEO is the Law
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